A great way to save money is to DIY easy maintenance and renovation projects yourself. Repurposing/recycling existing items to make new items is a great way to save even more of your valuable income.
Homemade cleaning products, toiletries and other products is a great way to save money and have more control over the chemicals you use in your everyday life.
Check out my recipes for cleaning products and advice on ways you can DIY easy projects to save money below!
Becoming a parent for the first-time is incredibly expensive. There’s all the furniture and other room preparation required for bub, clothes, blankets, etc before the baby even arrives. Then there’s all the medical costs for doctor’s appointments and scans. If you can’t fall pregnant naturally, or are same-sex parents, then adding on fertility treatments sends […]
Last year, my beloved and I embarked on our first home renovation adventure. As it was our first mission, we thought it apt to focus on something fairly straight forward. So, we decided to focus on our garage and laundry. Both of these areas were in desperate need of a face lift. The floors […]
The latest addition to my cheap and easy cleaning products repertoire is my homemade glass and bathroom cleaner. Like the all-purpose spray I’ve been making for about 15 cents per bottle, my glass cleaner only contains a few ingredients that are cheap and easy to find. The key active ingredient in this recipe […]
As outlined in my recent post, How to make cheap cleaning products for 15 cents, I’ve started to make my own cleaning products as part of my quest to be frugal to reduce debt and increase savings. Not only are home-made cleaning products cheaper, but I can make them as naturally as I want. […]
As outlined in my recent post, I have gone from saving 5% to 25% of my net income in 6 months. I achieved this by implementing numerous lifestyle and frugal living changes to reduce my expenses. As a result, I’m now at the pointy end of the scale; finding myself struggling to find more […]