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How to Build a Tree House for Your Kids

How to Build a Tree House for Your Kids

frugalhomediy January 28, 2013 0

Here is another guest post from Jason Harter.  Jason is a father of three who enjoys a good fun fact.  He is a contributing blogger and has written such things as 10 Champion Boxers You’d

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7 Creative Uses Of Baking Soda At Home

7 Creative Uses Of Baking Soda At Home

frugalhomediy January 28, 2013 1

  This is a guest post from Jason Harter.  Jason is driven by the engineer in him to find uses for everything, including baking soda. He also enjoys blogging and is a contributing writer

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The House Flip on Walnut Street:  Episode 10

The House Flip on Walnut Street: Episode 10

frugalhomediy October 28, 2012 0

After the bathrooms were ready for drywall I inspected the rest of the house to make sure all the other rooms were ready as well. I then contacted the drywaller and he started hanging

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How My Wife Won a Car

How My Wife Won a Car

frugalhomediy August 22, 2012 3

Something exciting happened to me and my wife this year.  We won a car at the halftime of a girl’s high school basketball game.  Well my wife won a car, I just bought the

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How to Build a Bat House

How to Build a Bat House

frugalhomediy August 5, 2012 2

Bats are very valuable animals to have around.  In fact, a single bat can eat 500-1000 mosquitoes an hour or 4000 to 8000 a night.  They have a life span of 20 to 40

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Be a Modern Homesteader

Be a Modern Homesteader

frugalhomediy July 30, 2012 0

I was reading the This Old House website and came across this article on “Modern Homesteading.”  Apparently the cities on this list are giving away land for free in hopes of spurring economic growth

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Top 7 Ways to Prepare for an Economic Collapse without Coming Across as Paranoid

Top 7 Ways to Prepare for an Economic Collapse without Coming Across as Paranoid

frugalhomediy July 11, 2012 3

The other day I was watching a TV series on Netflix called The Colony. It’s a reality TV show about a group of people who have to work together to survive after a global

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Build a Backyard Cottage for Family

Build a Backyard Cottage for Family

frugalhomediy June 25, 2012 0

Sorry I haven’t posted anything in a few weeks.  I have been very busy with work and the house I’m flipping.  I have a lot of progress to write about,  it’s just hard finding

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Quick Tip to Get a Flawless Polyurethane Finish

Quick Tip to Get a Flawless Polyurethane Finish

frugalhomediy June 10, 2012 0

When applying a coat of Polyurethane it can be hard to get that flawless finish. After applying the first coat it’s customary to lightly sand the surface with steel wool, carefully clean, and then

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The House Flip on Walnut Street:  Episode 9

The House Flip on Walnut Street: Episode 9

frugalhomediy June 4, 2012 0

Next, I started to gut the bathroom.  This was an exhausting, dirty job.  The plaster was difficult to remove in this particular bathroom because there were a lot of corners.  The corners made it

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