$100 Home

It's one of the rooms you spend the most time in, so make sure your living room is more inspiring and less depressing. Interior designer Kirsten Krason is sharing 10 ways — each priced at $100 or less — that she uses to freshen up living room decor.

Skip the high price tag that comes with most art pieces and create your own. Designer Danielle Oakey shows here how to take a basic piece of canvas and transform it into a piece of art. All you need is a canvas and some acrylic paints, both of which can be found at any craft store.

One of the best ways to make a statement in a room is to take a collection of items and group them together on a shelf, mantel or table. In this space, I took white and metallic objects that my client already had and accessorized an entire bookshelf with them.

If you use accessories you already own or spray paint existing objects, this project could cost you nothing!

You can find beautiful artistic books at places like Anthropologie and Barnes and Noble but they are usually rather expensive. For a lot of my installs, I buy old books at thrift stores and cover them in pretty scrapbook paper. It's an expensive idea that adds color and pattern to a room.

Window treatments can complete alter a space, and with this DIY, curtains can be a very inexpensive addition. Snag up a pair of white curtains, like these from IKEA, and add stripes of colored fabric throughout, as I did here with yellow fabric that I found for $3 a yard.

Baskets dipped in white are a major trend this year, and the best part about it is that it's easy to replicate the look for less. Pick up inexpensive baskets at Home Goods, then paint the bottom of them with white spray paint to get that "dipped" effect. You could do this with large baskets and put them in a corner to hold blankets and toys.

It's becoming increasingly popular to incorporate trees or greenery with huge flowy and organic leaves and branches into home decor. A popular favorite is the fiddle leaf fig tree. You can get great impact in your living room with this silk plant in a corner or on a table.

Throw pillows are a classic way to add some life to a boring piece of furniture, and they don't have to be expensive. World Market has unique pillows with fun, exciting colors and patterns and most of them are under $30 a piece.

We are all used to the basic furniture you can buy at any big box store, but think try and think outside of the box when decorating your space with pieces that stand out. This coffee table from Pier 1 is less than $100 and the base shape makes your space go from basic and boring to exciting and beautiful.

Adding a bit of fun trim to existing window treatments is another playful look that's getting a lot of attention this year. Blogger Brittany Cramer shows readers through the step-by-step tutorial in this blog post. All it takes is some trim bought at a craft store and a glue gun to make this transformation!

While the cost of frames can add up quickly, it's easy to pick up some inexpensive IKEA frames and make them more dynamic. Blogger Brittany Cramer shows three ways to customize basic framers by adding a few homemade elements.

Another idea is to paint a mat a color that matches your room or paint you frame a bright, fun color.