5 Cheap Tips for Home Happiness

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.