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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Our home furnishings include many cherished family heirlooms, such as an iron bed my folks bought at a sale, or the hand carved bed frame purchased by my great-grandfather. How to make used furniture usable. Often older cloth furniture retains the smells from its prior life. Dealing with smaller cloth items.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

5 Reasons Mature Adult Offspring Fear “The Money Talk”… Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips The Benefits Of Carpooling For Your Kids Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It Take Your Kids on a Money Trip to the Store. Money Tips'

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I was not raised by frugal people, but my fiance (now husband) was very frugal, and I wanted to learn how to adopt some of the same mindset so we could be on the same page. Makeup, nail polish, and clothes. But I had to SHOP for clothes. Cloth diapering. If $1000 was dropped into your lap today, what would you do with it?

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