12 ways to make your rental nicer (without annoying your landlord)

By Anna Shelswell-White 25-04-2016

Renting doesn't mean you have to be a slave to a space's (already existing) aesthetic. There are plenty of things you can switch up and change around to make your living situation that bit sweeter. If you hate that pale yellow wall or the faux leather settee, store away what you can and ask your landlord if a repaint is an option. But if not, there are smaller projects that will make your rental a place you can't wait to come home to. Read on and revamp.

1. Switch up you drawer handles and door knobs

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2. Frame your wallpaper (if you're not allowed to hang it)

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3. Change up your blinds or add curtains over those drab windows

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4. Install simple shelves to display art, your books or any collections

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5. Embrace the room divider, especially in open plan living/kitchen areas

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6. Hide those tiles you don't like with stick ons

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7. Introduce textured soft furnishings

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8. Paint your second-hand furniture finds

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9. Replace your taps

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10. Add flowers and greenery

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11. Put dimmers on your light switches to create some ambience

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12. Place rugs you love over the floors you hate

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Image sources 1. See a full tutorial here 2. Littlegreene.ie 3. Emily Henderson's

perfectly decorated nursery 4. Myscandinavianhome.com 5. Sweetharmonie.com

6. via Homeartsticker on Etsy.com 7. A Swedish apartment, see the tour here

8. Sean and Sinéad's Ranelagh home in our current issue. Pic: Paul Sherwood

9. Taylor Swift's house, see tour here 10. Hm.com 11. Ukrainian house with slide

Pic: Sergiy Savchenko take the tour here 12. Before and after renovation in the U.S.,

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