decorating resources???

I think I've mentioned my tumultuous relationship with the month of February before... I just can't get behind the idea of constant cold and gray. Throw in the fact that snow is no longer a novelty item like it is in December and top it off with the idea that the glorious, summery light at the end of the tunnel is still too far away to catch a glimpse of and you have one sad and gloomy girl (as a side note, there has not been one spring break that I can remember that I haven't tried to finagle my way to some warm beach). To make things worse, this month of blah seems to last forever to me!

To combat the terrible attitude that this month invariably illicits, I am redecorating. Or, more accurately, decorating. Remodeling and getting our house into working order has taken all of my creative decorating juices for the last few years, so much so that we still have boxes of picture frames, vases, a collection a maps and artwork, etc., downstairs in the now finished basement, but hardly anything on the walls in our house.

This is where I need your help. I am trying to almost entirely use stuff we already have around here (like I said, a multitude of frames including a couple large ones, some maps and artwork we've collected in our travels, and some vases, candles, etc.). I do also have a limited budget ($100 total) to work with courtesy of my husband who has come to hate this month as much as I do, but not because of the cold, just because of the mood of despair that descends on me around, oh, february 1st. My decorating style is apparently a mix of rustic revival, vintage modern and french eclectic (see pictures above) according to sproost's mystyle quiz. Now what? Do y'all have any cheap tips for redecorating/repurposing? Are there any fabulous websites out there to help a girl like me simultaneously use the stuff I have to make our house feel more like 'us' and also get through this awful month? I can't wait to hear your recommendations. :)