Welcome to Christmas at our house! This year’s tour is going to be a bit smaller/simpler than last year due to just moving (into a fixer upper house) and having a baby 6 months ago. But I do love to decorate our home for Christmas and managed to get fseveral areas done this year. Our […]
Christmas Living Room + Farmhouse inspired Christmas tree
Today I am sharing my living room all decked out for Christmas! Our new fixer upper house is still very much in the “fixing up” stage but the one room that is probably the most done is the living room. So I went all out for Christmas in this room this year and have just […]
Christmas Cookie Party with Christmas Themed Milk Jars
Have you ever been to a Christmas Cookie Exchange Party or maybe a Christmas Cookie Decorating Party? I never have but I have always thought it would be so fun to go to one or host one at my house. When I decorate for a party I always try to add some cute homemade […]
Make an inexpensive Christmas pillow from a placemat
I have had several people comment on my cute red plaid flannel pillows on my Christmas front porch and even though this isn’t a new idea I thought I would share it anyways. Sometimes we just need a fresh reminder of something that could work in a certain area or within a budget in our […]
Farmhouse Christmas Front Porch with #HDCHolidayHomes Tour
This post sponsored by Home Decorators Collection. But styling and opinions are all mine! I am so excited to kick off the Holiday Home Tour with Home Decorators Collection today along with several of my blogger friends. We will all be sharing parts of our holiday home with you throughout the week so make sure to […]
Christmas mantel at our new home
This post is sponsored by Kirklands. But styling and opinions expressed are all mine. Oh how I have missed decorating this past year! With putting our house up for sale, moving, and a new baby…decorating, and especially seasonal decorating has definitely taken a back burner. I never even got around to doing much fall […]
A look at Christmases past at our old home
Before we jump into Christmas decor at our new home (my Christmas mantel will be up on the blog tomorrow morning!), I thought I would go back and recap all the ways I decorated for Christmas at our old home. I so enjoyed looking through all of these pictures and recalling Christmases past at that […]
Painting the exterior of our home
This been a huge change that I have been so excited to share with you! I hinted at it when I showed you my rocking chair front porch and some of you guessed the change. So let’s go back… Here’s our house when we closed on it back in May. Completely overtaken with bushes and […]
Getting smart with our thermostat
This post brought to you by Schneider Electric . The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Frugal Homemaker.com. This new house has brought all kinds of challenges. Lots of things we didn’t foresee needing repaired or fixed and lots of upgrades that needed to be done. One of those was the thermostat. […]
Silver, blue, and white snowflake Christmas ornaments
This post is sponsored by DecoArt. I am a DecoArt Core blogger for 2016-2017 and enjoy using and sharing some of their products with you. All thoughts, opinions, and styling are all mine. What colors do you do for Christmas? I pretty much always include red except for the year I did an all neutral […]