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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. We furnished our house almost for free by using a few methods: Repurpose Old Pieces . We even got a TV that my parents weren’t using anymore (a flat screen LCD TV at that)! The pieces go great with our style and the style of the house.

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Sweet Dreams Together: A Guide to Safe and Peaceful Cosleeping with Your Newborn

Koupon Karen

Those first few months with a new baby bring profound joy, relentless exhaustion, and, for many parents – angst over achieving safe, restful sleep for all. This makes all-natural bedside sleepers uniquely suited to newborn needs. Everyone awakens well-rested. Secure attachments flourish through reliable comfort.

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Housing Solutions for Seniors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If your parents or grandparents require more intervention than they would receive with an elder cottage, another alternative might be the MEDCottage. Would you buy one of these cottages for your parents to live on your property? She would have been immediately accessible to us and vice versa. MEDCottage. Go Frugal'

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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What was a want or a luxury to parents or grandparents may have actually become something most of us consider a need. Here are things that most in my generation would now consider a need, but that most of our parents didn’t have when we boomers were growing up in their households. That same decision holds true with everything.

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Friday Links – Home Stretch Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tomorrow night we are heading out to “Movies in the Park” with my parents. I think I have hit a wall when it comes to my energy and need to recoup. I am grateful it is a long weekend and I can spread my time between studying and resting. A local park runs movies on a big screen for free for the month of August. It is a great time.

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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, if you want to buy slightly used home furnishings, find an upscale neighborhood where the kids are mostly grown. Sometimes these types of neighborhoods have folks that have lost parents or parents have moved into smaller homes or retirement communities and have given their adult children some of their treasures.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You may not remember all the stuff you had as a kid, but if you are a parent, you are certainly aware how fast stuff gathers around you when kids come into your life! But, because we leave behind the accumulated stuff in our parent’s household, we really end up with less that we had at home. You want stuff.

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