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The Frugal Homemaker

Your guide to turning your house into a home... one DIY project and yard sale find at a time

Christmas front porch and an easy layered Christmas wreath

December 15, 2014

I just love Christmas lights and candlelight sparkling and flickering in the night, don’t you?  Let’s take  a peek at my Christmas front porch tonight! I am loving my new Rustic DIY JOY sign (tutorial here) and so glad that now that my shutters and door are black instead of burgundy I can go crazy […]

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DIY Christmas Countdown Calendar (Advent Calendar)

December 12, 2014

I know… it is a bit late in the month to be sharing this but I had an idea on a whim, created it, we have been enjoying it, and then I had to wait 3-4 days for the sun to finally come out to take pictures to share it with you.  So this may […]

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Chalky Painted Mason Jars and Christmas Tablescape (+ Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint giveaway!)

December 10, 2014

Disclosure: I was provided paint and supplies from DecoArt, but as always all ideas, thoughts, and opinions are all mine. I am excited to share a bit of my Christmas kitchen and a Christmas tablescape with you today.  I have been up to my elbows (literally!) in paint, stain, ribbon, and greenery and can’t wait […]

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16 Gorgeous Gray Bedrooms

December 4, 2014

You know I am in the process of still working on making over furniture and decorating our new gray bedroom.  So I am constantly looking for inspiration and ideas.  Have you heard of Hometalk?   Hometalk is a community of people  – not just bloggers or professionals although many of those are on there, but people […]

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Infinity Scarf tutorial (DIY Homemade Gifts for $5 or less)

December 3, 2014

I am so excited to join 4 other talented bloggers to bring you some DIY Homemade Gift ideas!  These are all simple, inexpensive (think $5 or much less) ideas that could make a perfect gift for someone on your list.  And these are also great ideas to give for a hostess, teacher, neighbor, girlfriend gift […]

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DIY Advent Calendar ideas (Christmas countdown)

December 1, 2014

Can you believe we were just celebrating Thanksgiving last week, doing some crazy shopping on Friday, and when the calendar turned Monday it is already DECEMBER!?   I don’t know about about you but I am ready to start a petition that Thanksgiving be moved to the 2nd Thursday in November.   These years when there […]

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Update on Master Bedroom

November 28, 2014

So who went shopping today?  I put in about 10 hours today and it was so fun.  Black Friday is a tradition for me and I LOVE it!  I have never gotten trampled, pushed, or even seen a fight break out (probably because I don’t usually go right when the stores open), but I get […]

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$20 yard sale French Provincial painted chest turned nightstand

November 21, 2014

Back in the spring I posted this French Provincial hutch/chest on facebook that I saw at a yard sale for $20.  I said it was killing me to leave it behind – many of you said, “NO!  Don’t leave it!  Buy it!”   So buy it I did. 🙂  I actually was debating about buying it […]

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Rustic JOY Christmas Sign (Behr Holiday Hues)

November 17, 2014

I am so excited to join with the Behr DIY Expert team and fellow bloggers to bring you Behr Holiday Hues!  We are sharing 12 festive projects for a colorful holiday season and giving away something fun to TWO of our readers.   I created a rustic planked wood JOY sign for my front porch with […]

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Fall mantel

November 13, 2014

I know I may be a bit late to the game since it seems Christmas is popping up everywhere but I figured before I get the urge to take all this down and replace it with garland and twinkling lights (shhh… probably next week!) I better show you my fall mantel! This was my fall […]

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Hi!  My name is Christina . . .

I love doing simple, frugal things to make our house feel like HOME! Come learn along with me how to have a beautiful home on a budget.

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