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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 Chalkboard Log Slice Christmas Ornaments

December 4, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 4th DIY of Christmas, I created DIY Chalkboard Log Slice Ornaments! I have wanted to make log slice ornaments for a long time!  I tried last year but the […]

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DIY Plaid Flannel Christmas Ornaments

December 1, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 3rd DIY of Christmas I made DIY plaid flannel ornaments! These plaid ornaments were so easy and fun to make!  And I love the statement they make on the tree. […]

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DIY Scrabble Letter Christmas Ornaments

November 28, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the second DIY of Christmas, I made DIY Scrabble Letter Ornaments! I saw these several years ago and have been wanting to make them ever since.  So glad I finally got […]

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DIY Christmas Hoop Wreath

November 27, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. On the first day of Christmas I crafted a DIY Christmas Hoop Wreath! Have you seen wreaths like these?  They are popping everywhere – even Joanna Gaines had something similiar in […]

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12 DIYs of Christmas – 12 easy, 15 minute, $5 Christmas projects

November 27, 2017

I am so excited about this series that I am launching today!  I have missed doing 31 days series ( you can see my 31 days to a less stressful Christmas series here) but at this stage of life, they are just too much for me to tackle right now.  But I love Christmas, I […]

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Our fixer upper home tour one year later

November 22, 2017

I know everyone is either moved on to Christmas decorating or is busy prepping for Thanksgiving, but I wanted to get this post finished written and published before I started all things Christmas next week.   I know some of you may have been waiting to see this post or just some updated pictures of […]

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Neutral and Simple Fall Mantel

November 15, 2017

I have so been enjoying the month of November – the mornings/days have finally been chilly, the leaves have been changing here in the south, the house feels cozy with touches of fall decor, and it just has finally felt like fall!  I really enjoyed putting together my fall mantel and living room this year […]

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Farmhouse Fall Front Porch

November 10, 2017

I know pretty much everyone in blogland has moved on to Christmas but I haven’t JUST yet   So maybe sharing my simple farmhouse-style front porch will serve as some inspiration if you are hosting Thanksgiving in a few weeks and you need to add a welcoming touch outside for your guests. We had an […]

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Painted kitchen cabinets makeover with Magnolia paint

November 7, 2017

I have a BIG makeover I am excited to share with you today!  This is step 2 + 3 of our kitchen makeover so these aren’t the final hopefully on e day finished pictures, but wow did this step change it so much! So here’s what our kitchen looked like at the beginning of May. […]

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Exterior of our house 15 months later

October 30, 2017

I had wanted to do a 1 year later post of our house exterior and interior but time has sort of gotten away from me.  So this is more like 15 months later but honestly we haven’t done much to the exterior except weeding, trimming and grass cutting since May when we celebrated a year […]

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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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