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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

Plaid and Cotton Farmhouse Style Christmas Tree

December 10, 2018

Happy Monday!  I’ve been so excited to share my farmhouse style cotton and plaid Christmas tree with you! You probably caught a glimpse of it in my Christmas mantel post but today, let’s show you some closer pictures and talk about some of the details. So I knew going into Christmas decorating that I wanted […]

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Plaid and Shiplap Farmhouse Christmas mantel

December 7, 2018

Plaid, shiplap, tobacco baskets, greenery, and vintage items all adore my Christmas mantel and I think even Joanna Gaines would be proud!   So excited to share all the details of my Christmas mantel with you today! Oh how I wish I really could deck the walls with lots of shiplap!  😉 I actually flipped […]

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Christmas Book Advent Calendar

November 29, 2018

I’m so excited to start this new tradition with our little girl this year – a Christmas Book Advent Calendar or Christmas Book Countdown. This idea is not original to me, in fact, I actually did something like this with my nieces and nephew a few years ago, but this will be the first year we’ll […]

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Tips for saving money all year by shopping after-Christmas clearance (+ my 10 favorite things to buy)

December 27, 2017

Can I tell you a secret – I love after Christmas clearance shopping almost as much as I love Black Friday shopping and even almost as much as I love thrifting/yard sale shopping!  There are so many deals to be found and I save so much money not just on Christmas stuff but literally all […]

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DIY Wood Snowflake Chargers + Christmas tablescape

December 19, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. I am so excited to share this LAST project in our 12 DIY’s of Christmas.  I hope you have gotten some inspiration and found some Christmas projects you were able to […]

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Free Christmas printable with a DIY wood frame

December 18, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 11th day of Christmas, I am showing you how to embellish a simple free Christmas printable with a wood frame! Supplies needed: free printable paint sticks stain glue I […]

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DIY Christmas Wood Star

December 14, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 10th DIY of Christmas, I created a DIY wood star! This was very easy and inexpensive to make. Here’s the supplies you will need: Five – 5 gallon paint sticks […]

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DIY Wood Slice Wreath

December 13, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 9th DIY of Christmas, I created a DIY Wood Slice Wreath! Supplies needed (affiliate links included for your convenience): log slices – you can either cut your own or […]

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DIY Snowy Christmas Farmhouse

December 12, 2017

This post is part of a series entitled “12 DIYs of Christmas”.  You can see all the projects and post in this series here. For the 8th DIY of Christmas, I created a DIY Snowy Christmas Farmhouse! Here’s what you will need (affliate links included for your convenience): paper mache house (you can find these year […]

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Snowy Southern Christmas Front Porch

December 11, 2017

You guys I never thought I would type those words!  This southern, south of Atlanta girl photographed her Christmas front porch in the falling snow on Saturday! Now before those in the north laugh at our patchy/snowy yard let me just explain… here in south GA we are lucky to get snow maybe once or […]

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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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