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My rented house is boring!

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Itsmeaga1n · 14/05/2018 05:39

And I need to brighten it up - spending next to nothing!

I can't paint it and I do have pictures on the walls but its still boring. It's all magnolia. Its not very big either, a tiny 2 up 2 down so light colours make sense anyway.

How can I make it look colourful without painting?

In the living room my sofas are blue and pale green. I have blue rugs and cream curtains. The rest is pale wood.

The bedroom's ok, I put some cheap pictures ( off eBay) up and fairy lights and I like it.

The bathroom is plain white with grey floor tiles. It's tiny and I have just a mirror and 2 small pictures on the walls. Not sure what else I can do? I've been looking at wall stickers but think it'll maybe just look cheap and tacky?

I'm useless at grouping lots of framed pictures/ photos, despite looking on Pinterest. And even frames are expensive when you've next to nothing to spend!

I'd love a turquoise themed bathroom Blush

Any suggestions?

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Sleephead1 · 14/05/2018 06:05

for the living room could you change the colour of the curtains to brighten it up ? you could get different colour cushions. For bath room you could get bath mat, shower curtain , towels, and toothbrush holder , soap dish ECT in the colours you wanted

Itsmeaga1n · 14/05/2018 06:37

Not really.. curtains are expensive. In the bathroom there's a cubicle so no shower curtain, i have a coloured bath may etc but the walls are so plain

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neonyellowshoes · 14/05/2018 06:54

Have a look in charity shops for interesting fabric, rugs etc. Can be throws or even mounted on the wall if you're crafty.

purpleme12 · 14/05/2018 07:02

Have you asked the landlord if you can paint? I'm just thinking it says you can't in a lot of contracts but in my experience the actual landlord doesn't care

Itsmeaga1n · 14/05/2018 13:34

No it states in my contract that I can't paint Sad

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Itsmeaga1n · 14/05/2018 13:35

I'll ask him though.

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purpleme12 · 14/05/2018 16:38

It states in ours we can't either. Thinking it's standard wording. But ours doesn't mind we asked him. So I would ask anyway...

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