Cheap Decorating Ideas - Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer, author of I Brake for Yard Sales, reveals her strategies for decorating on a dime.
By Lara Spencer
Original Content | April 11, 2012 
Photo: Michael McNamara
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Flea markets and estate sales are terrific places to find oil paintings, vintage signs, old maps—even beautiful pieces of wallpaper that can be framed. For example, there's a large chartreuse midcentury oil painting anchoring my living room that provides the inspiration for the color pops I use throughout the first floor. I got it at a garage sale, which means I have a one-of-a-kind, original painting that looks like a million bucks—for the same amount of money as a reproduction. |
