Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

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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Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I used an old seat cushion I had and wrapped it with brand new material from another garage sale to pretty it up and make it softer, then stacked new throw pillows I found at yet another sale for $.50

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Buy Buying Garage Sale Garage 178

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

2 Additional Goals: If we save the $10k early, we’d like to work on the following 2 goals. 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 want to go through our basement, closets, and garage to look for unused items that we can sell.

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

If you own a material store, you want someone on staff that understands the customers – someone who knows how to sew! If you sell sewing machines, you want to be able to demonstrate how they work to your potential customer and probably offer some classes on how to sew to gain added revenue. Why you don’t want to learn to sew.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

I use old casual office clothes to work around the house. I have a closet full of work clothes I wore to the office for 20 years, mostly casual slacks and blouses. Plus, the styles that fit are usually made by the high end manufacturers and carried in exclusive (expensive) clothing stores. Cheap or frugal?

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Frugal Cheap Clothes Clothing 100