Renting a place to live in rather than buying one has a number of perks. For starters, there’s no need to worry about costly home repairs or property taxes to pay. However, there is one potential drawback when it comes to renting. Sometimes, it’s difficult to create a unique space that showcases your particular style and decorating tastes since you’re renting. Why? In the eyes of your landlord, you don’t want to get too carried away with making changes that could potentially jeopardize your security deposit. Renters want to ensure that their deposit is still there if they ever decide to leave someday.
Here are some low-cost decorating ideas for your Sussex apartment that will call for a bit of imagination on your part while adding instant style and charm to virtually any décor for very little money overall.
1. Change the entire atmosphere with a fresh coat of paint.
If your landlord will allow it, go ahead and change the look and feel of your entire Sussex apartment using your favorite paint colors in order to freshen up your place. Nothing can instantly transform a space like fresh paint on the walls. Use colors that will complement the contents of your space. For example, soft sage paint colors make a great backdrop to warm, autumn red and mustard yellow fabrics and color patterns.
2. Think big, interesting, colorful canvases on the wall.
Landlord won’t let you paint? No problem. This just means you’ll need to get a bit more creative with your walls. Why not draw interest to them by hanging a collage of oversized colorful canvases that will add both drama and creativity to the room?
3. Install removable wallpaper.
Gone are the days when traditional wallpaper was virtually impossible to hang and even harder to take down. As one of the most favorite and preferred decorating products available today, removable wallpaper ranks high in terms of demand due to its overwhelming appeal for people who desire to customize their home with little to no commitment. Removable wallpaper is revolutionizing the entire wallpaper industry in addition to the way people think about traditional wallpaper in general.
However, the real benefits of installing removable wallpaper is the fact that after it’s 100 percent dry (about 4-6 weeks later), it can easily be removed and forgotten, which makes it the ideal decorating tool for style-savvy apartment dwellers who love to decorate their Sussex apartment.
4. Paint or stencil your furniture and add decorative knobs or pulls.
Again, paint is the most decorative tool you have at your disposal. Breathe new life into your boring furniture by adding rich splashes of eye-catching colors or patterns. Painted, distressed furniture is really hot right now in terms of cool decorating trends. Finish the look by changing out the standard hardware with unique drawer knobs or pulls that double as conversational pieces in the room.
Although you may be somewhat limited when it comes to incorporating big decorating changes in your Sussex apartment, don’t let that cramp your style or imagination to create a place you’ll love to come home to every day.