Comments for Frugal Design Girl

Comment on I Want Your House Ms. Laurie Hickson Smith! by Dan

Dan — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:17:32 +0000

I miss Trading Spaces. I think success went to their head and they changed the show so much that it wasn’t popular with viewers any more.

For example the show where they gave $50,000 to Laurie Smith and Doug Wilson. The room Doug got had just been recently done by the homewoners and it already looked nice. To think of the people who could have really used a makeover. What a waste.

Another example is when they had two neighbors who had million dollar houses. Imagine decorating a room for $1000 in a million dollar house. One lady wanted her dining room done and she already had a 24,000 dining room set. I think they just wanted to be on TV. I guess the producers were too lazy to find people who really needed a room redone.

Comment on I Want Your House Ms. Laurie Hickson Smith! by Candice Cunningham

Candice Cunningham — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:45:57 +0000

I want Laurie Smith to have her own show!!

I’m tired of seeing cheap designs, using bad color choices and yucky “repurposed” furniture from all these hgtv shows.

I want what Laurie provided on Trading Spaces, a high class look and still staying under budget. She really knows elegant modern.

Mrs. Smith, please come to Beverly Hills, decorate and have a camera crew follow you around!

Comment on Hot Trend: Modern Design Stencils by admin

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:48:50 +0000

Hi Carissa -
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! Making stencils is not a service I provide – but I can tell you how to create your own! After all…inexpensive home decor projects is what Frugal Design Girl is all about. You can create your own stencils using clear sheets of overhead plastic (found at office supply stores), or even using stencil plastic (found at your local craft store.) Simply place the clear plastic sheet over the design you wish to replicate. Using a permanent maker, trace the design. Next, cut the design out using an Exacto knife or stencil cutter. Ta-da! You know have a custom stencil of your very own. You can use the money you saved for some kind of frou-frou drink on your honeymoon.
Cheers!
FDG

Comment on Hot Trend: Modern Design Stencils by Carissa Sachs

Carissa Sachs — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:11:07 +0000

Hello,
I am getting married and would like to make flat felt center linens for under the flowers, that have a cutout pattern and am in need of a stencil. I have a pattern idea that i have a picture of but would need it to be tweaked a bit. Is this something you could make for me?
Thanks
Carissa

Comment on Start the New Year With a Bang: Infuse Your Decorating With a Shot of Purple Paint by admin

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:18:43 +0000

Thanks for stopping by! Glad to have inspired!

Comment on Start the New Year With a Bang: Infuse Your Decorating With a Shot of Purple Paint by Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:20:37 +0000

love your designs! ive been looking for ways to incoporate purple into my grey/black room and have a few accents already but got a lot of inspiration from ur page! thanx:)

Comment on Look! Hand Painted Bookcases! by admin

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:25:21 +0000

Heather,
I am not sure about the exact color, but it looks to me as if the color is a steel gray with undertones of blue. (See the blue pillows on the chair?) Maybe some of our trusty readers can help. Readers?
FDG

Comment on Look! Hand Painted Bookcases! by Heather

Heather — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:25:11 +0000

“Look! Hand Painted Bookcases!”

I have been trying to find out what the color of this bookcase is??
Could you please let me know, I’m trying to paint a shelving unit and I cant find this color…….

Thank you!!

Comment on Glass Top Dining Table From Craigslist by admin

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:57:40 +0000

Emily – I am sorry to dissapoint, but I don’t own that table. (Of course, I am green with envy that you do!) It was just a posting I found on Craigslist. Readers…can any of you help Emily???
FDG

Comment on An Ode to the JC Penney Furniture Outlet by admin

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:56:02 +0000

Hi Chris,
Do you have a JC Penneys outlet in your area? If so, make friends with the store manager. They often get in random pieces and parts. For instance, I was able to score the two glass shelves which were missing from my china cabinet when I first purchased it at the outlet. Since they were missing, I was able to get the cabinet at 90% off. I then spoke with the manager and asked him to keep an eye out for the missing glass shelves. He said I might not have any luck, because the whole line had been discontinued. I checked back with him once a week for about 3 months. No luck. I kept checking in about once a month…and approximately 3 months later, two shelves showed up as random parts. He gave them to me for free!!! I was sooo psyched, because replacement shelves through my local glass store were pricing out at around $250. Score!
If you don’t have an outlet in your area, you have a few options. If the table is rectangular, you could always do two different chairs as an accent at the head of the table. If the table is round, you could add chairs of a different (but slightly similar) style, and then spray them all the same color so that they are uniform.
Hope you will check back in with us and let us know what happens. Thanks for reading!
FDG