Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. I used a standard hardware store staple gun that shot thick 3/8″ staples and was very hard to use. Changing out the hardware, painting or antiquing the surface or adding decorative touches might be ways you could update the look of your old furniture pieces or cabinets.

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For the Mommas

MARCH 8, 2013

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 3, 2011

You can visit garage sales, local flea markets and scratch and dent stores to locate used furniture that needs to be refurbished. Visit the hardware store and ask for temporary, non-surface damaging hanging hooks. Here are five ways to stretch your decorating dollars: 1) Buy used furniture.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2013

Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun. The high-quality material and hardware ensure they’ll still be in excellent condition when your child enters middle school. Reupholster Second-Hand Furniture. Hang Picture Frames.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You might start working weekends out of your garage, but as your business takes off, you’ll be well on your way to your own shop and a brand new, full-time career doing what you love. Your hardware store can service your local area and all the better if you can offer advice and tips along with the physical products you sell.

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Nicoles Nickels

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

on the refrigerator, by the garage door) so that your family is reminded of them each day. Spruce up the look and feel of your furniture by adding new hardware (i.e. . • Sit down as a family to focus on how you plan on making 2013 even better than 2012: o Have each family member write down their goals for the coming year.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JUNE 13, 2013

Check out some thrift stores, vintage stores, flea markets, and garage sales. Pick out your desired paint color at the hardware store and ask the sales person what you will need to paint a room. It can be overwhelming going to look for new furniture and seeing all of those price tags. But there is good news.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

Of course, to protect the glass and window/door hardware you have to tape and paper it. Of course there are certain things I haven’t attempted – putting on a new roof (although my spouse did this); cleaning out the septic tank; installing automatic garage door openers; or installing windows and new doors. Cheap or frugal?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

We are leaving 3 entry doors, the garage doors, the windows in the garage, the small kitchen window and a large picture window in the master sitting room in place. After poking around in the big box hardware stores, and many online searches, we decided to get bids from 3 sources. What we looked for in windows and doors.

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For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Another great thing, a lot of what’s needed you probably have already in your home, garage, or can find at the dollar store. 99 at the hardware store and they look nice and rustic.) I’ve done these little guys to look like doctors, teachers, bull riders, hockey players, and even a Ford Motor Factory Employee.

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Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The Wi-Fi Motion Sensor alerts users of activity with a push text or notification as soon as motion is detected, whether you want to know when the kids get in from school, make sure the puppy goes outside during the day, or receive an alert when the garage door opens.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

If you commit little or no money to the project (or money that you would have spent anyway, for example, on hardware), you have little financial downside here. Risk: The biggest risk here is probably that you use your time unprofitably. Lawnmowers? Power tools? Mechanics tools and tool box? Tents or large coolers?

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