Photo from A*T Boston

On Apartment Therapy Boston, they're flaunting their inexpensive and versatile WILMA curtains from IKEA (yep, IKEA rules again!).

Photo by lil_red_53

With just a $100 budget, CafeMom lil_red_53, with help from her mom, recently refinished the tongue and groove pine wood floor on the front porch of her 1870's farmhouse. And wow, wait until you the finished porch!

Plus, lil_red_53 is here today to give us her step-by-step instructions for completing a front porch floor makeover.

Photo from Little Green Notebook

Check out Jenny's gorgeous office makeover on Little Green Notebook – accomplished for virtually $0. What???

Kitchen (before): Dark cabinets and older appliances

Kitchen (before)

Here's another Before & After kitchen makeover from a CafeMom. Moms are pretty amazing when it comes to home makeovers — almost more so on a budget, it seems.

Above is a "before" shot from the kitchen of CafeMom Devyn. Click through to see her lovely "after" shots.

Photo by Shaylas_mama

Times are tough and who doesn't love to save money? Here are some money-saving links I love:

Living room curtains

I am a curtain person as you can see in my mini home tour at my old apartment. My sister...hates curtains. She is a shutters person. Those shutters she has, although really nice, are just too expensive for me. Besides, I love me a colorful curtain. But they can be expensive, too. I hate when they sell one panel for $50. One panel? Come on, curtain makers!

So years ago I embarked on my own curtain making. And let me assure you...I am not skilled with a needle and thread -- and I sew by hand. If I can do it, anyone can. All you need is patience. And supplies of course.

I love the crisp smell of fresh, right out of the dryer, sheets. Unfortunately, that special smell is like Cinderella and usually only lasts one night.

When the ends start becoming dingy on your shower curtain, it's time to get a new one. Meaning the old one gets tossed, right?

Wrong!

Woman's Day has come up with five different ways to reuse your old shower curtain:

Yeah, so Lisa LaPorta, HGTV designer and host of Designed to Sell, contacted me the other day. Because she loves CafeMom's Daily Buzz so much, she and KILZ brand paints and primers generously offered up an in-person design consultation, along with some sample products from the KILZ line.

Yep, that's right.

Did I mention consultation came with a $1,000 shopping spree to Wal-Mart too?

Yeah, it did.

And right now, you can win a $500 shopping spree to Wal-Mart yourself!

Photo from Apartment Therapy

If you have an old dresser you're getting rid of, don't throw it away until you hear me out...

Take out the drawers and transform them into all sorts of fun DIY projects:

• As seen here from Apartment Therapy, you can stack a bunch of drawers on top of each other to make a chic vertical storage piece. Props if you lay the bottom of the drawers with cute lining first. Here are other examples of turning drawers into vertical storage.