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5 Budget Friendly Ways to Bring More Life to Your Apartment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can visit garage sales, local flea markets and scratch and dent stores to locate used furniture that needs to be refurbished. These handy tools attach easily and do not remove paint of wallpaper when you take them down. Here are five ways to stretch your decorating dollars: 1) Buy used furniture.

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

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The girls decided that it okay to part with the plastic kitchen, Handy Manny tool bench, and the Dora pop up tent. 7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale. This was the first year our neighborhood didn''t pay for a classified ad in the newspaper, but we did place free ads online. This was a big year to get rid of toys.