Don’t allow your rental status to prevent you from decorating your home. Your home is where your heart is, and it should reflect it. Although many rental agreements limit the amount of decorating you may do, don’t let that stop you from turning your house into a home. Below are a few decorating tips you can take which will maintain your security deposit.
- Area rugs are great for adding color and defining a space in a room. There is no need to disturb the current flooring. Simply be creative with an area rug. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.
- Opt for large pictures and art work. This is great when you’re not allowed to paint.
- Use plants and vases to hide wires, pipes, and other structural challenges. Sometimes unsightly items such as a/c units and radiators can be a major eye sore.
- Use room dividers as decor pieces. This is great for redefining an area and also providing a great visual effect.
- Don’t be afraid to remove doors from the hinges. By removing the doors, you can open the flow of your home and also fully utilize closet spaces. The doors can slide neatly under a bed and can be reinstalled prior to moving out.
- Use Command Strips to hang pictures and art on the wall. This is great if you’re not allowed to make holes in the walls. The Command Strips are easy to install and protects the walls.
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I love all these tips! I also use tension rods instead of curtain rods, because they don’t leave any marks and I can take them with me when I move (my DIY skills are sub par to say the least, which is another contributing factor). My house has blinds rather than curtains and a draughty door, so they can in very useful!
Great tips! Sometimes it’s challenging to work with what you have when you’re renting. I like the idea of using large art pieces instead of painting. Thanks!
Great tips! I rented for a long time, and many of these would have come in very handy. I still love using room dividers and plants, even though we now own.
Wonderful tips! I know when I was renting, I felt compelled to put my own stamp on the place. It’s not difficult to do with details like rugs, curtains, and large mirrors to open the space and add some glam. I never removed any doors, although that is a great idea!
Ohmy! Great tips, especially about rugs. I need think 🙂
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These are such great tips! We lived in rental homes for years and it was also a fun challenge to make it our own.
These are great tips, I especially love the one about big artwork since a lot of the times you can’t paint!
Great tips! I love using area rugs, and just adding some fun curtains to my apartment living room did wonders to the feel of the place. I also like using picture frames that are fun colors to add some color to a pretty bland looking room.
These are awesome! What great timing! I was discussing how a renter can make a home out of their rental with a co-worker, and now I can share this post with her!!
Thanks so much for sharing this!!
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These are fabulous tips for renters! And this includes college students who often want to start painting their rental apartments and making changes that will cost them their deposits. I’m passing this along to two of my young nieces!
This is one of my favorite topics lately. I was interested to see I’m already doing several of these! I have a door under my bed right now, as well as command strips hanging a mirror on another door and some large pictures. Thanks for the extra tips!
Command strips are a lifesaver! Great tips! It’s hard sometimes when you’re renting but this is a lot of great tips to make it work!
Great tips! Thank you for sharing!
Really great tips! I love those Command Strips too, they make handing things so easy.
Great tips but make sure to check with your land lord about removing doors.
Great tips! We’ve been in our apartment for about 3 years and finally got the go ahead to paint! Yippee! Area rugs have been our life saver to bring color into the space!
I’m currently living with my boyfriend but might as well be renting as he has a serious fear of paint, it drives me nuts!! These tips are great though!
As a renter, the Command Strip Hooks have been a lifesaver for me!
Command strips are the best! Also I love decorating with area rugs. You can change the whole feel of a room with just one rug.
Yes you can. And it’s so fun!
great tips, thank you!
These are some great tips! My daughter & son in law rent, I will have to pass some of these along to her.
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