To decorate a home on a small budget is no project for the faint of heart. I started out with the same idea that my mom has: One room at a time.

Unfortunately, I am extremely impatient and I want instant results. More rooms have been started and not much has finished. I started out with the dining room and downstairs half bath with success. The superficial is done: Wallpaper has been removed and the rooms have been painted. But what makes a room truly come together are the little accents and artwork.

What most people do in this case is run out and buy a bunch of impersonal knickknacks and pretty artwork that they find in their local stores, creating a sterile, impersonal room - sans Pottery Barn. I would love to be able to do that, but in my own home I require pieces that I truly love, so I can’t just go out and spend hard earned cash on objects that don’t really move me. And so, my nearly-finished rooms sit barren, waiting for the artwork and little accessories that will grab me. I know they are out there, but they can often take a lot of time to find. Sometimes years.

It’s excruciatingly painful for someone who prefers instant results.

Decor8 featured a neat little website called BlueFlip Art, a website that aims to sell artists’ work as prints for low prices (most of their prints are under $20 - which is almost unheard of). When you buy a print, the artist donates a portion of the money to a charity of their choice. The charity is also listed on the site, so you know where your money is going before you purchase.

This print by Jen Lobo caught my eye, and I immediately fell in love with it:

The blue background of the print is the same color that I painted on one of my bathroom walls. It’s pretty fierce. Tom found a coupon for free shipping and ordered it for me. I hope it gets here before my mom does.