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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

Early Spring Front Porch

March 20, 2017

I am a DecoArt Core blogger for 2016-2017.  This post and paint is sponsored by DecoArt, but all opinions and styling are all mine! 🙂 Happy 1st day of Spring!!  We have had some crazy weather here in the south the last few months – from 70 degree temps pretty much the whole months of […]

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Guest bathroom update – Farmhouse style bathroom gray painted cabinet

March 16, 2017

I am still trucking along on this One Room, One Month, $100 challenge and loving how this bathroom is turning out. Last time I showed you my bathroom it looked like this.  There was a fresh coat of paint on the walls – a vast improvement over the pepto bismol pink before.  You can see […]

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Rustic towel hooks in Guest Bathroom

March 13, 2017

Whew… sorry for the late post today but day after time change + a teething baby + a Monday = enough said!   Anyways, I worked on the guest bathroom last week and I am just loving how it is turning out!  I can’t wait to see the complete finished product – think it is […]

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Guest Bathroom progress- new paint (#100roomchallenge)

March 8, 2017

Time for an update in the One Month, One Room, $100 challenge!  If you missed last weeks post, during the month of March I am taking the challenge along with 15-20 other bloggers and tackling a room makeover with a budget of $100 or less.  I am working on our guest bathroom. This is what […]

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DIY Floating Shelves in the Nursery

March 7, 2017

I really wanted to create some vertical storage/display space in the nursery and felt the best way to accomplish that is shelves.  And I just love how these turned out! I debated many different options from using shelving brackets, to IKEA brackets to building a hidden support type of floating shelves but finally settled on […]

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Guest Bathroom Before (#100RoomChallenge – Transform One Room in One Month with $100)

March 1, 2017

I am so excited to participate in a fun room makeover challenge in the month of March.  I know you are thinking – but you haven’t finished the nursery?  I am ALMOST done – literally waiting on paint to dry and have a few touchups to do, then need to arrange a few things and […]

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Crystal Chandelier for the Nursery (favorite yard sale find of all time!)

February 24, 2017

I found probably my very favorite yard sale find of all time last week… and it only cost $10.    It’s the cutest white crystal chandelier you ever did see!  I am wrapping up work on the nursery and I really wanted to replace the basic light in there and my hope was to do […]

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Little Pink Rocking Chair

February 20, 2017

Last spring when I was wanting to prepare for baby and decorate her room but we hadn’t moved yet, I kept myself busy by packing of course, but also by trying to go ahead and find and DIY some things for her room.  Like this DIY chicken wire hair bow holder.    Another thing I […]

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DIY Nursery Closet Organization

February 13, 2017

One of the things I love about our new house is the closet spaces!  Both bedrooms have 2 door closets like this, plus we have a walk-in closet in the master, and large closet in what will be my office, and a small closet in the bonus room.  Before I even knew what house we […]

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DIY Hair Bow Holder (plus where to find cute hairbands for cheap!)

February 8, 2017

I knew when we found out we were expecting a little girl that LOTS of hair bows and headbands were in our future.     So one of the very first projects I did before we moved and before she was even born was work on a hair bow holder!  I grabbed an old frame from […]

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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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