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I love Crate and Barrel, and I recently had a yearning for their Spin Hurricanes from the catalog. However, even the small one retails for $24.95, so here is The Budget Decorator’s remake of the Crate and Barrel Spin Candle Holder that only cost a little over a dollar to make. (And that’s only if… [Continue Reading]
I love collecting recipes, cookbooks and household hints. Below are a list of old-fashioned household hints I collected from the back of an old cookbook. They are interesting, sometimes funny and some are still practical for today. They are written exactly as they were in the book. I hope you will enjoy reading them. And… [Continue Reading]
This post brought to you by Triad Retail Media. All opinions are 100% mine. My almost six year old is accident prone and well, she’s six so she gets VERY messy! My older daughter isn’t quite as bad but she’ klutzy and gets scraps that get blood on them. I can’t begin to tell you… [Continue Reading]
Want to make a contemporary upholstered headboard for your bedroom, but don’t want to spend the three to four hundred dollars or more to buy one? Using a contemporary style headboard is a fast way to update any style bedroom and freshen your look. Here is a step by step home decorating project to make… [Continue Reading]
Looking for a quick and easy garden container to add some flair to a boring deck, yard or patio? Here is a before and after project that will take less than 30 minutes, can be inexpensive and is a creative take on ordinary container gardening! Supplies: Any container that has sections. (We used an old… [Continue Reading]
As someone who lives with kids your carpets WILL get stained. You know how I feel about carpets. I like hard wood but I do have carpets in our bedrooms and big rugs. Sigh. They get dirty and they are hard to clean but here are some tips for you. If you are like me… [Continue Reading]
photo source When home decorating on a budget, one of the top designer tricks is using fabric to freshen a room. Can’t afford to cover all the furniture, replace the drapes and make custom bedding with the fabric you fell in love with? No prob! Sometimes all it takes is one yard of fantastic… [Continue Reading]
If you’re looking for a fun Easter activity to play with children, Pin The Tail On The Bunny is fun for kids of all ages! Pin The Tail On The Bunny – $3.99 How To Play: Print out the pages for Pin The Tail On The Bunny. Note: The game will print out on 4… [Continue Reading]
One of the things I love about homeschooling is being able to come and go as we please. We don’t have to plan trips around someone else’s schedule. It enables us to plan big for family trips. My whole life I have wanted to rent a full-size RV and travel around North America. As my… [Continue Reading]
Not too long ago we found ourselves needing to relocate for a job opportunity. We were not looking forward to leaving all of our friends and loved ones but we were ready for a new adventure. The only standing between us and our new life was selling our house so we could buy a new… [Continue Reading]
If you are a regular follower of my blog you KNOW I hate carpet. The dust, the dirt, the nastiness I can never get out! We have horrible allergies so we have tile and want hardwood floors. Now there is Magic Fresh® It’s a carpet treatment. You can actually buy carpet with this in it…. [Continue Reading]
When I first moved into our house it was an assistant living home that needed to be completely remodeled. We had blue restaurant/ commercial carpeting. It was HORRID!! We decided to add carpet to the bedrooms and tile the rest. We added the carpeting BEFORE we had children. I have since realized I HATE carpeting…. [Continue Reading]
Did you know Shaklee makes cleaning supplies? I didn’t. My parents used to sell the vitamins ages ago and they were good stuff so I knew I wanted to try the cleaning products! Did you know that the Basic H20 alone could save you almost $12,000? The one and only Basic H is a versatile,… [Continue Reading]
Sometimes I get tired of looking at the same styles around my house. The same layout, furniture, and patterns all the time becomes monotonous. When I was a kid I would change the furniture around in my room so often my father made me a floor plan to scale so I could map out the… [Continue Reading]
When aging parents start to have trouble living on their own, it marks a time many dread thinking about. We don’t want to consider put our parents in a senior living center but we want to keep them safe and happy. Recently, my in-laws have been spending far too much time with doctors. There have… [Continue Reading]
