Make a rent room homey

The bricks and mortar might be someone else’s property, but there are many ways to make the place home belongs to you. Here are some tips from experts to make the most of rented accommodation without spending a fortune.

1. Spend most of the budget on items that we can take with, when we move. Remember, what goes in will have to go out again sooner or later, so don’t fill the spaces with large, heavy pieces of furniture.
2. Furniture on wheels is easier to move around and provides maximum flexibility in small spaces. 
3. Trolleys are very versatile. Easy to move, they provide extra storage and table space. Collapsible tables can hide behind sofas or be stored under beds when they’re not in use. A stool is ideal for extra seating when friends drop by. Use screens or shelving to divide rooms into separate zone. Or Rather than furnish two spaces, buy tables and chairs that can be used indoors and out. This type of furniture is generally smaller. Invest in a quality sofa in a classic design, and definitely buy a good bed and mattress. And if you can’t decide on a bedhead, opt for a quality ensemble. 
4. Brighten a standard white painted room with colourful furnishings. For example, choose a blue and silver scheme, and added to it with pale timber furniture. Suggestion : Colour coordinate the sound system. Banish an ugly carpet or floor from sight by laying a beautiful rug over the top. Rugs make a difference to any timber floor Glassware can be decorative as well as functional.
5. To lower a high ceiling, or disguise an unsightly one, tent it with metres of inexpensive calico or muslin. This is also stylish and inexpensive way of treating windows. 
6. Plants (such as cacti) can move when you do and are like sculptures in the house. Cacti are the perfect plant for renters – easy to care for and easy to take with you when you move. Even a simple arrangement of flowers looks beautiful.
7. For inexpensive and sometimes innovative pieces of furniture, visit auction houses and garage sales.
8. Keep your kitchen to a minimum, but don’t skip on essentials, such as the microwave.  

Fake Floor Cover

Timber floor is always a favorite for every home owner. It can make a house more cozy and warm. However, borer, dry rot, warping, cupping and gasps are all problems that can beset a natural timber floor. 

The two causes of disruption of floorboards are inadequate drainage or insufficient sub-floor ventilation. While cleaning with excessive amounts of water can result in rotting. The others are stiletto heels, furniture legs and castors. The beauty of natural floorboards can be just short lived.

Now, there are ranges banners, however, that comprise realistic looking fake floorboards. These new ranges feature wider boards, 125mm wide, ideally suited to Federation houses, while they also retain a comprehensive choice in the narrower options, measuring as little as 80mm.

Some timbers are represented: antique oak, jarrah, mahogany, various pines, and some bleached effects. And it is easy to care: regular sweeping and a wipe with a damp mop are all that is required for maintenance. Sanding, sealing and varnishing are not necessary. 

Edging your Bets

Everybody knows to plant the flowers in garden should be in beds. The traditional way is to make some soil a bit higher. And then we put some stones as a ‘fence’.

Now, a company, Boral Besser, produces garden beds and paths or build a retaining wall up to a meter high. The product is Garden Wall bricks. So, the newest, quickest way to edge comes.

The bricks are moulded in concrete with a roughened surface. Each brick has a lug at the back which locks into the next, giving stability for not much weight.

The bricks are not exactly like the real thing, Garden Wall blocks have a pleasing symmetry to make an architectural feature in themselves. The products are available in Sandstone, Limestone and Bluestone Brown.

The wall in the picture here is a strong focal point in courtyard renovation. The owner of the garden devised a year-round plan of blue, white and yellow (salvia, ageratum, petunias, alyssum), plus pots of the pretty pale pink Federation daisy called Sugar and Ice. In the background, are ficus Baby Ben, tree ferns, golden cane and scented Florida gardenia. 

Roof Garden

Living in the city means sometimes we don't have enough space for garden. Why don't we use our roof? Here is the roof in Jakarta. Garden surrounded by sky crappers.

Garden Roof in the middle of city. Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

The garden is so clean and wide. We can have lunch or breakfast here. However, Jakarta is hot. So you will have sweats during finishing your lunch here. 

Plant Pots in the Garden

Sometimes we want to have a clean garden. It means, we have garden with some stones, however we still want to have plants in the garden. We avoid the soil that will make the stone garden dirty. 

Some plant pots ideas

We can use some pots to put plants there. This is common in Indonesia. The plants we use here usually plants that need not the water much or minimum care.  


Here we can see some bonsai trees and a pot of succulent. They don't need so much water daily. Thus, the rest of water or soil don't make the stone dirty.