One last day of tips for updating your house this spring from one of my favorite bloggers, The Nester and today we’re talking about frugal kitchen updates. Don’t forget to keep reading to enter to win one of The Nester’s book, The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful.
Here are The Nester’s tips on how to update your kitchen:
The kitchen is the hardest working room in the house. And there are so many kitchen tips, projects and dream pinterest boards that we could talk about kitchens for years. But I have one major tip that is more important than anything else:
EVALUATE YOUR KITCHEN
Pay attention to how you use your kitchen. What works for you. What isn’t working? I noticed a few years ago that even though we made coffee every morning, our mugs were across the kitchen in a cabinet, the coffee was in the pantry at the other side of the kitchen and the coffee maker was next to the sink. It’s a small change but we moved everything to one little cabinet–coffee, filters and mugs–all right above the coffee maker. Having a coffee cabinet simplified our morning routing and just made me happy!
Some other kitchen tips:
Consider moving your dish storage closer to your dishwasher or sink. This pretty much changed how my kitchen worked for our family.
Don’t block the light! Even though I like my privacy, the blinds in our kitchen weren’t needed. I removed them, painted the wood trim white and even painted the very inside of the windows black. Removing blinds where you don’t truly need them (renters, store yours wrapped in a trash bag in the attic) and pulling the drapes to the edges of the windows so they don’t block the light can give you lots of extra natural light.
Give your backsplash a boost. A few years ago we lived in a rental for four years and the kitchen had no windows and dark counters and backsplash. We cut white beadboard to size and hot glued it up! It was an inexpensive temporary fix and when we left, it just popped right off the tile we glued it to! Make sure you use hot glue and NO other type of adhesive if you want to be able to remove it without damaging the surface. And always, test it in a small area first!
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Head to your Target soon to take advantage of some fun extra deals! Get McCormick spices for 57¢, specialty olives for $1.71, and more.
Make sure you look through the Target weekly ad, too for some more deals!
Target Extra Deals:
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Buy:
(1) Pearls Specialty Olives, 6-7 oz, $4.64 (through 4/4)
Use:
-20% off Pearls Specialties olives, 6-7 oz, Target Cartwheel printable
-$1 off Pearls Specialties olives printable
Pay: $2.71
Get Back:
-$1 off Pearls Specialties Olives, Shopmium mobile coupon
Makes it $1.71! - Buy:
(1) Nestle Morsels, $2.39
FREE wyb (4) select baking items (through 4/4)
(4) Market Pantry Powdered Sugar, $1.77
Use:
-5% off Market Pantry sugar, excl sweeteners, Target Cartwheel (exp 03/28) printable
Makes it $1.68 each with FREE Nestle morsels! - Buy:
(1) McCormick Parsley Flakes, .25 oz, $1.47 (online price)
Use:
-10% off McCormick red cap spices, extract, color, Target Cartwheel printable
-.75/1 McCormick spice, herb, extract or food color, RP 3/15
Makes it 57¢!
More Target Deals:
There’s a crazy good printable Tide coupon good for $3 off that you don’t want to miss. It will be expiring within the next couple of days, along with other coupons for Colgate, Campbell’s, Ziploc, and more.
Remember: You can get (2) prints of each coupon per computer!
Printable Coupons Expiring Soon:
-$1 off Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel Health or Max Fresh toothpaste, 3 oz+ printable
-$1 off Colgate mouthwash or mouth rinse, 8 oz+ printable
-$1 off Glade Wax Melts refill, 6 ct. printable
-$1 off Glade product, excl solids & 8 oz aerosol printable
-Free Glade warmer wyb PlugIns Scented Oil refill, 2 pk. printable
-$3 off Tide Detergent, 75 oz +, excl Simply, PODS, 10 oz and trial size printable
-$1.50/2 Ziploc containers printable
-$2/2 Pantene shampoo or conditioner, excl trial/travel size printable
-.25/1 Ivory body wash or 3 bar+, excl trial size printable
-$1 off Gillette deodorant, excl trial/travel size printable
-$1/2 Campbell’s Skillet, Slow Cooker or Oven Sauces printable
-$1.50/2 Always pads, excl trial size printable
-B1G1 Zarbee’s Naturals Mighty Bee or Elderberry Gummy Immune Support Sample printable
Check out this new Horizon Cracker coupon where you can get B1G1 Horizon snack crackers, sandwich crackers or grahams. This means you can make a sale anywhere you want!
