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Save Money With DIY Home Repairs

Saving Cents With Sense

However, finding the source of water in the basement may be beyond your knowledge and well worth hiring a professional. According to HomeAdvisor, the average national cost of painting a home exterior is almost $3,000 and $986 to install a door. Really Simple DIY Home Projects. Frugal home improvement'

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Cheap Ways To Renovate Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Choose a color that will go well with your furniture so that you do not need to buy new furniture just to make everything match. Use a design with colors that are easy to match so that you do not have to redo the whole wall paint just to make the colors blend well. The Living Room. Install new drapes.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

As an adult, it’s important to me to continue to be generous, as well as, provide financial security for myself and my family. As our family and household income grew, my husband and I made it a goal to put more money aside for emergencies, retirement, college, home improvements, etc. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) It’s all about living with the choices you make, and changing what isn’t working vs. telling yourself “oh well, but I can’t do that because __.” The rest was our house.

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Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany

The Frugal Girl

Well, and that’s how I ended up on Kristen’s blog. Well, I can’t say it comes naturally to me. It is not enough to get a degree somewhere in your twenties if you want to get somewhere careerwise (of course it is also totally fine to live a completely simple and frugal life). And I mean continuous education.

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How To Get A Personal Loan In 8 Steps

Savings Corner

Although getting a personal loan is relatively simple, there are some steps you can take to choose the right personal loan and increase your approval chances. The steps may vary depending on whether you’re looking for debt consolidation loans , home improvement loans, medical loans or wedding loans.

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How to Quickly Remodel Your Home & Save Money

Koupon Karen

Whether you’re aiming to revamp a single room or your entire home, these strategies can help you achieve your home improvement goals in a cost-efficient manner. Living Room The living room is the heart of the home, a place where families gather and make cherished memories.