Have you rented an apartment you had newly moved into after heading to Canada, US, or Australia? The renting policy agreement may cite the clause that you are not allowed to paint empty walls! With small children to take care of, this can be an uphill task indeed, as the walls tend to get messy from time to time. Are you looking for alternative ideas for decorating an apartment you cannot paint? This online guide offers you about 10 exciting ways to decorate walls and decor without actually painting them!
How can I decorate without painting
Yes, this is the question that will be running on the minds of most of you who have taken homes on a rental agreement. The standard clause that reads here is ‘No nails and paint.’ So, we have segmented three different layers on this detailed guide on ‘Home and Wellness, how you can achieve the feat hassle-free!
Here are 4 listed ideas on how you decorate apartment walls without actually painting. We will describe the other 6 techniques across Segmentation layers 2 and 3.
- Use an easily peelable wallpaper
Peelable wallpaper is simple to install. You can apply the wallpaper from end to end in your living, dining, and kitchen spaces. You can get guidance from an interior designer or a home architect.
Tip: This is a small tip here. You can buy the wallpaper from a brick-and-mortar establishment preferably. This is mainly because you may want to test the quality of the tac paper that you plan to stick across your wall area. Hence, you must perform your litmus test across a small wall-area enclosure before you get your entire space decorated this way!
💡On the back of the paper is a detachable adhesive that allows for easy removal without tools, steam, or water.
- Choose a custom design
You can use DIY techniques in masking the walls using duct tapes. Here, you paint your custom design across wall-friendly tapes. Use custom-styled easy peel wall tapes that are colored or decorated. And you can add your creative touch by adding sparkled colors, acrylic paints, or glitter powder. Make sure you buy roll tapes that come off quite easily or neatly.
- Add attractive-looking tiles
You can buy attractive-looking tiles that cover the enclosed wall area of your rooms. You can do so in an end-to-end manner. Renters mostly add tiling decor to their kitchens and bathrooms. You can add tile stickers to other areas of your home if you want a cost-effective method of getting the job done. Tiling walls makes it easier for you to scrub and clean them hassle-free.
- Bamboo blinds
Looking at just walls stretching from one end of the room to another can look monotonous and dull. You can add bamboo enclosures across your living cum dining areas, verandahs, etc. This way, you add a decorative touch to the home decor you would want to recreate. The bamboo blinds can be lifted if you want more breeze or light to enter each room at your home. The blinds can then be put back before you retire to your bed.
💡 Bamboo blinds are practical due to their low cost and little maintenance. In addition, its organic quality complements a wide variety of design aesthetics, from boho to hipster.
Ideas for covering damaged walls
Here, we offer you specific wall decor ideas that can conceal damaged spaces. Say, for instance, if your daughter who is 3YO, has scribbled across the entire bedroom wall area. Or, if your 5 YO son has sprayed some food items onto the wall spaces, you may want ideas to conceal the space. You have a few creative ideas on how you can pull it off:
- Photo art
If you have stenciled photo frames of birthdays, wedding anniversaries, or romantic theme pics, you can add them to conceal the damaged areas of your wall enclosures. This way, you manage to conceal the space you don’t want anyone else to see. Again, adding photo frames to wall enclosures helps you get a nostalgic feel of walking down memories. You can also create collage pics covering the memorable events of your children. You can add these photos in frames to your enclosed wall spaces.
- Wall decals
These huge wall stickers are easily available across online outlets through every nook and corner of the globe. You call them wall decals. You can stick them across areas of walls that look clumsy or damaged. This way, you cover up the spaces to make your home decor look neat or streamlined!
💡 Wall decals are made with machines that cut vinyl. Most decals only have one color, but some can have different pictures on them.
- Stretched fabrics
You may have designer clothes or fabrics that are no longer in use. You can cut these fabrics according to the shape and cut of your wall area. Again, you can add them to wall enclosures that may look worn out or damaged. You can also camouflage this DIY technique by adding some attractive fabric paint colors, hearts, or stars. This way, you decorate your wall areas without spending a dime!
How do you do an accent wall for renting
Home-owners can also accentuate walls for rental needs. You can demonstrate to your renters how they utilize walls on a no-nails-and-paint basis. Here are creative ideas for letting you do so:
- Disposable nail-clips
You can add disposable wall hanging or nail clips across each room. Be it the kitchen spaces, bathrooms, or bedrooms. And you can hang wall hangers or photo frames across the clips. You have adhesive tapes with which you stick the nail clipboards. This way, you can do your paintings or photo frame hangings without nailing!
- Wall-length curtains
This is yet another comprehensive idea for you to use in case you aim to decorate an apartment you can’t paint. Try adding end-to-end wall-length curtains for your living room cum dining spaced area. The walls are covered when you opt to use full-length curtains. You can also add curtain blinds across your bedrooms near the wall-window area. This way, prominent spots of the wall area remain covered. Use fabric modeled curtains so that you can wash the messy ones. You must have an alternate set of curtains to replace them with.
- Foldable furniture screens
You can have made-to-order furniture decor to accentuate the wall area of the studio apartment you plan renting to. You can add foldable furniture screens you plan to rent out to co-tenants. They can hang their walls with key chains, fin-dolls, or other collectibles they plan to decorate spaces with. This way, walls can be accentuated on a no-nail-no paint basis.
Conclusion
We have seen cost-effective measures for decorating an apartment you can’t paint. Tips and techniques have been provided to you that you can execute without many technicalities or hassle added to the same!
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