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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 Rustic Wood Shelves + DIY toilet paper holder made with plumbing pipe hardware

October 26, 2018

How-to tutorial on how to make industrial farmhouse wood floating shelves with pipe brackets and a DIY toilet paper holder using plumbing pipes found at the hardware store.         After I posted my master bathroom makeover reveal post, many of you asked for a detailed explanation on how to make the floating […]

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Cozy and Neutral Farmhouse Fall Mantel and Home Tour

September 28, 2018

Happy Fall!  I am so excited to be joining in this Farmhouse Fall Home Tour with 20+ other bloggers and show you around our house a bit this fall season. If you are joining me from A Blue Nest welcome!  A bit of background on me and our blog, we moved into a new to […]

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Master Bathroom Painted Vanity–$100 Room Challenge

September 12, 2018

I am still plugging along on this bathroom makeover – working on giving it a makeover in one month with $100 or less. When you saw the room last week it looked like this. Then on Monday I shared how I gave the walls and trim a fresh coat of paint. You can go here […]

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Entryway Cabinet Makeover

August 9, 2018

I have another fun furniture makeover to share with you today!  If you remember back to my spring frugal finds post I had found this cabinet/console on facebook marketplace for $40 and sold the dresser that I had in my entryway for $40 so it was pretty much an even trade!   I had been wanting […]

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Frugal Finds from the summer!

August 3, 2018

Happy Friday!  I’m back with another Frugal Finds post and some fun things to share that I’ve found in all my secondhand shopping lately!  Summer is usually a little bit slower in yard sale shopping for various reasons – it’s hot so not as many people are having sale or we are busy or out […]

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Farmhouse Entryway Bench/Hall Tree makeover

August 1, 2018

Hey friends!  I have a fun makeover to share with you today! I picked up this entry bench or some would call it a hall tree secondhand a while back.  I had hoped to use it out on our back porch to help coral pool towels, swimsuits, etc but realized it just wasn’t big enough […]

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Patriotic Coastal Summer Mantel

June 28, 2018

I was in one of those moods to change up the decor in my house this week even in the midst of a busy week of VBS at church.     It’s just been quite a while since I did a seasonal mantel (except fall and Christmas), and to be honest sometimes I miss it.  My […]

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Planting rose bushes along fence

May 21, 2018

Happy Monday!  Sorry for the absence here – life is just busy with an almost 2 year old and although I have many projects I am always working on, finding computer time and not having a pretty-Pinterest after to share convinces me many times it’s just not worthy enough to share.  But I miss sharing […]

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Frugal Finds for March/April

April 27, 2018

Some of you will be so happy to see that I am bringing back Friday Frugal Finds!!  If you have been a blog reader for several years then you will remember during the spring/summer months I would do a weekly Friday post highlighting all the yard sale/thrift store finds I got and so many of […]

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Lamb’s Ear and Pink Peony Spring Wreath

April 16, 2018

So I’m just gonna completely ignore the temperature outside and focus on the date on the calendar… it’s Spring!  Whether the weather says so or not.  😉  Seriously… this has been the weirdest/longest transition to spring EVER and I live in the South!  It is tax day tomorrow, and I stood outside in 39 degree […]

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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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