Rental Kitchen Makeovers that Will Not Damage Walls

Decorating a rental kitchen or any room in a rented apartment can seem daunting. You do not want your rental property makeover to cost a lot of money to do, damage the walls, or cost a lot of money to reverse.

Here are some ideas and tips for decorating a rented apartment, rented home, or any other rented space and turning it into the kitchen of your dreams.

Decorating Tips for Renters #1: Proper Picture Hanging

Knowing how to hang a photo in a proper way will cause the least amount of damage to the walls in your rental apartment or rental home. The best way to hang small to large framed art on the wall and cause the least amount of holes is to use picture hanging hooks.

Look for picture hanging hooks at craft stores, the home improvement store, as well as the grocery store. They look like simple metal brackets that have a small thin nail in the package with them. The package will tell you how much weight the specific hooks will hold.

The small holes is slipped through the hole in the top of the bracket and tapped into the wall. The bracket allows you to use the smallest nail to create the smallest hole possible. This is the perfect opportunity to use pictures and framed art to add color to your home.

There is no need to paint those walls to get tons of color.

Decorating Tips for Renters #2: Tension Rods

Tension rods are one of the best ways to decorate a rental home or rental apartment or kitchen without causing any damage to the walls. Tension rods can be bought in the shower curtain section or even in the curtain section at your local home super center.

You can use tension rods to hang curtains in windows, create fabric doors for more privacy, and even cover small walls with fabric. The work by holding a small curtain rod or even shower curtain pole in place through tension. No holes are ever made to the walls.

Use tension rods in the kitchen to hang fabric panels in bright colors in the door of your pantry or even the windows to create pops of color and great design that will never damage the walls.

Decorating Tips for Renters #3: Colorful Accent Additions