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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

Friday Frugal Finds: $3 mirror, 25¢ placemats, $3 wall décor, and much more!

July 20, 2012

Lots of finds to share with you this week!   Some from yard sales and some from thrift stores.  So here goes! I stopped in quickly at Value Village with my nephew and found some good finds. Balderdash game – 60¢ Taboo game – $1.91 Scarf – 49¢ Then on Saturday I headed out yard […]

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White and yellow Summer wreath (made with yard sale finds!)

July 13, 2012

I have really been itching to make a wreath lately.     The last wreath I made was my green wreath that I made back in the spring with thrift store finds for $3.00.  That wreath has actually been on my front door since then. I still love this wreath so I just moved it to the […]

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“I love thrifting day” recap + pictures of our finds!

July 9, 2012

This past Saturday was so fun!  Getting a bunch of ladies together to go shopping is fun… but get a bunch of frugal/spray-paint loving/thrift store loving ladies together (who all actually read my blog and many other blogs too) to go thrift store shopping is A BLAST! I am changing things up a bit this […]

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“I love Thrifting” day is almost here!

July 3, 2012

Woohooo!  So excited!  Just a few more days and “I love thrifting” day will be here.  Check out this cute shirt Rashon had made this year!  So I will be easy to find – just look for the green shirt with “I love thrifting” plastered all over it! I scouted out some thrift stores yesterday […]

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$20 flea market dresser re-do

June 13, 2012

I am so excited to share the first furniture re-do on my blog today!  It is actually not MY first piece to do – I have done a coffee table, toy chest, and another dresser, but this is the first official piece I am sharing here with before/after pictures. I bought this dresser for $20 […]

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Friday fun + Frugal finds: window, large frame, and more jewelry!

May 18, 2012

It’s Friday!  Yay!  Are you hitting some yard sales this weekend? I didn’t find anything at thrift stores last week, but I did find some fun yard sale finds.  (In fact I find that as yard sale season is going strong I find less and find myself shopping less at thrift stores since I know […]

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$3.50 serving stand (flea market + yard sale find transformed) + a lesson in waiting

May 14, 2012

I showed you this serving stand that I got for $3.00 at the flea market.  I was so excited to find this as this was a SPECIFIC item on my “to-find” list.  I wasn’t crazy about the color, but nothing that a little spray paint in my favorite color – Krylon Oil-Rubbed Bronze. Now all […]

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Frugal Finds: frames, jewelry, and more

May 11, 2012

So the title should clue you in that this week was a normal week around here – I went yard sale shopping and found frames, jewelry, and more!  Story of my life recently.  But I love my finds and I did find a few more things this week too. I stopped at a yard sale […]

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8 Tips for hosting your own yard sale {How to shop yard sales series}

May 7, 2012

Today is the last post in our “How to shop yard sales series.”  Here is what we have covered so far: Why I shop yard sales Where to find yard sales What to look for at yard sales What YOU should bring to a yard sale Tips from some yard sale shopping pros So I […]

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Tips from some yard sale shopping pros {How to shop yard sales series}

May 1, 2012

When I started thinking about this series, I thought that it would be good at the end to share some tips from others that shop yard sales.  Of course I immediately thought of these three people who I think of as yard sale shopping pros! Rhoda, from Southern Hospitality, has been shopping yard sales and […]

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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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