Under $50: Spruce up the House

12:00 PM, July 12 2012

By John Jannuzzi

Your home is your castle, right? It's your calling card for guests, overnight visitors, delivery men, one-night stands and anyone else who lays eyes on it. The last thing you want is an empty wall or a deserted tabletop to serve as your first impression. To that end, here are 16 finds for your home under $50. People will walk into your house and start saying things like, "Are you friends with Jonathan Adler?" or "Somebody call HGTV, because you are a wonder of interior design." Actually, none of that will happen. But your house will look great!

So you can read tiny books and burn any ants that happen to be invading.

You can do so many things with these: play cards, build card castles, throw them at the wall, turn tricks on the street, and count them!

But seriously, a home without a deck of cards is just a room with furniture in it.

Pretend you're Aladdin!

Buy one for your kitchen, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, study, commode, guest room, living room, den, library and solarium!

Does it tell time or does it point to limitless possibilities?

Because your umbrella deserves a home of its own.

I'm a little hesitant to endorse wooden candlesticks, but these are pretty dope.

Are your eyes melting or is the clock melting? The surrealist in you begins to wonder, then you realize you're late for work.

Grab that stache. Turn that stache.

Your coat is going up, up and on the wall.

This is perfect for black-flame candles. When lit by virgins on Halloween night, it will bring back the Sanderson sisters. Spooky hilarity involving colonial era citizens adapting to modern times will ensue!