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Five Home Renovation Savings Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Home renovations are a necessary process when you own your home. Not only will renovations provide pleasure and function to you, but they could increase the sale value of your home a bit. Here are a few tips on saving money while doing renovations. Here are a few tips on saving money while doing renovations. Thrift shops.

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How to Furnish a New Home For Next to Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We’ve been in the house for about a year, and now have a well furnished home. I mentioned that our pub style table and chairs didn’t work well in our dining room, but the bar stool chairs were the perfect height, so they worked great for the kitchen island, and we were able to sell the table on Craigslist. Go Frugal'

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Basic Home Decorating Tips That Will Make Your Home Look Great

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many people overlook the power of using textures in a home to add points of interest as well as space and a homey feel. What home decorating basics have you found work well? Rugs, decor, window treatments, and furniture can all add texture. They can certainly make a room look quite tacky if they are out in the open. Get Organized'

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also occasionally get to encourage young entrepreneurs by purchasing their wares (usually soda or lemonade but sometimes more ambitions products as well). Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I let them sit in the sun for several days as well to let the sun disinfect them.

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I believe that your opportunity cost would be too great as well. Today it is much less expensive to buy your clothes, even if you buy brand new and certainly if you shop some of the chic re-sale shops or even the thrift stores. Of course you will also have ongoing costs such as thread, patterns and material as well.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. But in August 2013 , our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages: our home and our business. Yep, life was good.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Choose Thrift First. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target, TJ Maxx, and/or Kohl’s when I feel like I need something. I’m curious to see how much we can save and also how creative we can get by making do with what we already own or looking for things at a thrift store. Plan our Spending.