Not happy with your apartment’s interior design (or lack thereof)? Do you feel the urge to install new flooring and liven up the walls with a fresh paint job? Well, you may want to hold off on permanent home improvements if you’re renting, especially if such upgrades aren’t approved in your lease.
But that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice style. All renters should feel at home in their apartment, even if it’s not permanent. Using these five renter-friendly remodel ideas, you can completely change the look of your space with temporary decorating tricks.
Use Carpet Squares to Create Temporary Flooring
Use a variety of rug and carpet square samples to lay over your current floors. Mix and match achieve this shabby chic pattern, then use double-sided carpet tape to hold the squares in place. Once it’s time to move, simply peel ‘em up and pack ‘em out.
Skip the Wall Hangers and Display Free Standing Art
Display all your artwork and photos without putting any holes in the wall by letting them stand on their own. Use countertops, shelves, dressers, and tables to prop up your favorite pieces around the house. Set up a gallery on a small table in your entrance, overlaying them to create a playful vibe. Oversized frames can sit on the floor, leaning up against the wall to cover bland space with casual cool.
Dress It Up With Wall Decals
Peel-and-stick wall decals can bring life to your typical boring white-painted walls. Decals come in such a wide variety, you’re sure to find plenty of inspiring illustrations and patterns to work with. By using a repeat-pattern across an entire wall or an entire room, you can completely change the paint job without having to do any actual painting or repairs!
Customize Cabinets and Drawers With Colorful Contact Paper
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Contact paper – that nifty liner that usually goes inside drawers – is actually perfect for decorating the outsides of drawers, cabinets and dressers as well. It’s super easy to cut them to the perfect width and then slap them on the cabinets to create a completely new look for your kitchen or bathroom. (It’s not quite as easy to remove as peel-and-stick wall decals, but there are guides online about how to remove contact paper with a hair dryer.)
Cover Bare Walls With Faux Wallpaper
Whether you call it faux wall paper, temporary wall paper, removable wallpaper… these products all offer the same sweet benefit: the ability to completely change your walls when you move in, and them simply peel them off when you move out. Unlike traditional wallpaper, removable wallpaper is ridiculously easy to install and tear down. Plus, many companies offer high-quality materials that can be reused and even washed! Check out Removable Wallpaper: The Ultimate Interior Design Trick for Renters to learn more.
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