New home? Seven ways to put your stamp on interiors without blowing the budget

Paintings bought on eBay and re-framed can be displayed on walls and easels

(Picture: Weston Homes)

Buying your first home may have broken the bank but you don’t have to sit on patio furniture for the next five years.

Nor do you need to go in big for the least sustainable option: cheap fast furniture where the race is on to see whether it will go out of fashion or break first.