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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

Yellow and blue Spring/Easter mantel

March 13, 2013

So excited to start sharing some spring things with you!  First up is my spring mantel.  Come March 1st (sometimes before depending on if the weather is cooperating), I am ready for all things SPRING!  This year we have had some cooler temps here in GA into March but have also had a few days […]

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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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Ceiling Medallion Mirror {Day 18 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done}

October 18, 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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There’s a pumpkin on my porch {Front porch decorated for Fall}

September 19, 2012

Front porch decorated for Fall via TheFrugalHomemaker.com

So we are continuing the fall décor theme this week with some outside fall décor today.  I had fun decorating my front porch to show you! Can I confess something?  I am not a very good outside decorator… at least I don’t think so.  For one, outside décor seems to cost a good bit and […]

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Come thrift shop with me – “I love thrifting” fall edition is coming!

September 12, 2012

So remember the fun “I love thrifting” day that I hosted back in the summer?  Rashon, aka Mr. Goodwill Hunting, started this national day and tons of people got together in cities all around the country to “thrift” together. We had so much fun and found some great stuff (check out my recap with pictures […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: $2 mirror, kids toys, 25¢ bins and more

August 31, 2012

I’m back with another Friday Frugal finds post.  Here is what I found at thrift stores and yard sale this week. I stopped in my Value Village store and found this old Playskool toy bench for $2.02  I love the old, wood, classic kids toys and this will be fun for my nephew to play […]

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Friday Frugal Finds–plate stand, 50¢ game, vintage milk glass, clothes and more

August 10, 2012

I am back with another edition of Friday Frugal Finds!  Where I show you what I picked up at yard sales, thrift stores, or my favorite flea market last week.  I love seeing what others find at yard sales or thrift stores and it helps give me a vision for items I might find and […]

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Friday Frugal Finds: Vintage Coke crate, Blue mason jar, jewelry, clothes and more!

August 3, 2012

I had a great week thrifting last week after taking the week before that off because we were on vacation. It started with 1/2 price day at Value Village.   I picked up a skirt and dress at half price for $2.25 and 2 pairs of shoes – one was $1.99, the other $2.99.  (For […]

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Beach-inspired summer mantel

July 30, 2012

Beach-inspired summer mantel

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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Beach-inspired guest bathroom FINAL reveal! {Or how I redecorated my bathroom two times…}

July 25, 2012

So let’s visit some before pictures!  This is what my bathroom looked like about a year ago. During my first makeover I did some major changes: I framed the builder basic mirror using some simple trim.  Read about how I did that here. Then I added some DIY board and batten.  That process can be […]

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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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