If it was something I was absolutely in love with I would spend $1k-2k. It would need to be a very long thought process though and something that would fit with a variety of decors because I don't plan on having Ikea furniture forever. I think the most expensive one I have up right now was $50. Maybe $60. I tend to not buy things if I have to think about them and I suppose $60 is the limit for my impulse buys. My parents spent a few grand on this original gorgeous huge charcoal of seagulls on the beach with the pier in the background. I still love that thing more than ever. Something about the fact that you can see the artists strokes. It's a great and different depiction of my hometown - usually its all over saturated sunset shots. Charcoal gives it a really beautiful, intense feel.