The MKIAs are big fans of original artwork and want you to know that it is not only accessible but can be quite affordable. So if the only art you own is from West Elm, Pottery Barn, or Crate and Barrel, we beg you to give Ugallery.com a try. A virtual art gallery dedicated to showcasing emerging artists (and students) and offering their pieces at reasonable prices, this site is as unique as it is efficient.

You can search artwork by price (from under $100 to over $2000), medium, genre, size, color and artist. Picturing how a piece of art will look in your home can be daunting so the founders of Ugallery came up with an ingenious solution – the virtual wall. Here you can simulate the color of both your floors and wall, enter the dimensions of the wall, and place the piece inside your virtual space to get a realistic feel for how it will look.

This kind of functionality is unprecedented in the online art world and can help anyone, even a complete novice, feel comfortable buying art. Best of all, Ugallery allows you to try out a piece for a week to see how you like it in your home with no penalty and free return shipping. With all this help and a risk-free guarantee, you should feel empowered to search, appreciate and maybe even buy some art of your very own.

The website alone is worth the visit, with creative transitional graphics that look more like a Tim Burton cartoon. Works are available at three price points (including tax): $20 alone, $40 matted, $80 framed. At these prices you can afford to create a fantasy land in your own home!

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Photography has always been a great love of mine, and I wish I knew about GreatBigCanvas.com to cover the naked walls of my first apartment while moving in. The site is home to larger than life panorama shots of major cities and landscapes printed on canvases that definitely make a modern statement and liven up any room in an affordable way.

I love these two prints below, the first of bustling Times Square in New York City, and the second of the lower part of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, because they’re not your average scenic shot, but rather give an edgy and fresh spin on the two classic (and my personal favorite) cities.

It gets even better. You can personalize your wall art and make your own photo canvas with CanvasOnDemand.com. All you have to do is upload one of your personal photos, choose the size of the canvas, and you’re all set.

For someone like me who has a collection of thousands of photographs from countless destinations (especially my beloved Paris and NYC), why not become your own photographer and artist and proudly display your pièce de résistance on your wall?

Whether the photo artwork is your own personal masterpiece, or someone else’s new-age look on the world, your wall will definitely no longer be left in the buff and will be happy to house the sizable addition.

If you like to surround yourself with beauty there is no better or more affordable place to start collecting art than Lumas. This ingenious site offers original art in affordable editions. The selection is fantastic and they have a great newsletter showcasing new artists. My husband and I recently purchased this piece by Pep Ventosa, a beautifully distorted photo of The Eiffel Tower. We love it because it’s both romantic and interesting. There are so many options on this site for every budget – we know you will find something to make your home a haven. Lumas.com