Turn A Place To Live Into A Home All Your Own
Posted on: 15 December 2016
If you have recently found a place to live, you'll want to make sure you turn that rental into your home. Since you don't own the property, you will be limited on exactly what changes you can make around the house and the property to make it more to your liking. Reading the information in this article will help you to transform your rental home into a cozy place that feels like your own.
Get approval from your landlord for specific changes
The very first thing you are going to want to do is to make sure you know what you can and can't do around the property. Always be sure you get approval in writing for any permanent changes. If you make what are considered to be permanent changes without written approval then you can end up losing your security deposit and/or even being sued for damages. This is true even if the changes improve the property. A few examples of things you need approval for include flooring replacement, tree removal and painting the house.
Personalize the inside of the house to make it your own
You may not be able to change the bones of the house's interior to make it look and feel more like your own, but there are still a lot of things you can do to accomplish this. You can use large sized area rugs to put your own colors into the flooring. In fact, this is a fantastic way to make it look as if your flooring matches your furniture, pictures, and other items. Along with that large area rug, you can also use smaller ones to bring that look into the other rooms that are off from the main living area.
You can put up drapes that also contain the colors the area rug and other rugs have. These drapes can also be made of a material that's going to add to your own look. You can even go ahead and remove the existing drapery to put up your own without approval. However, be sure to store it in a safe place that's dry and free of moths or other dangers. You don't want to go to put them back up when you move and find they are ruined and you will now be charged for them.
Hang up plenty of pictures
Hanging up pictures is one of the best things you can do to make a home feel like your own. If you don't already own a lot of pictures, you will find that there are fantastic offers online when it comes to printing them. Purchase frames from a thrift store and paint them to match in order to hang pictures in a cost effective manner.
Now that you have a few ideas on how you can make a place you have found to live in feel more like it is all yours, you can get started on turning that house into a home.
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