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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

Adding some chalkboard fun to my glass canisters

March 7, 2014

Back before Christmas, I replaced the canisters on my kitchen counter with these glass canisters.  My canisters had gotten some hairline cracks in them and were allowing moisture to get in so my sugar was getting hard as a rock and my flour wasn’t keeping fresh.  The glass jars are these Anchor Hocking Heritage Hill […]

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10+ Pretty and Organized Pantries

January 24, 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. So yesterday I […]

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10 simple tips to an organized pantry

January 23, 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. So this is […]

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Some new kitchen art + a little bit of fall decorating

September 4, 2013

I made just a few inexpensive, 5 minute changes in the kitchen and thought I would show you.  This picture was taken back in January when I did my eat in kitchen home tour post.  I have a whole list of things I want to change in the eat in kitchen in that post along […]

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How to set a pretty table with yard sale finds (tablescape for less than $5.00!)

July 8, 2013

I think you know by now that I love to set a pretty table.   I have been setting our kitchen table with placemats and a simple centerpiece ever since we first got married 10 years ago.  Started out with a small table that would only seat two and I had a couple sets of two […]

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Small change in the eat-in-kitchen (Decluttering)

February 25, 2013

Today I just have a simple change or actually a decluttering project to share with you.  It is one of the things that I mentioned I wanted to change in my Home Tour post of my eat in kitchen.  You may have even noticed the change in my Valentine Day tablescape post.  A few of […]

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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: Eat-in kitchen

January 24, 2013

Next up in our house tour is the eat-in kitchen.  Last week I showed you our living room and I loved all the feedback and advice you gave me!   And I am glad you are enjoying this home tour.  Our living room opens up to the kitchen and an eat-in kitchen area.  I am thankful […]

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DIY Burlap Menu/Memo Board (Day 11 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done

October 11, 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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EAT letters in the kitchen {day 4 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done}

October 4, 2012

DIY "EAT" letters in the kitchen

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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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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