Frugal Ain't Cheap

When we bought our home,  there were two living areas,  one was the formal living room,  and the other was called the family room. ...

This project was a way to control the flow of rainwater across our front landscape.  Here my 4  easy steps to follow when installing a d...

Slowly but surely. The idea started with turning our garage into living space + laundry room. (our washer and dryer were already down t...

Do you have a wooden deck that is covered with green gunk? Algae, mold, will grow on decks that are in the shade. Our deck has bee...

I love pallets. When I get "new" ones, I usually leave them outside to naturally age the wood. I am in the process of makin...

Definitely fall is in the air. Cool breeze, shorter days and chilly mornings/evenings. I honestly have only decorated a few thin...

I have not been updating about our garage rec room conversion, but we are making progress. Electrical has been taking care of, the wall...

After much deliberation,   my husband and I have decided to turn our garage into a rec room. Lots of different reasons. I know there ...

It has been a few weeks since we added a pergola carport to our backyard. We decided on having someone building this. At this time I am...

Good morning blogland! I know I have been "gone" for few weeks, but life has been busy.  Good but busy. With homeschool and...

Over a year ago I added a backsplash to my kitchen. A few days ago I was cleaning up the garage, and found the rest of the materi...

When people want to remodel part of their home,  the question most of us ask first (or should) is:  what can we afford? I think it...

On December 10, 2013, we started our sunroom addition. This is what looked like then. It has now been a year, and this is how it...

I am getting really excited about finishing up the shed under our sunroom. My plan is to have it finished in the next week.  I can'...

Most of the things in this world are not free... or are they? Yes, if you are not picky on what you want, most times you can get fre...

Truthfully, I am always busy doing something... but when my husband is out of town for work (which is not very often), I start tackling...

It's about time I finished this fire pit area, built right next to the diy floating deck I built a few months ago. I have used ...

Do you have a chain link fence that could use a face lift? Do you need to add privacy to your yard? This project is cheaper than replac...

If you haven't seen much of my post lately...well, that's because I am not able to blog much. And if I haven't been around vi...

If you live in a house that was built before 1980ish, chances are that you have wood paneling in one or more rooms in your house. I kno...