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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

Fall mantel

November 13, 2014

I know I may be a bit late to the game since it seems Christmas is popping up everywhere but I figured before I get the urge to take all this down and replace it with garland and twinkling lights (shhh… probably next week!) I better show you my fall mantel! This was my fall […]

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Simple Blue & Blooms Spring Mantel (Ringing in Spring Home Tour)

March 26, 2014

Excited to share my spring mantel and some more spring décor today as part of the Ringing in Spring home tour!  14 home bloggers are sharing spring touches in their homes over the next few days.  There has already been some beautiful spring inspiration shared like this wreath and décor from Vidya at What’s Ur […]

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Winter white + green mantel dressed in candlelight

January 9, 2014

I have been teasing you for a few days with pictures of my winter mantel…  But no longer… today I am revealing it all! The vision for my winter mantel started back before Christmas when I saw Donna at Funky Junk Interior’s Christmas mantel with illuminated old windows.  I knew right away that I wanted […]

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Seasonal mantels of 2013

January 3, 2014

I recapped some of the top posts of 2013 in this post if you missed it.  BUT I thought it would be fun to do a mantel recap post too! You know that I love to decorate my mantel for seasons.  I did it before I was blogging, and would do it even if I […]

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Red and JOYful Christmas mantel with natural elements

December 23, 2013

Running out of time to share the rest of my Christmas décor with you!  I know some of you have been waiting and wanting to see my Christmas mantel… so here it is! I had planned to do something totally different but ran out of time to make that happen.  But I really do like […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Fall mantel

October 1, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  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 or follow me on facebook. Let’s kick off this series by sharing my fall […]

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Fall project round up

September 10, 2013

Judging from the conversation on facebook last night,  Post by The Frugal Homemaker.   …many of you are still experiencing summer temperatures or holding on to those last few days of summer.  BUT, for those of you that the weather has already turned cooler, or who are longing for the weather to turn cooler, or […]

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Cottage or Coastal themed decorated mantel (1 mantel decorated 5 ways series)

August 23, 2013

So I saved the best for last    Ok, not really but out of all the mantels this is probably my favorite and it is the one currently displayed in my home until I decorate my fall mantel in a few weeks.  For one reason because I am still hanging on to those last days […]

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Classic Black & White family photos mantel (part of 1 mantel decorated 5 ways series)

August 22, 2013

So today’s mantel is a bit different.  And I didn’t necessarily have the perfect components to show you but I worked with what I had.  The vision I have for a mantel like this is a collection of family photos all layered on top of each other and grouped together on the mantel.  They could […]

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Vintage or Eclectic decorated mantel {1 mantel decorated 5 ways series}

August 21, 2013

Day #3 and mantel #3! Today is more of a collected look – one where you can showcase a few of your favorite things or pieces of your favorite collections.  And it has a vintage feel because of the old window, blue ball jars, old grapevine wreath, old Pepsi crate, and antique scale. I used […]

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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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