It can be frustrating living in rented accommodation and not being allowed to change the décor. But you're not as restricted as you might think.
Painting isn’t the only way you can update your living space, and get a welcome change of scenery; you just need to be a little creative.
Give Your Furniture A Splash Of Colour
If you can’t paint the walls of your home you may want to consider painting or reupholstering your furniture. You’d be amazed at how much difference a splash of colour on your wooden chairs and tables can make. You could also take a trip to your local car boot sale to see if you can pick up a couple of bargain items of furniture that can change up your colour scheme.
Decorate Your Walls Without Paint
You don’t need paint and a brush to give your walls a whole new lease of life. Photographs make great wall decorations and you can change them around as often as you like. You could even have a really big picture printed off and hang that on or across the wall. Don’t forget to hang photographs so that the bottom is at your eye level. If you want to create a pattern that spreads higher and lower on the wall, that’s no problem; just make sure that the centre of the pattern is at eye level.
Swap The Little Things
You don’t have to think big to change the feel of your home; it’s easy to update little things, and can often be done relatively cheaply. You can change the knobs on doors or cabinets, or invest in some new funky light shades. Your landlord should not have a problem with this, as long as you don’t cause any damage in the process, and you put all of the original items back in place before you leave the tenancy.
Try A Little Greenery
As long as you don’t mind giving them a little attention, plants are a great idea for making décor changes to a room. You have the added advantage of being able to move them around your home as you see fit. If you want easy to manage greenery then a spider plant or a cast iron plant is an excellent purchase. They require a limited amount of attention, and are difficult to kill. Cacti are also relatively easy to have in your home, and you could always adopt a cactus theme throughout, with different colours, shapes and sizes. If you opt to have plants in your home you could also be creating a healthier atmosphere; they release oxygen into the air through photosynthesis, and they also help to remove toxins from the air. Not only can you have a brighter home but one that’s better for your health too.
