With $100 in pocket, our Homes editors scoured antiques stores and flea markets to find innovative accessories, each less than $10. Not only did we discover more than 10 items, we also found nifty ways to use them around the home. Discover new and interesting uses for your own attic treasures or flea market finds. See the beauty of old objects. Here are a few ideas that are sure to inspire.

Put a Stop To It:
This rusty bracket makes a grand door prize. Prop open your door with a heavy bracket (we found this one for $3 at a local antiques market) turned on its side. Buy a pair of brackets to use as bookends, or hang several to hold up a small wall shelf.

Bottled Beauty:
Suspend a series of recycled bottles from copper wire to create a mobile. (We purchased these for $1 each, but you can use ones you already have.) Cut soft-drawn bare copper wire to desired length, and shape into swirls to create top of mobile. Cut thin wire to various lengths, and use to secure bottles. Fill bottles with water and fresh flowers.

Pitcher This:
Make a fresh display the center of attention--literally. Fill a bowl or pitcher (this aluminum pitcher was a fabulous find for only $10) with fresh flowers, and use as a centerpiece at a summer gathering.

Fishing for Compliments:
Put away your prized possessions or even house favorite fishing flies in a bottle carton turned curio cabinet ($5 at a flea market). For a clever look, spray paint the cabinet to match your decor, turn it on its side, and secure to the wall with eyehooks and picture wire.

Alphabet Soup:
Scour antiques stores and flea markets for parts of old signs to use as artwork around the house. Lean a letter against your mantel, prop one against a window, nestle it in a bookshelf, or hang it on the wall.