Hope you had a great weekend! I found some fun yard sale and thrift store finds I will share on Friday and just enjoyed staying busy soaking up these last few weeks of summer. Can’t believe the month of July ends tomorrow! I told you I would be sharing some ways I am adding some […]
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Summer begins with some red, white, and blue {Summer Patriotic mantel}
I don’t know about you but Memorial Day is sort of the official beginning of summer to me. School is out, June is just around the corner, 90+ degree temperatures have begun – yep, it’s summer! So it was time for my Spring mantel to say goodbye and time to decorate my mantel for summer. […]
LOVE… is in the air and on the mantel {Valentine’s Mantel}
Ok, so yesterday I sort of confessed I was having the winter blues. Well, you know what I found the cure! Scrub your bathroom literally from ceiling to baseboards for 3-4 hours till it is sparkling clean (you know so clean that it makes you open the door again and look in and smile cause […]
A Christmas mantel (+ a new Christmas craft)
Can’t wait to share my Christmas mantel with you!! I thought it would be hard to improve on last years, but I think I am loving this years even more! 🙂 Here’s a sneak peek… But first lets go back and look at past years Christmas mantels. I also want to show you how […]
Fall Pumpkin Topiary
I have a fun, fall project for you today! (updated picture above from my Fall 2012 table) – excuse the poor before blogging/before good camera/before I knew anything about photography pictures in this post. You might have seen this pumpkin topiary on my table when I posted about decorating your table with placemats. But I […]
The Frugal Homemaker is 10 years old this month!
The Frugal Homemaker is officially 10 years old this month! I thought I’d share how it all started, some of what the last 10 years have held, how blogging and making money works, some of my favorite projects and top posts, and enjoy a walk down memory lane – plus stick around to the end cause […]
2020 favorite projects
2020 sure was a year, wasn’t it? We had no idea going into the year last January what the year held, but thankful I know One who did! While there were projects I wasn’t able to complete, there were also a lot of things that got accomplished – especially when I look back at all […]
Living room updates + new rug
It’s been a while since I have showed you our living room and I have been working on making a few updates and changes before the fall and Christmas decorating season is upon us. I’m calling this my pre-fall mantel But first let’s go back and see how far it’s come in the […]
2019 house progress + favorite projects
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2020 or even January again for that matter. But I am excited about the fresh new start of a new year and all the possibilities ahead. Before I jump into new projects I wanted to share my favorite projects from 2019 and do a recap of the year. […]
DIY Christmas Skis made from Picket Fence Pickets
How to make DIY decorative skis for from a picket fence picket I’m back today to show you how I made the decorative skis on my ski lodge inspired Christmas mantel! Did you guess what they were made from? If you have been following my blog you know last summer I picked up a truckload […]