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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

DIY Board and Batten (Beach-inspired bathroom makeover part 2)

July 17, 2012

So yesterday I introduced you to our guest bathroom.  I showed you how I framed in the builder basic bathroom mirror with some simple trim pieces. But I wasn’t even halfway done!   Remember this was after I had been reading Home/DIY blogs for a while and I was in love with the wainscoting I […]

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White and yellow Summer wreath (made with yard sale finds!)

July 13, 2012

I have really been itching to make a wreath lately.     The last wreath I made was my green wreath that I made back in the spring with thrift store finds for $3.00.  That wreath has actually been on my front door since then. I still love this wreath so I just moved it to the […]

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Adding personal touches to the guest room (with a rolled canvas print from UPrinting)

July 11, 2012

So you saw on my July goals list that working on a guest room makeover is an ongoing  project.  I plan on incorporating some personal touches with toys, games, and pictures of my nieces since they call my guest room “their room” when they are here, along with keeping it a nice space when we […]

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June goals update + July goals

July 10, 2012

Whew… this month feels like it just started and all the sudden it is the 10th of July??  Where is July going so fast?  So before it gets any later, let me recap my goals for last month and make some new goals for this month.  You can see all my past goal posts here, […]

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“I love thrifting day” recap + pictures of our finds!

July 9, 2012

This past Saturday was so fun!  Getting a bunch of ladies together to go shopping is fun… but get a bunch of frugal/spray-paint loving/thrift store loving ladies together (who all actually read my blog and many other blogs too) to go thrift store shopping is A BLAST! I am changing things up a bit this […]

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Friday Family Fun – 4th of July style

July 6, 2012

(My nieces and nephew checking out the 1st firework show on Sunday night.) So in case you weren’t experiencing it where you live, you might have heard that the South got hit with a pretty major heat wave last weekend.  Temps 100+ (I think the highest I saw on my phone was 108 degrees – […]

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4th of July tablescape {Patriotic table}

July 4, 2012

  So I do have a 4th of July project to share with you today, but it isn’t really a craft – it’s a tablescape!   I already had some red, white, and blue things out since Memorial Day  and created a simple Memorial Day table.  (You can see that post plus my Red, white and […]

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“I love Thrifting” day is almost here!

July 3, 2012

Woohooo!  So excited!  Just a few more days and “I love thrifting” day will be here.  Check out this cute shirt Rashon had made this year!  So I will be easy to find – just look for the green shirt with “I love thrifting” plastered all over it! I scouted out some thrift stores yesterday […]

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4th of July inspiration

July 2, 2012

So remember on my June goals list I was supposed to make a new wreath – preferably a patriotic themed one?  Well, it is July 2nd and it is not going to happen.    In fact, I really hoped to do a FEW patriotic projects, but time has gotten away from me.  The last two weeks […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: 99¢/yard fabric, yard sale dresses, and more!

June 29, 2012

Every Friday I share my frugal or thrifty finds for the week or sometimes some kind of family fun activity we did.   Today I have some fun frugal finds! I stopped by my parking lot yard sale that is at a local antique store.  Come shop with me on I love thrifting day and we […]

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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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