When it comes to decorating a home, the modern homeowner has many choices available to them. Through large home goods retail outlets – not to mention the assistance of the Internet – we are privy to home products that fit a variety of budgets. All it takes is some design know-how, a little bit of creativity and willingness to take risks, and, of course, the money to make it all happen.

For most homeowners, working with a decidedly less than desirable cash flow is just part of the home decorating process. It is up to us to seek out those high quality products that we think will work most effectively in our living space without breaking the bank in the process. Oftentimes it helps to reserve high-ticket items for those larger anchor pieces – the pieces you really don’t want to skimp on: your bed, a good quality couch, a solid dining room table, one really great piece of art, and so forth. These are your good pieces – those pieces in which you invest – and the rest are pieces that you spend little on in terms of keeping up with the trends in home decorating and which you can rotate in and out quite easily.

In terms of investment pieces for accessories, nothing is quite as effective as a grandfather clock. Straddling the worlds of art, accessory, and furniture, grandfather clocks can do more to completely transform a room than practically anything else you could purchase. Better yet, while they are certainly a bit of a financial investment they are still far more affordable than much of what you would do to achieve the same dramatic effect in your home; and in most cases they will last a lifetime.