Building a rented space as your own is not easy, and we get it. You look at this completely foreign space, possibly in a new locality or in a new city, and wonder whether you will be able to belong here or not. But don’t worry, because you do not need to own that place to make it feel like yours; just walk in and observe. For the rest? Leave on RentedLiving.
At RentedLiving, we have this one belief: All a place needs is someone who cares about it, and if you are one of those people, whether the place is rented or not hardly matters.
Your space is rented, and it is stunning anyway.
Who This Is For
See, most people rent. Some rent to start a new life away from their comfort space; some to seek jobs and whatnot. But let me tell you, some of the best years anyone has ever spent in their lives are entirely within these four walls that belong, on paper, to someone else.
Therefore, our team has found this little space for you.
So if you are someone who has rented a space for years and is finding a way to make it feel finished, or who simply enjoys designing their rooms in a manner that is landlord-friendly as well as screams “you”, RentedLiving is a place that you can put your trust in.
What We Do
We aspire to become your only source of interior design tips, styling inspiration and practical ways to create beautiful and comfortable spaces, which is built around one agenda: you do not need your own home to make it feel like yours.
We share full room tours and close-up looks at already existing rental homes and break down the approaches that made them work. We also offer practical styling tips and decor ideas you can actually use. This includes discussing each and every way through which you can make your rental space a little bit closer to your heart. Some of it can also include small and specific fixes, such as how to hang art without damaging the wall, and so on.
RentedLiving only aspires to make home decor easier, real and tactical, creating homes that feel comfortable entirely on their own.
Our Approach
At RentedLiving, we do not mean to do quick sweeps through the living room and call it a tour. Instead, we aim to walk through every room slowly to actually see how the light falls across the table in the afternoon and what kind of rug will bring the overall aesthetic of that space together, and much more.
We analyze common concerns related to home content, such as where this piece comes from, how to place a piece without actually ruining the walls, what went into the space when the budget was tightest, and what got upgraded once it wasn’t.
Then we answer these concerns based on our own expertise, from what we have observed working with thousands of rented spaces and having conversations with experienced tenants who have made these rented spaces their own homes.
Why Trust Us?
So, out of everyone in this vast ocean of home decor blogs, why choose us? See, our team is made up of people who have spent real time thinking about spaces for a living, and that includes keeping an economic approach to it as well. We share what we know because it might be useful; however, every rental is different. This is why we look at each home and design idea with a trained eye. We break down these spaces and give you tips to help you make the rental choice easier and according to your preferences.
Every idea we share is based on observing real rental homes and real styling experience; it is practical and tested by us.
We believe that design should feel approachable. We bring real expertise that is written clearly to our blog posts. Every single breakdown comes with real expertise, with tested styling tips and hacks, so you can create a home that is loved by you.
Our Future Goals
We are still early, which is why we are still figuring out a lot of things. But this journey is exciting for us, and we aim to make it just as exciting for you too. We’d like to feature more homes, more budgets, and a genuine range of examples that is not limited to just one kind of space.
Apart from that, we’d also aspire to get better at addressing common tenant concerns such as decor under strict landlords, no-paint clauses, shared walls, etc. These constraints are real, and we understand that. Therefore, we want to provide our readers with practical solutions that do not feel like vague advice to them.
To sum up our future goals, all we aspire to is to help you understand that renting is not a lesser version of a real home design. With a better and more structured approach, one can create a sustainable, friendly, and cozy room that gives you a warm hug every time you open its doors.
That is our plan: more homes, more honesty, and hopefully a wider view of what a “home” is and should look like for you.