I know exactly what you mean hun,
i remember a good few yrs back now, a now ex boyfriend of my friend came to my house for a drink.
His first words were when he looked around is, "you can tell who's got money cant ya ".
I asked what he meant and he pointed to a few ornaments and nik naks i had dotted around and i had to laugh.
Those particular items were purchased either at our local pound shop or something similar, but i had spray painted or rag rolled or dolled them up myself to make them look nice, it obviously did the trick because he was flabber ghausted lol .
Looking forward to your pics hun xxx