andHaving a place to hang your hat is the motivation behind what most people work for throughout their lives. While many people strive to buy a house, sometimes it is not something that is possible to do right now, so you find yourself renting a place to live instead. Unfortunately when you do not own your residence, you may have some restrictions that you have to follow when you want to decorate your space.
The types of restrictions that you run into are frequently rather limiting, so you will have to come up with some creative solutions to get around living in a barren space that looks impersonal and generic. But don’t worry – even if you cannot paint the walls in your space there are many different things that you can do to make your rented space your home.
Wall Art
A great way to bring color to your walls is simply to cover your walls with artwork. You may choose photos, wall sculptures, paintings, prints or posters, and when you are done, you will not even notice the plain white walls in your room. If you have large pieces of art or posters, hang them first to create focal points in your rooms. Then take your smaller pictures and group them together in some way that they relate to each other. Match the frames, colors within the pieces or subject matter, and then form them into groupings so that they make a larger impact than if they are just strewn across your walls.
Curtains
Another way to get a lot of color into your room in an apartment is to hang ceiling to floor curtains on your wall. The beauty of this solution is that you can flank a window or sliding glass door with the curtains, or you may simply hang them on your wall to create the illusion of a window. You may even want to hang a large mirror on your wall and hang your curtains on either side of it. Use bright or bold colors to add energy to your room, or you can use a more neutral palette to simply create interest and texture on your walls.
Embrace Neutrals
If, like most apartments, your walls are painted white, then you may simply wish to embrace the white as the main component of your room. Choose a few pieces of large furniture to saturate the room with your favorite colors. For example, a couch and an area rug and a large glass bowl if rendered in the same bold color will pop out of the room at you. By creating a truly neutral backdrop keeping your walls, curtains and the balance of your furniture in pale tones, you draw the eye directly to your boldly colored pieces of furniture and accents, and you have long since forgotten about any white wall restrictions that you may have in your apartment.
Just because you are renting does not mean that you have to suffer a bland environment. Go ahead and get creative!
Debra Haynes is a staff writer and decorating specialist with Metal-Wall-Art.com and she offers stylish suggestions for decorating with abstract metal art and tropical metal art.
The types of restrictions that you run into are frequently rather limiting, so you will have to come up with some creative solutions to get around living in a barren space that looks impersonal and generic. But don’t worry – even if you cannot paint the walls in your space there are many different things that you can do to make your rented space your home.
Wall Art
A great way to bring color to your walls is simply to cover your walls with artwork. You may choose photos, wall sculptures, paintings, prints or posters, and when you are done, you will not even notice the plain white walls in your room. If you have large pieces of art or posters, hang them first to create focal points in your rooms. Then take your smaller pictures and group them together in some way that they relate to each other. Match the frames, colors within the pieces or subject matter, and then form them into groupings so that they make a larger impact than if they are just strewn across your walls.
Curtains
Another way to get a lot of color into your room in an apartment is to hang ceiling to floor curtains on your wall. The beauty of this solution is that you can flank a window or sliding glass door with the curtains, or you may simply hang them on your wall to create the illusion of a window. You may even want to hang a large mirror on your wall and hang your curtains on either side of it. Use bright or bold colors to add energy to your room, or you can use a more neutral palette to simply create interest and texture on your walls.
Embrace Neutrals
If, like most apartments, your walls are painted white, then you may simply wish to embrace the white as the main component of your room. Choose a few pieces of large furniture to saturate the room with your favorite colors. For example, a couch and an area rug and a large glass bowl if rendered in the same bold color will pop out of the room at you. By creating a truly neutral backdrop keeping your walls, curtains and the balance of your furniture in pale tones, you draw the eye directly to your boldly colored pieces of furniture and accents, and you have long since forgotten about any white wall restrictions that you may have in your apartment.
Just because you are renting does not mean that you have to suffer a bland environment. Go ahead and get creative!
Debra Haynes is a staff writer and decorating specialist with Metal-Wall-Art.com and she offers stylish suggestions for decorating with abstract metal art and tropical metal art.
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