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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

House tour: Kitchen (the good, the bad, and the ugly)

January 30, 2013

Today you get to take a tour of my kitchen.  Once again, I love the open floor plan.  I showed you how the eat –in kitchen and living room all open up into each other. Right off of the kitchen is the dining room.  I shared you a full before/after post of that room but […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: Games + Valentine decor

January 25, 2013

Excited to share some more frugal finds this week with you!  I even yard sale shopped in January. I went by a local thrift store (Repairers of Breach) and picked up 2 games and a Scattergories refill pack  – paid $1.00 for each of them. I was excited to find the Scattergories refill pack as […]

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House tour: Eat-in kitchen

January 24, 2013

Next up in our house tour is the eat-in kitchen.  Last week I showed you our living room and I loved all the feedback and advice you gave me!   And I am glad you are enjoying this home tour.  Our living room opens up to the kitchen and an eat-in kitchen area.  I am thankful […]

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Making game day food easy with Rubbermaid + my favorite black bean and corn salsa recipe

January 21, 2013

I don’t know about you but I am excited for the Super Bowl coming up in a few weeks.  Now, don’t get me wrong, we aren’t huge football fans.  BUT yummy party food, fun, friends and the commercials are definitely not to be missed!  We usually have a big Super Bowl party with lots of […]

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The return of Friday Frugal Finds!

January 18, 2013

I have been taking a break from my weekly Friday Frugal Finds post since the end of September. For one, because in October I blogged every day with my 31 days of Pinterest series and then came November and December with many holiday themed posts and just the busyness of the holidays. Plus, if you […]

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House tour: Living room

January 14, 2013

Over the next few weeks, I plan to share pictures of each room in our house – one room each week.  I have rooms I have never even shared on the blog  (because they aren’t finished or even started!) but maybe this will help motivate me. Here’s a few things I plan to accomplish with […]

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White Winter Mantel

January 11, 2013

I am excited to share my winter mantel with you today.  I have had this mantel pretty much done since 3 days after Christmas – I think all my “I am itching to get the Christmas décor down early” mood was just that I was itching to decorate my mantel (or something!) again! In past […]

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Winter White Feather Wreath

January 7, 2013

I am so ready to get back to projects, organizing, and crafting after the busy holiday season!  I created this simple wreath over the weekend and I love how it turned out. I have an ever growing love affair with white.  If you have read this blog for any length of time you know my […]

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2013 goals

January 2, 2013

It’s January 2nd and most people are thinking about the fresh start that a new year brings.  Things they want to accomplish this year, goals they want to achieve, “New Year’s resolutions”, etc.  I don’t set New Year’s resolutions but I do like to set GOALS for the new year. I set a bunch of […]

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Christmas projects + December recap

December 31, 2012

I have enjoyed doing monthly recap posts the last few months so thought it would be good to recap just December and give everyone a post to reference to view all of the Christmas projects/posts of this year. I had a lot of fun doing a totally new color scheme/theme for Christmas this year with […]

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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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