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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

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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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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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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Exploring the X1 platform on XFINITY (+ enter to win $100 gift card!)

November 12, 2014

Disclosure: Post and giveaway sponsored by XFINITY, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure I am back with an update on my X1 XFINITY service.  My husband and I had XFINITY TV, internet, and phone set up in our in our house a little over a month ago and have […]

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Shop online with Dollar General

November 10, 2014

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dollar General. All opinions are 100% mine. Less than 50 days until Christmas!  Which for all of us means there is quite a bit of shopping that will happen over the next few weeks.  Do you like to shop in store or online?  I […]

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Introducing XFINITY X1 and Ty So Fast and how I hope it will save me time and frustration (plus enter to win a $100 gift card!)

October 6, 2014

Disclosure:  This post and and giveaway is sponsored by XFINITY, but all opinions are my own. I’ve been chosen to join the XFINITY Team So Fast for the next six months to bring you ways their X1 platform can help improve your life and save your time and money.  Please see below for additional disclosure. […]

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My visit to California and the Sunset Magazine Idea House for the launch of Behr Marquee paint (+ celebrating my 3 year blogiversary with a gift for one of you!)

September 29, 2014

If you didn’t see on facebook or Instagram last week, I flew across the country and went to California!  California.  Still feels like a dream.  And I got to see the Pacific Ocean.  Definitely a dream come true! But let’s back up to the day when I got this cute paint can in the mail […]

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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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