article thumbnail

10 Tips to Create the Perfect Nursery on a Budget

Saving Cents With Sense

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. Foam, Not Carpet. Reupholster Second-Hand Furniture.

article thumbnail

Redbook Magazine Subscription $4.99 Per Year

For the Mommas

Articles cover kitchens and bathrooms, flooring, doors and windows, paint color, hardware and lighting, carpets and rugs, window treatments, fine furnishings?even even shutters, garages, and home gardens. Turn to us for expert advice to guide your planning and purchases. Today only, subscribe to Outside Magazine for only $4.99

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

DIY Sock Snowmen

For the Mommas

Another great thing, a lot of what’s needed you probably have already in your home, garage, or can find at the dollar store. Carpet Tacks. Next, take the carpet tacks or tack pins (I prefer carpet tacks, I get them for.99 99 at the hardware store and they look nice and rustic.) What you will need-.

DIY 79
article thumbnail

Am I Frugal – or Cheap?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, to protect the glass and window/door hardware you have to tape and paper it. The plastic sheeting I use under the windows to avoid getting lacquer on the carpet or concrete (outside). Otherwise I would have lost brain cells and gotten sick to my stomach. The wide tape to protect the glass is at least $8 a roll.

Frugal 100