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Five Home Renovation Savings Tips

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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. Plan ahead.

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Time saved alone is worth the small effort you expend in learning how to make these repairs. Today it is much less expensive to buy your clothes, even if you buy brand new and certainly if you shop some of the chic re-sale shops or even the thrift stores. The Frugal Girl blog does a great job of discussing this point!

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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But in August 2013 , our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages: our home and our business. Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. Yep, life was good.

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