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Freshen Your Home for Spring

Have you been to Target this week? The discount retailer is having a huge sale on plastic storage totes, shelving units and a slew of other items to help you organize, as you tackle your spring cleaning projects. In addition to the storage-related items, Target is offering deep discounts on slipcovers for sofas, loveseats and chairs. At first I wondered how slipcovers tied into spring cleaning, but then I realized that if you have furniture with dark upholstery, adding a slipcover with a soft floral pattern or solid pastel could easily freshen up the look of your living room. If … Continue reading →

Inexpensive Decorating Projects for Your Home

Here are a few ideas for improving your space by doing simple and elegant decorative projects for your home that hardly cost a thing: Shadow boxes Fit four short pieces of wood together into a rectangle or square, about one to two inches deep, or deep enough to set something upon it. Paint the wood or stain it. Make a few of these shadow boxes and group them together. Place similar items inside them. You can use these boxes as an inexpensive way to showcase collections, candles, or small, potted flowers. Fabric wall art Buy a lightweight board and have … Continue reading →

Daring Frugal Ideas for Autumn Decorating

As mentioned before, Fall is my favorite season, and of course I love to decorate the house to reflect that. From a wreath on my door to simple decorations around my home, I love bringing fall indoors and enjoying it. These ideas that I have used have come from all over the places, but every single one of them is an inexpensive alternative to a more pricey store bought version. Saving money is important to me, family time is even more important. So while I am keeping money in my wallet, I am able to combine my love for crafts … Continue reading →

Home Decorating Tips: Walls

In a previous blog I wrote about my tour of our local Builders Association’s Parade of Homes. I walked away with a several decorating ideas—some that I would seriously consider applying to my own home—others, well; let’s just say I would have a hard time duplicating. The following are some trends and ideas I learned and thought I would pass along to you. If you decide to apply any to your own home, please feel free to let me know how it turned out. In my last blog I wrote that the Home Builders Association’s spokesperson I spoke to insisted … Continue reading →

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I hope you have taken the chance to read some of the articles at the Home and Garden blog. I love to read the fun and interesting ideas these writers have. I am particularly interested in finding creative ways to decorate frugally. Check out some of these articles from our Home and Garden bloggers for some of my favorite tips for decorating cheap: What is Shabby Chic? I love the design ideas in this article. There are some great ways to get that “shabby chic” look without spending a fortune. It does boggle my mind how people are willing to … Continue reading →

Raising Kids On a Budget

Money is always a concern, even more so when you are a single parent. Kids need lots of stuff. They start off so small but quickly seem to take up so much space and need so many things. Some things you should not scrimp on, car seats, cribs, things that are important for your child’s safety. There are plenty of other areas to save money. Let’s start with clothes. Babies and toddlers in particular grow so quickly, clothing is usually outgrown long before it is outworn. Take all the hand me downs that are offered. They won’t all be to … Continue reading →

A Week’s Worth of Seasonal Fun for the Entire Family

So long jack-o’-lanterns, hello turkeys. Now that Halloween is over it’s time to think Thanksgiving. This week I shared a number of fun craft ideas featuring fall themes. In addition, Pam contributed ways to create a family-oriented Election Day party. We rounded out the week with ways to make the most of autumn’s golden days as a family. If you didn’t get a chance to read all about it, here’s what you missed: November 3rd—–Fun Fall Crafts for Preschoolers: Homemade Trees. If you have a craft-loving tot at home this project is a great way to let his inner artist … Continue reading →

Easy Wall Murals

About nine years ago, when my twins were still babies and still took an afternoon nap, I decided to paint a mural in our basement playroom. It’s a long, skinny room with lots of wall space. A friend of mine called it my bowling alley. I had Disney clipart software that designed cards and banners. I took one of the pictures of Pooh Bear and his friends and printed it out. Using a projector, I traced the outlines with pencil directly onto the wall. I did this in about twenty minute increments during nap time. The hardest part of the … Continue reading →

Gloves, Hats, and Necklaces – Craft Ideas for Tea Parties

What’s a tea party without gloves? I have several ideas for decorating gloves, depending on the age group of your guests and how many adult helpers you have. If you are lucky you can sometimes find old dress gloves at thrift stores and garage sales. If you can’t find them or don’t want to glue things to almost antique clothing, gloves meant for keeping lotion on your hands, or those one size fits all stretch gloves that cost about a dollar work just fine too. Plain gloves are fine and will feel fancy to the children. But gloves with decorations … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week in Review: December 3rd through December 9th

Can you believe that it is just a few more weeks until Christmas? I have to confess that I don’t even have all of my decorations up or shopping and gift making done, yet. I hope you are doing better in that department than I am! This past week, we have had plenty of holiday articles, from decorating to gift giving ideas, all crafted with tips to save you money this season. Here is the Frugal Living blog week in review for December 3rd through December 9th December 3rd Free Land In the heart of American, towns from far and … Continue reading →