by Anne Murphy | Jul 2, 2017 | Craft, DIY, Frugal Living, Making-Do, Tips/Hints
Don’t throw those faded, holey old towels out. Besides being excellent cleaning rags, spew rags (which I just realised yesterday that I needed a whole heap of with my sick little boy), wiping the wet dog rags, they can be made in to many other useful things for...
by Anne Murphy | Jul 2, 2017 | Craft, DIY, Frugal Living, Makeover, Making-Do, Tips/Hints
Today, I am tackling my kid’s wardrobes and culling their clothes right back to basics. I’ve been so very, very lucky to have received a lot of hand-me-downs for both of them over the years and I quite happily accept them. Probably when they were little...
by Anne Murphy | Sep 27, 2016 | Craft, DIY, Making-Do, Sewing
Living this frugal life, I look at everything that comes into the house a little differently. If it’s general waste, I wonder how I can recycle it or if it could be used for something else. If it’s a piece of vintage linen, I ask myself “do I need it...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 16, 2015 | Craft, DIY, Makeover, Making-Do
I’ve never been one much for decorating my kid’s bedrooms in character themes, oh except for a Snoopy theme for both a girl’s and boy’s nursery and then there was my son’s obsession with Disney’s “Cars” which lasted for...
by Anne Murphy | Aug 17, 2015 | Frugal Living, H.O.M.E., Making-Do, Shopping, Tips/Hints
There’s a bit of a phenomenon going on in Australia right now with a whole range of ‘cheap’ homewares being sold by the big discount department stores. I watched a piece on a nightly current affairs show about how people have gone...