Check out the weekly ad for Publix for more great deals.
Horizon Cracker Coupon
-B1G1 Horizon snack crackers, sandwich crackers or snack grahams, max $4.29 printable
Publix Deal Idea (ends 3/24)
- Buy:
Horizon Snack Crackers, $2.99 (reg. price)
Use:
-B1G1 Horizon snack crackers, sandwich crackers or snack grahams, max $4.29 printable
Makes it $1.49 - Buy:
Horizon Organic Sandwich Crackers, $3.99 (reg. price)
Use:
-B1G1 Horizon snack crackers, sandwich crackers or snack grahams, max $4.29 printable
Makes it $1.99
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There are (2) new Glad coupons you won’t want to miss! You can save $1 on Glad Food Protection items or Glad OdorShield Trash Bags.
You can use the trash bag coupon to pair with a gift card deal at Target or save for an upcoming sale.
Glad Coupons
$1 off any Glad Food Protection Item printable
$1 off any Glad OdorShield Trash Bag printable
Target Deal Idea:
Buy:
- (2) Glad Mega-Pack Trash Bags, $15.99 (through 3/21)
$5 Target Gift Card wyb Any (2) Items Listed
Use:
(2) $1 off any Glad OdorShield Trash Bag printable
makes it $12.49
Check out these other great household coupons:
Saving money of food is important, but don’t forget about all the savings on drinks too! There are several new coffee coupons plus coupons on tea, juice and soda.
Print the coupons now so you will have them ready for a sale. Don’t miss all the $1.50 off coupons currently available.
Coffee Coupons
-$1 off Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee drink single, 8 oz, (zip 22901) printable
-$1 off Starbucks VIA iced coffee, 5 ct.+ printable
-$1 off Starbucks VIA instant coffee, 5 ct.+ printable
-$1.75 off Puroast coffee, (zip 30004) printable
-$1 off Starbucks Iced Coffee Brewed to Personalize, 48 oz printable
-$1.50 off Seattle’s Best k-cup pks., 10 or 16 ct. printable
-$1.50 off Seattle’s Best coffee bag, 12 or 20 oz printable
-$1 off Maxwell House iced coffee concentrate printable
-$1.50 off Skinny Cow creamy iced coffee drink, 4 pk, (zip 22901) printable
Juice & Tea Coupons
-$1 off Campbell’s V8 Purple Power, Carrot Mango, Healthy Greens or Golden Goodness juice printable
-$1/4 Old Orchard frozen concentrates printable
-$1 off Salada green or white tea, including single serve cups, (zip 03103) printable
Soda Coupons
-.55/1 7UP regular or diet, 2 L printable
-.55/1 Canada Dry Blackberry Ginger Ale, 2 L printable
-$1/2 Canada Dry Regular, TEN or Diet 2 L, (1) 6 pk. .5 L or (1) 12 pk. printable
-$1 off Canada Dry sparkling seltzer water, 12 pk. cans or 6 pk. .5 L bottles printable
If your child loves building things, they’ll love these Kids Woot deals like the Theo Klein Workbench for just $29.99 (reg. $79.99)!
This junior workbench includes a set of tools such as hammer, pliers, screwdriver, and is the perfect gift for the little craftsman in your home.
If you can’t grab this deal in time, there also several toy tools up to 46% off that your child can add to their own workshop.
Kids Woot Deals (end 3/25)
Theo Klein Bosch Toy Drill $12.99
Theo Klein Bosch Toy Chain Saw Set $19.99 (reg. $29.99)
Bosch Tool Belt $19.99 (reg. $36.95)
Shipping is $5. This deal ends today at midnight.
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