We’ve got a Summer salad that’s perfectly refreshing for these warm summer days. Yummy Watermelon Salad! It’s a fabulous combination of sweet and a little salty. Plus, it’s super easy to make and it looks beautiful too! A wonderful addition to your next bbq, picnic or any time. Watermelon Salad Recipe Ingredients: 1 Watermelon 1/4 […]
Easy Home Decor with Artificial Succulent Planters
For those of us who don’t have a green thumb, succulents are just about the easiest plants to take care of. But for those who need it to be even easier, you can get the same beauty with a really good artificial succulent. Items needed: artificial succulent stems floral green foam block small black rocks […]
A Simple and Easy Front Porch Clean Up
Sprucing up your front door, porch area doesn’t have to cost a lot? We sure don’t want to make it too difficult of a project either. Actually, keeping things simple & easy is just what we like! We recently had a FrugElegance by Design staging job but the front porch was in need of a little TLC. Fru-Girls […]
Simple Tips for Planting in a Larger Size Pot
Plant like a pro! No green thumbs needed to do these simple tips for planting in a large size pot or any size and create a planter perfect for your front door, porch, patio, yard or anywhere. Items needed- A large size pot (new or old) Bag of planting soil A few of your favorite […]
Easy Smores Party
You dont need a big backyard or a fancy fire pit to have an Easy Smores Party! As a matter of fact, you don’t even need to be outdoors. You can have an indoor Smores Party. Items Needed: Marshmallows Graham Crackers Chocolate Bars Smores long wood sticks or our favorite, Smores Retractable Sticks Ethanol Gel Sterno Cans […]
Clearance Sale Home Decor Tray Update
It’s time for a FrugElegance Style clearance sale home decor tray update! Did you ever see a great decor piece on a clearance sale but had to walk away from it because it had an initial or a design that ruined it for you? We couldnt walk away from these galvanized metal trays at Kirkland’s. The […]
Decorating with Pinecones & Branches
Decorating with pinecones & branches & other items available right in our own backyards can be a real plus for our budget. And with the items we are using, for a rustic & natural front porch area, it all comes together. This is how we did it… Cutting a few branches off the tree. And then […]
Easy Home Decorating with Trays
Trays are such a simple, easy & Frug-Elegant way to decorate your home & they can help keep things less cluttered & more organized. Come see what we mean… Online & retail stores, trays come in different shapes, styles, sizes & price ranges. We even like to create our own trays! Our picture above of […]
How To Clean Outdoor Furniture
I was going NUTS! For the past 2 years I have been trying to get rid of these white oxidized “stains” that made these chairs look old & weathered. I was ready to give up & paint them. I tried so many products to clean them. This time, I decided to try give one more product […]
The Home Courtyard & Outdoor Living
Home courtyards & outdoor living spaces can become your own beautiful retreat. This courtyard had so much potential but wasn’t coming together quite as it should be…until now! First thing- Cleaning up, Upcycle some items, Rearrange furniture & add a few new items that are needed. Like the metal piece above the fireplace. It was half […]