Don't let a budget stop you from outfitting your home in style! No matter what your price point, you can create gorgeous spaces that look high-end, but are actually affordable. Test you eye for budget-friendly finds with our 2012 high/low quiz! Keep track of your answers and compare them to the answer key at the end to see if you're a savvy home decor shopper.


Photography by Nina Teixeira

Fashionable dressing room
An effortlessly elegant dressing room gets dolled up in Tiffany blue and turquoise on a diva and demure budget.


Photography by Michael Graydon

Breakfast nook
A fresh and fabulous breakfast nook brings the outdoors in, on a bread-and-butter or a champagne-and-caviar budget.
Photography by Andrew Grinton

Design studio
Avian-themed wallpapers inspire a crafty facelift for a design studio that's sure to sing on a sparse or soaring budget.
Photography by Andrew Grinton

Glamorous living room
New year, new you, new room. Fresh white on the floor and walls provides a blank slate for this living room to get glamorously made over in time to toast 2012, all on a Cristal or a Baby Duck budget.
Photography by Nina Teixeira

Mediterranean bedroom
A fresh, breezy bedroom inspired by the Aegean coast goes seashore chic on both a tight and a Titan's budget.
Photography by Mark Burstyn

Dramatic study
A literature lover's study gets a dark and dramatic makeover that delivers decadence on a budget that's encyclopedia thick or novella thin.
Photography by Nina Teixeira

Glamorous lounge
Create a glamorous spot to sip pink champagne and put up your feet, whether your budget is second-home fabulous or pied-a-terre petite.
Photography by Nina Teixeira

Cabin-chic chamber
A cozy bedroom comes out of the winter cold with modern lodge elements on a fur or a fleece budget.
Photography by Ryan Brook & Mike Deluca/Transcontinental Interactive

Wine & cheese party
Set the scene for a sumptuous cinq à sept fête with rustic flair, whether your budget is fit for a bargain-bin blend or a vintage Château Margaux.
Photography by Michel Dube

Music room
Put your hands together for a music room that pumps up the volume via bright colours and vintage-style accessories on a rock-concert budget. And as an encore? We did it over, unplugged. High/low quiz 2012 answer key
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Dressing room
{1} High
{2} Low

Breakfast nook
{1} High
{2} Low

Design studio
{1} High
{2} Low

Glamorous living room
{1} Low
{2} High

Mediterranean bedroom
{1} Low
{2} High

Dramatic study
{1} High
{2} Low

Glamorous lounge
{1} Low
{2} High

Cabin-chic chamber
{1} Low
{2} High

Wine & cheese party
{1} High
{2} Low

Music room
{1} High
{2} Low

Want more? Try our 2011 high/low quiz!