Personalize Your Rental Homes the Right Way

If you rent a flat or rent an apartment, you’ll know that landlords are very particular about the way the home is maintained. The minute you move into your landlord usually gives you a huge list of do’s and don’ts and this stops you from modifying the house in any way. If you like the house but find that it doesn’t reflect your personality, there are ways you can bring in your personal style and yet not break your landlord’s rules.

1. Brighten The Walls

If your landlord is particular about not changing the colour of the paint, then you need to find creative ways to bring in colour to your rented home. Some easy ways to do this is by using large artwork, covering the walls with fabric paintings or by using wallpaper and decals. Wallpaper and Decals can be ordered online and are easy to paste and remove on your own. You can also find plenty of wallpaper and decal options online.

2. Creative Furniture

If your walls are a plain cream, grey, beige or white in colour, bring in some creative and bright furniture. This will help to liven and brighten the place up a lot. Here again, you don’t need to spend lots to buy new furniture, you can even rent out the pieces you want. If renting is not something you like, you can try reupholstering your old furniture with lovely bright fabrics.

3. Go Bold

If your home is not wall to wall carpeted, buy rugs and carpets in bold tones. They will add richness to your rented apartment. Adding colour doesn’t end here, you can also choose vibrant drapes and bed linen. The popular choices are jewel tones, shades of blue and bright hues of yellow.

4. Get Personal

There is nothing that brings in a sense of your personality and what matters to you more than photographs. You can hang single large prints or make a collage of several smaller frames. These pictures will make your rented home feel like your own home in no time. The added advantage is that it’s cheap and causes no damage to the rented house.

5. Washi Tape

Washi tape is a great tool to customise your apartment. It can be used to give a splash of colour and design to your baseboards and kitchen cabinet sides, as well as to decoratively affix photographs to the wall. You can use it to make geometric drawings on your walls as if it were temporary paint. You can even use it to decorate your refrigerator with flashy stripes. It is also helpful to create customised wallpapers with this tape. What's even better than washi tape? When you move out, it simply peels off. Washi tapes are easily available online in many designs.

6. Door Knobs

Most likely, the doorknobs in your rental are uninteresting and unremarkable. However, if you choose the appropriate doorknobs, they may make a statement. Vintage doorknobs, in particular, can completely change the appearance of a door.

Door Knobs are an affordable and easy way to personalise your room.

Keep all original hardware for your house or apartment in a box with a label. If you don't reinstall this hardware before moving out, you'll lose your security deposit.

Note - Make sure that your customised wallpaper for the walls matches the designs of your doorknobs. 

7. Paint Your Furniture

Paint on your furniture to add a personal touch to your home You may not be able to paint your walls due to a stringent lease, but painting (in the form of colour, texture, or pattern) onto an existing piece of furniture is one of the quickest ways to infuse a lot of personality into a room. Remember, you don't have to do much to make a huge personality shift – even a well-placed design feature may draw attention and stamp your style on a room. This is a budget-friendly idea for customising apartments.

If you feel that there is nothing you can do to your rental home and you need to find a new one, just contact NoBroker. We’ll help you find a home that meets your exact requirements.

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