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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

Organize your home by using things you would toss in the trash (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose)

January 8, 2014

  This post is part of a series – “5 weeks to an Organized Home.”  You can see all the posts in this series by clicking here.  And to make sure you don’t miss any posts you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. Today let’s […]

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Organize your dresser drawers (10 simple + frugal ideas to clean and organize your home)

January 6, 2014

This post is part of a series – “5 weeks to an Organized Home.”  You can see all the posts in this series by clicking here.  And to make sure you don’t miss any posts you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. Let’s organize our […]

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New series: 10 simple + frugal ideas to clean and organize your home (part of 5 weeks to an Organized Home)

January 6, 2014

Excited to announce this series starting today and going for the next 5 weeks. One of the goals I have for the first few months of this year is to clean and organize every room in my home, room by room.  Taking one room at a time and going through every closet, cabinet, drawer, basket, […]

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Seasonal mantels of 2013

January 3, 2014

I recapped some of the top posts of 2013 in this post if you missed it.  BUT I thought it would be fun to do a mantel recap post too! You know that I love to decorate my mantel for seasons.  I did it before I was blogging, and would do it even if I […]

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Top 10 posts of 2013

January 1, 2014

Happy New Year to you all!  Before we jump into new projects, decluttering, and decorating in 2014… I thought we would go back and recap some of the top posts of 2013.  Some of you may have joined us half way throughout the year and not seen many of these. So here’s YOUR favorite posts […]

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Red and JOYful Christmas mantel with natural elements

December 23, 2013

Running out of time to share the rest of my Christmas décor with you!  I know some of you have been waiting and wanting to see my Christmas mantel… so here it is! I had planned to do something totally different but ran out of time to make that happen.  But I really do like […]

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Christmas gift idea: Painted door mat

December 20, 2013

Need a last minute gift idea?  Or maybe a gift that your kids could do this weekend for the grandparents or other family members?  I have an EASY, fast project for you that is useful and super cute too! You will need a finished carpet mat.  You can either pick up an outdoor mat or […]

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Red and white Christmas tree with natural elements

December 19, 2013

I have been telling you that I switched out my colors for Christmas this year and I am enjoying it!  So let me introduce you to my red, brown, and metallic Christmas tree! I picked up a bin of deep red, metallic and brown plastic ornaments last year after Christmas at Wal-Mart and that is […]

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Popsicle Stick Snowflakes (+ enter to win a $100 Dollar Tree gift card!)

December 13, 2013

I am a huge fan of Dollar Tree!  Are you?  You can find amazing deals and actually some really nice decorations from time to time, especially seasonal décor.  Did you know that there is a Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club?  It is a free club that has tons of exclusive ideas for crafts, recipes, décor, […]

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Being a blessing to others this Christmas season (with the help of Kroger)

December 11, 2013

Disclosure: I received a gift card from Kroger, but all ideas and opinions are mine. So I interrupt all the Christmas decorating, baking, cookie decorating, and shopping… to talk about the real reason for the season.  It is so easy to get caught up in all the “to-do” list of Christmas – decorating, gift buying, […]

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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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