Decorate a rental apartment It is usually not an easy task. It is always a challenge to personalize and adapt to your lifestyle a space that you normally cannot reform. In this apartment you will find inspiration and lots of ideas to take advantage of the space, don’t miss it!
Janet Lee is a design enthusiast with the experience of having lived in a dozen rental apartments. In each of them she has experimented with different formulas to adapt a small space to her personal style, all without spending too much.
In the decoration of his current residence located in lower Manhattan you can find a lot of inspiring ideas, as well as ingenious storage solutions to get the most out of it when the meters are not to spare.
How to decorate a small hall
The hall of the apartment is basically a small corridor that gives access to the rest of the house. However, despite its size, it has different decorative and functional elements. None of them require works and they are perfectly adaptable ideas.
The pictures and horizontal lines in black and white are the protagonists of the walls. On the other hand, the interior of the entrance door has been painted with black slate paint, personalizing its decoration (another option would be cover the door with slate vinyl).
To take advantage of the space behind the door, a DIY board has been placed on which to leave letters, keys, accessories, etc. With a console and a chair the furniture of the hall is completed.
Three environments in a small space
Living room, kitchen and work area share the same space perfectly defined at a glance. In the living room the walls have been painted black, a color that is usually prohibited when space is limited. However, Janet argues that good design requires the courage to know how to break the rules to get interesting results.
A detail that I have loved has been this collection of frames painted in the same color as the wall and that provides a very elegant touch. In this link you can see more ideas to decorate with frames.
Not all the apartment is black and white, Janet believes that the size does not have to matter when using bright colors. For example, to give life to the doors of this wardrobe, she has painted them yellow and she has decorated them with frames painted in the same color.
The adhesive strips for pictures They are a very practical resource when it comes to decorating rental apartments since they do not damage the walls, allowing you to place pictures and shelves that can be easily removed.
The work area has been located under the window and consists of a table with a glass top and several drawers that make the most of the space.
The kitchen is separated from the living room by a low wall at medium height that has been used to support a steel shelf to store kitchenware and a high table that acts as a breakfast bar.
In addition, Janet’s cat utensils have been stored under the breakfast bar.
On the kitchen wall are some cans of caviar that Janet bought at a flea market. Without at doubt it is an unusual and original decorative element that does not leave indifferent since it transmits a lot of personality.
Janet likes to “textualize the decoration”, not only does it help her to have everything organized and identified, but she also experiments with different typefaces.
An example of this is the kitchen backsplash, which has been painted with pistachio green chalkboard paint. To keep it clean, use a splash guard when cooking.
A bedroom full of ingenious ideas
The layout of the bedroom makes the most of the small space. On the one hand, the entrance door to the bedroom has been dispensed with to replace it with a curtain.
In addition, the wall at the head of the bed has been decorated with strips of die-cut paper, a cheaper solution than wallpaper and which is very decorative.
One of the walls has been used to place some cornices as shelves to store footwear.
But without a doubt the idea that I liked the most were these fake floor lamps made with a decorative vinyl and a support.
The bulb hardly takes up any space when placed on the stand but the effect is highly decorative.
In the bedroom there is a door that gives access to the bathroom. In it, a translucent vinyl has been placed on the window that provides privacy without subtracting light, while decorating (in this link you can see how to decorate a window with translucent vinyl).
Finally in this video you will be able to see the whole house to get a better idea of its distribution.
what did you think of these ideas to decorate a rental apartment? It is incredible that Janet has been able to transform an impersonal space into a place that is incapable of leaving you indifferent. The keys to it: eclectic style, color and removable adhesive solutions, don’t forget them!
Source images: Living in a Nutshell
