It’s amazing what you can do with a few everyday items and a whole lot of creativity to make a thrifty addition to your décor, as home stylist Ashlee White has demonstrated using a $4 cushion from Kmart and some string.

The DIY designer created a striking feature for her lounge chair in her predominantly white colour-schemed house, starting with the very reasonably priced Kmart Kira cushion with a macramé finish, reports the Daily Mail. She added an intricate pattern using jute string to make the tie-up pillow.

White, who designs hacks using affordable products from Kmart, had a simple tool bag with a ruler, a black marker to set out the insertion points in the pillow, scissors to make the holes, and a large needle.

She threaded pieces of string through the holes, then used a knot-style to create the decorative pattern. The home decorator finished off the inventive hack with tassels made from four pieces of string tied into a knot, attached to each side of the pillow.

White posted the impressive result in a series of pictures on her Instagram account, and her followers loved it.

One mum said the “clever” cushion hack could be a great addition to a worn couch.

“Very clever !” she wrote. "I have an old couch ( which I won’t be updating any time soon with small children ! ) and it’s very hard to find cushions to go with the colour however this would work perfectly!”

Another said, “I love it, so gorgeous.”

Will you be trying this cheap and stylish design hack? Tell us in the comments below.