When I was a renter, I hated not being able to change anything about my home. Then one day some friends in the same apartment complex decided to ask the landlords if they could paint. And the landlords said yes! And my world was rocked! So rocked that I did something totally brash: I went out and bought a gallon of paint and repainted my little apartment too! Ok, I only painted the bathroom. And I painted it beige. The smallest room, the most boring color, I am not much of a risk taker. On the upside, I’ll probably never have a gambling addiction.
But, sometimes a little risk pays off. Why not ask if your landlord will let you paint? (Or … shhhh … just paint anyway! If you are planning on being there a while, why not? Just paint it back before you move out. I won’t tell.) Karen not only repainted her kitchen, a huge improvement over the previous sins of gold and aqua, but she added a stainless steel backsplash with … contact paper?! True. Check it out on her blog Lease to Decorate.
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5 Comments
Amie
August 11, 2011 at 8:27 PMNiiiiiiice!
Karen H.
August 11, 2011 at 4:23 PMThank you so much for featuring my (in progress) kitchen!
the cape on the corner
August 11, 2011 at 5:36 PMthis intrigues me. i need to look into this.
Cindy
August 12, 2011 at 5:11 AMwell, how could those dorky landlords ever not say ‘hey! thanks for making the mucho-huge improvement to the kitchen! have a month’s rent free, on us!’ haha!
a happy little life
August 12, 2011 at 5:18 AMWOW! That made a world of difference! Good job!