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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

Shopping at Scott Antique Market

November 12, 2012

If you follow me on facebook, you know that I had fun on Saturday checking out Scott Antique Market.  This is held in Atlanta on the 2nd weekend of every month. I had never been before, in fact I didn’t even know about it until this summer.  But a few local Atlanta bloggers and I […]

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Fall Leaf wreath (FREE kids craft + fall décor)

November 9, 2012

Last week my nieces and I created a fall leaf wreath (and we had lots of fun trying to say “fall leaf wreath” fast 3 times in a row).  This was a simple and fun project and did I mention, FREE! I cut a cardboard wreath form out of an old box by tracing a […]

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My visit to the Country Living Fair

November 7, 2012

A week and half ago, I got a chance to visit the Country Living Fair for the first time.  They say that the pages of the Country Living magazine come alive at the fair and they truly do! It was held at the pretty Stone Mountain Park not far from where I live. I went […]

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Happy one year blogiversary!!

September 28, 2012

September 28th… do you know what I was doing last year on September 28th?  Publishing my VERY FIRST post on The Frugal Homemaker!  (Wanna read it?  Here it is.)  Which means today is The Frugal Homemaker’s ONE YEAR Blogiversary!  I wasn’t new to the world of blogging a year ago, as I had written a […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: our thrift shopping extravaganza finds

September 28, 2012

Time to show you what we got on our fun thrift shopping trip last Saturday!   If you remember I scheduled another thrift shopping day and invited whoever wanted to join us to come – just like we did on I Love Thrifting day. We had a fun day and found all kinds of treasures. Here […]

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Fall wreath {or the day Fall exploded all over my front door}

September 26, 2012

Hi!  I’m back with another fall themed project (are you surprised??) Ok, I promise it is the last one for a little while.  I was sort of rushed to get most of my fall projects and décor posted before I start my 31 days series.  31 Pinterest projects in 31 days – starting right here, […]

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Fall mantel {decorated with reclaimed pallet wood}

September 25, 2012

Fall Mantel

I am so excited to FINALLY share my fall mantel with you! For some reason this was the hardest mantel for me to put together.  In fact what you are seeing is take 4 or 5 (I lost count!).  I think I was trying to force myself not use orange at the beginning, then I […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: wagon wheel planter, lanterns for 50¢, Ball jars, and more!

September 21, 2012

Hey!  I am sure you have been on pins and needles since last Saturday waiting to see what was in that teaser picture I posted from my yard sale shopping adventures.  Ok, maybe not, but maybe you were a little curious! Here’s the teaser picture I posted last week on facebook: It started just like […]

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There’s a pumpkin on my porch {Front porch decorated for Fall}

September 19, 2012

Front porch decorated for Fall via TheFrugalHomemaker.com

So we are continuing the fall décor theme this week with some outside fall décor today.  I had fun decorating my front porch to show you! Can I confess something?  I am not a very good outside decorator… at least I don’t think so.  For one, outside décor seems to cost a good bit and […]

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Fall Table {featuring items from the Better Homes & Gardens line at Wal-mart}

September 17, 2012

Fall Table @ TheFrugalHomemaker.com

I am SOOOO excited to share my fall kitchen table with you!  Sometimes decorating projects take forEVER…. and sometimes they just fall into place quickly and perfectly!  My fall mantel has been one of those trial and much error projects, but this tablescape was one of those easy, came together perfectly in minutes projects – […]

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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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