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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

Friday Frugal Finds: dresses and baskets

April 19, 2013

Back with another entry in my Friday Frugal Finds series where I share some yard sale, thrift store, or clearance finds with you. I stopped in Value Village this week and was so glad I did!  I found some great stuff!  And I have 1/2 price day to look forward to there this week. First […]

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Spring Fling Must-Haves

April 18, 2013

This is a sponsored post by  Central Garden & Pet.  See full disclosure statement below. Spring.  I thought it would never come this year.  Now that it finally has, I am busy at work outside! I LOVE working outside in the yard.  And judging from my facebook post the other day, a lot of you […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: suits for the men in my life and home decor

April 12, 2013

Meet these handsome young men in my life.   One is my handsome husband that I love beyond words.  The other is my 18 month old nephew.  This was the two of them all dressed up on Easter Sunday. See my nephew’s suit outfit?  Yep, it came from the thrift store. $3.49 for the vest […]

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House tour: Entryway

March 25, 2013

Today I am back with a feature in my house tour.  I also hope to get all of the rooms and pictures I have shared so far into a post/page linked on my menu bar at the top of the page this week. So today isn’t necessarily a “room” but it is a very busy […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: lots of fall decor

March 22, 2013

I stopped at a yard sale last week I my neighborhood and enjoyed meeting a sweet couple whole lives just down the road from me. And I loved her decorations! In fact I shared a picture of her spring door on my facebook page. (You do follow me on facebook right??  If not, head over […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: glassware finds

March 15, 2013

Excited to share some Friday Frugal Finds with you today. I stopped at a yard sale and found some really pretty glassware which I love. At first I only picked up this pretty milk glass bowl.  It is BIG, like you could serve a fruit salad or something in it, so $3.00 was a great […]

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Yellow and blue Spring/Easter mantel

March 13, 2013

So excited to start sharing some spring things with you!  First up is my spring mantel.  Come March 1st (sometimes before depending on if the weather is cooperating), I am ready for all things SPRING!  This year we have had some cooler temps here in GA into March but have also had a few days […]

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20+ Spring projects (lots of Spring inspiration!)

March 5, 2013

15 days until Spring!  And you better believe I am counting down each day!   (And enjoying seeing a forecast close to 70 degrees later this week even though we had snow flurries on Saturday – crazy GA weather!) So I thought I would round up a bunch of my past projects in one post […]

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February + January recap

March 1, 2013

Happy 1st day of March!  Spring decorating is in FULL force around here starting today.  And I can’t wait until it is warm enough for spring projects.  Maybe the decorating inside will pass on a little hint to the weather outside. I was putting together my February recap and realized I never did a January […]

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The laundry method that changed my life… literally

February 22, 2013

I know that all of you have been waiting on pins and needles for the secret I have been keeping on how to have an empty laundry basket a huge majority of the time! So I won’t make you wait any longer.  But first let me tell you what WASN’T  working for me. “Laundry Day” […]

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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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