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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

Turning a Christmas wreath into a winter wreath

January 26, 2012

So since my mantel was now all decorated for Valentine’s, my front door was getting a little jealous.  He has been bare and lonely since Christmas too.    I had wanted to try to make something new and I thought about doing something for Valentine’s but lacked inspiration and time.  So I just resorted to […]

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Simplify…bathroom cabinets

January 25, 2012

This week the space on our simplify project was the bathroom – specifically bathroom cabinets and drawers.  I have cleaned out my cabinets in the last few months so they weren’t that bad.  But they could always use some re-organization and cleaning 🙂 Here’s before/after pictures of the drawers and cabinets. My drawer My under […]

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LOVE… is in the air and on the mantel {Valentine’s Mantel}

January 24, 2012

Ok, so yesterday I sort of confessed I was having the winter blues.  Well, you know what I found the cure! Scrub your bathroom literally from ceiling to baseboards for 3-4 hours till it is sparkling clean (you know so clean that it makes you open the door again and look in and smile cause […]

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Guest post: How to prep a week’s worth of dinners in 1 hour!

January 19, 2012

Yes, you read that right, a week’s worth of dinners  prepped in 1 HOUR!  I am excited to have my friend Renee, from Living, Laughing, and Loving, sharing her amazing menu planning and prep method today.  I think you will be inspired!  And it could help you simplify your time and life as well. ———————– […]

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Simplify…kitchen cabinets, drawers, and countertops

January 18, 2012

So I am still plugging away at trying to rid my house of junk and create a more simplified, clean home.   Anyone else doing the same? Next on the list was the kitchen cabinets, drawers, and countertops. And when you start with this… and this… and this … you know you have your work cut […]

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Simplify your home: pantry and fridge

January 16, 2012

So we are on to the next project on my Simplify project!  If you missed last weeks, it was cleaning out the clutter in my living room and there is still time to link up your living room clean-up if you want.  And for those of you worried that my “before” picture wasn’t really that […]

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P52: Made “ours” with love

January 13, 2012

So this weeks theme for the P52 project (1 photo each week for a year) is “Made with Love.”  I had originally thought I would do a craft item or a meal I prepared for my hubby, but after my two blogging friends Christa and Laine posted adorable pictures of their newborns those seemed sort […]

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Simplify… living room

January 13, 2012

I am excited about this series…it is the encouragement for me to get busy and actually work on simplifying my own home.  I explained all about this series and the rooms I will be working on here. Ok, so today starts the first room to be cleaned out, organized, and simplified in our series – […]

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12 Home Goals for 2012

January 12, 2012

So I hope you are not getting tired of all my goal posts.    It just seems that this is a theme in my life as well as others this year.  I have already been working on my goals (I have read one book, working on cleaning out clutter, have found some ways to minister […]

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New series: Simplify…your home, your time, your life

January 9, 2012

As you have probably realized by now, I am on a mission this year – to get my home and life in order!  I have recently made a huge change from working out of the home to working at home and that has inspired me to finally strive to be the woman I have always […]

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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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