Rental Style
The Ultimate Guide to Decorating Your Apartment or Small Home
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
The Must-Have Guide for Renters and Small-Space Dwellers
Rental Style, which doubles as a decor piece and handy design guide, shows readers how to decorate and organize small, rented spaces on a budget. The book will cover all home development stages from searching for a rental home to decorating and organizing it.
Many people are reluctant to design their spaces due to renter restrictions, which leaves homes bland and boring. Rental Style will erase that unease and demonstrate how you can turn a rented space into a home using temporary, creative tricks that won’t drive landlords crazy.
Rental Style will demonstrate how to “renovate” a rental through clever design and budget-friendly tips and hacks on the following topics:
• Beating the stress of finding a home
• Items to switch out when moving into a rental
• Furniture to invest in when living in a small home
• Decorating to maximize small spaces
• Myths many renters believe
• Removable products meant for renters
• Incorporating more seating into your smaller home
• Combating limited storage
• Ways to “renovate” a rental kitchen
• Hosting in a very small home
• And more!
The budget and time-friendly tools, tips, and advice in this book will give readers the ability to stand out among the rest and revamp their rental spaces!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Renters who drool over HGTV decorating shows but don't have the freedom to knock down walls will swoon over this practical guide on how to cultivate maximum style in a nonpermanent setup. Brown, a Manhattan interior decorator who has lived in a number of tiny New York City apartments, starts by providing tips on landing the perfect pad, especially in markets as competitive as N.Y.C. ("sign as soon as possible"), then moves on to advise which items are worth investing in (mirrors, wall art, curtains) and which are not (area rugs, couch, coffee table). Narrow entryways the bane of many a big-city apartment are made beautiful with runners, floating shelves, and mirrors. Love wainscoting but live in an apartment without it? Brown demonstrates how this distinctive "character feature" can be created with painted lightweight boards and Velcro tape. No room for a dining room table? Brown has a variety of solutions, such as a wall-mounted folding table or a lift-top coffee table. She also shows that furniture with built-in storage is worth its weight in gold, as are shelf risers. This'll be a hit with anyone who writes a rent check and wants to add a bit of flair to their home.
