Recent Articles
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Frugal Happy: A Stronger Neighborhood in a Covid-19 World
Despite the hardships and sadness the pandemic has brought, this neighborhood is closer than before
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Frugal Happy: Putting in a New Kitchen
It's a DIY affair, right down to installing the cabinets and cutting the quartz countertop
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Frugal Happy: Drywall, Flooring and a Loft
Finish surfaces and details begin to emerge
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Frugal Happy: Epic House Update
Chris and Wen tame an unruly crawlspace and install a minisplit system
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Frugal Happy: We Have a Floor on Our Ceiling
An opportunity to salvage oak flooring to make a new ceiling proves too good to pass up
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Frugal Happy: Introducing the Share Shed
How a front yard garden became an opportunity to build community
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Frugal Happy: Our First Year With Solar Panels
Why wait to complete the renovation when a photovoltaic system could be added right away?
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Frugal Happy: Vaulting the Ceiling
Bringing more light and space into the house meant a challenging job to reframe the roof structure
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Frugal Happy: Let’s Kill the Lawn
How to turn a lawn that wastes water into a useful vegetable garden
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Frugal Happy: Giant Foam Box, Part 2
It’s “man battles the heat” as three layers of insulation go into the roof