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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

Neutral + Vintage Christmas mantel

December 6, 2012

I am excited to share my vintage, homemade, and neutral Christmas mantel with you today. This mantel is so different in many ways than my past Christmas mantels. Here was last year’s mantel – all burgundy and gold.  This year I am trying to leave out as much red/burgundy from my decorations as possible.  Just […]

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Homemade Vintage Music Book Page Wreath

December 4, 2012

I am back with another post in our A Homemade Christmas series!  I hope you have been catching all of the other posts in this series… if not check them out at the bottom of this post.  My mouth is still watering from Heather’s homemade Pecan sticky buns recipe from yesterday.  Yumm! Today I am […]

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A Christmas mantel (+ a new Christmas craft)

December 6, 2011

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 […]

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5 days of Christmas inspiration: Merry Mantels

November 28, 2011

  First up on the list of Christmas inspiration this week is Merry Mantels!   I love decorating my mantel for Christmas and strive to mix it up a little each year. Here is my mantel from last year: I am still tweaking this years mantel and I think it is even better this year!  […]

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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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