I am a renter. I think I’ll die a renter. A combination of ridiculous house prices and incurable indecision (a 30 year mortgage combined with my fickle nature would likely lead to a melt down of epic proportions) have kept us in the rental market… and that’s not even mentioning the whole city/country mouse my husband and I have going on, I often think that to keep both of us happy we’d have to buy two completely different homes, but that’s fine, he can have the kids, I can have the fabric… that’s fair right?

Went off track there.

Rentals!

Grotty kitchens.

Well maybe not grotty, our current rental is a nice new house and has a beautiful kitchen, but the first unit I lived in after first moving to Australia was built and decorated in the 70s, and was never updated… but it was a $180 2 bedroom rental in Sydney, and who’s going to say no to that right? The kitchen featured a family of roaches glorious mottled brown tiles, featuring vignettes of harvested vegetables, orange flowers and bales of wheat, they were cracked, there were some missing under the window and they were just generally gross.

Which is why I am completely awed by this idea from The Nester. She completely made over her rental kitchen, giving it a beautifully bright fresh feel with just some beadboard, best of all? It’s completely removable, when it’s time to pack up and move just pull it down, pick off the hot glue and enjoy getting your deposit returned!

I think we need another picture…

Love.

See the full tutorial here.

How do other renters deal with making someone elses house your home? I have learned to love wall decals and Command Poster Strips, we’ve also been very lucky in that our current place is about as neutral as it gets, so it’s easier to put my own stamp on it.