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The Frugal Homemaker

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Friday Frugal Finds: games, basket, décor, and the house I wanted to buy

June 6, 2014

I found quite a few things last week on my frugal shopping venture I am always on.  1/2 price day was last week at Value Village and of course I was there!  I got this basket for $1.01.  And 2 more pillows I forgot to take pictures of – won’t keep the covers but just […]

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July + August recap

September 3, 2013

I don’t know why I always forget and turn these 1 month recap posts into 2 month recap posts but it just has seemed to work that way most of the year. So in case you missed some things around there during the summer when you were vacationing, or enjoying some time off… here’s what […]

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Beach-inspired tablescape with Better Homes and Gardens new porcelain dishes (+ entertaining tips for hosting a stress-free meal)

June 26, 2013

I love entertaining and having people over for a party, cookout, or pretty much any  excuse to get together and have yummy food, fun, and fellowship together!  And I love decorating a pretty table (or actually just decorating period!) So when Better Homes and Gardens contacted me and wanted me to try out their new […]

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Summer projects + decorating inspiration

May 22, 2013

With Memorial Day right around the corner, this weekend sort of signifies the beginning of summer for me.  June is about to start, the temperatures are fast approaching the 90’s, cookouts are a common weeknight occurrence, summer is here! So I thought before I delve into all things summer (my patriotic mantel is getting the […]

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20+ Spring projects (lots of Spring inspiration!)

March 5, 2013

15 days until Spring!  And you better believe I am counting down each day!   (And enjoying seeing a forecast close to 70 degrees later this week even though we had snow flurries on Saturday – crazy GA weather!) So I thought I would round up a bunch of my past projects in one post […]

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House tour: Kitchen (the good, the bad, and the ugly)

January 30, 2013

Today you get to take a tour of my kitchen.  Once again, I love the open floor plan.  I showed you how the eat –in kitchen and living room all open up into each other. Right off of the kitchen is the dining room.  I shared you a full before/after post of that room but […]

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House tour: Living room

January 14, 2013

Over the next few weeks, I plan to share pictures of each room in our house – one room each week.  I have rooms I have never even shared on the blog  (because they aren’t finished or even started!) but maybe this will help motivate me. Here’s a few things I plan to accomplish with […]

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Top projects of 2012

December 27, 2012

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  We had a good Christmas.  A quiet, simple Christmas with my husband’s family on Christmas Eve and then Christmas with my family (three kids age 5 and under) which was a little bit more crazy.  And as for presents we got – well, there may have been […]

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DIY Moss Covered Monogram tutorial {day 16 of 31 days of Pinterest}

October 16, 2012

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your email, follow me on facebook, or subscribe in your reader. Today’s […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: our thrift shopping extravaganza finds

September 28, 2012

Time to show you what we got on our fun thrift shopping trip last Saturday!   If you remember I scheduled another thrift shopping day and invited whoever wanted to join us to come – just like we did on I Love Thrifting day. We had a fun day and found all kinds of treasures. Here […]

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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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