When living in a rental, it can be difficult to keep the space stylish and professional without breaking the bank. This is where creative minds come in: if you have an eye for design and possess the skills to craft your own decorations, you can achieve beautiful things.
Below are four easy ideas to enhance the looks of your rental home without digging too deep into your pockets or breaking your rental agreement, courtesy of RENTCafé.
There’s nothing better than having all your jewelry in one place. Am I right, ladies? Mornings will get a whole lot easier when trying to find a nice necklace to match the day’s outfit. You can make your own jewelry holder by framing a pegboard and mounting it on a wall in your bedroom or above your desk in the living room. For a plus of functionality, use pencil holders or mason jars as containers. You can get the pegboard and the hardware for hanging your items at your local hardware store.
There really is beauty in simple things. This wall art project is easy, just take your fabric, a circular cork board (found at a craft store), a hot glue gun, and scissors. All you have to do is take a slightly larger plate, place it face down on your choice of fabric, and trace around the outside of the plate to make a circle. Cut this piece out and stretch it around your cork board so you can glue the edges in place on the back side of the corkboard where you won’t see the edges.
This makes a fantastic piece of functional wall art or a great memo board, and can easily match any room décor, including throw pillows.
For a quick kitchen makeover, you can turn to quirky wall decals or even use placemats as a backsplash, as described in this Curbly post. This is how you can easily update your kitchen from drab to fab in an instant. Plus, these decals are easy to remove if you want to move out. Just peel them off and off you go.
These are just frames with eye hooks to hang a clothesline with clothespins on it. Easy wall art plus keepsake holder for a multifunctional piece of decoration. Pretty cool, right?
Style does not mean sacrificing your bank account. With a few easy tricks, you can easily revamp your rental apartment and turn it into a happy home.
This post was provided by our friends at RENTCafé.
