Budget-Friendly Tips for Making Small Updates with Big Impact in Your Rental Home

Making an impact in your small apartment doesn't always require huge and costly changes. Small updates can make a big impact to a quant and charming home. Implement one or more of our renter and budget friendly tips below to add character without the hassle of hiring help!

Update Light Fixtures

To simply add character and charm to a room try changing out the lighting fixtures for a statement choice. Consider replacing boring pendant lamp shades with fun or colourful shades that suit your personality and style. Adding wall lamps or sconces can be both fashionable and functional with a noticeable difference.

Add Wallpaper

Few things make a room standout like wallpaper. With patterns available to suit every style, wall paper can make a big impact on your small apartment. In small spaces, wallpaper can be used to create an accent wall, a visual separation or as a piece of art. For renter friendly options, peel and stick wall paper offers a superb alternative to traditional wallpaper which can be difficult to remove.

Featured Wallpaper

Paint or Cover Kitchen Cabintary

Updating one of the most used rooms in a home will hugely impact your interiors. Recovering worktops and cabinets with sticky back or contact paper is a simple and cost effective way to give your kitchen a new lease of life. Typically made of vinyl sticky back paper is waterproof making it the perfect companion for wet areas. Painting cabinets once required tremendous effort, luckily there are now specific cabinet paints for which do not require a primer coat.

Recovered Kitchen Cabinets

Add or replace Artwork

Art injects personality into a space giving it a sense of uniqueness. Refresh dated rooms with new art or simply rejig existing art pieces for a new look. Relocating hidden gems can elevate a room without the price tag of a new purchase.

For maximum impact give all of these tips a try. If you're a renter, be sure to check with your landlord or refer to your lease to see what you can and can't do before undertaking any changes.

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