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How can I make a flat homely?

Roswell

I don't want to put posters, paintings or photographs up on the walls because this is a housing association property and they want tenants to fill in holes and plaster and paint before moving out again.

I have no DIY skills and haven't got the energy for all that.

So has anyone got any ideas of how I could make my home look less bare?

Sometimes it looks sterile. I really need some stuff to brighten the place up.

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  • If you want pictures/posters then buy a free standing bookshelf, take out the top shelf and mount a picture in there. Use the other shelves for, erm, books and things.

    Try floor lights pointed at the walls. They can be hidden behind chairs and other furniture but help light the room without being top-down bleak 'look how bare I am' and instead break up the expanse of the wall themselves.

    If you have wooden floors, add a rug.

    Instead of mounting pictures on a wall, set up a cheap projector to display a slideshow on it.

    Paint a mural on the wall. No holes and you pre-meet the requirement to paint before moving out. (Ok, not this one).

    Just wait. Over time your home will reflect the person living in it and whether others think it's bare, untidy, sterile or dull, it's your home and you'll be used to it. Sod them, it's what you're happy with.

    Get a cat. Cats make any home homely. Better yet, get three. Three is a good number for cats.

    Find an interior design discussion forum and ask them how someone with no DIY skills, constraints on modifying the property, financial constraints and is on the Autism Spectrum can turn a house into a home. Ask nicely, ignore the idiots that don't take up the challenge and thank the others for their helpful suggestions to encourage more. I suspect the experts can add to the good suggestions others have already made here.

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  • If you want pictures/posters then buy a free standing bookshelf, take out the top shelf and mount a picture in there. Use the other shelves for, erm, books and things.

    Try floor lights pointed at the walls. They can be hidden behind chairs and other furniture but help light the room without being top-down bleak 'look how bare I am' and instead break up the expanse of the wall themselves.

    If you have wooden floors, add a rug.

    Instead of mounting pictures on a wall, set up a cheap projector to display a slideshow on it.

    Paint a mural on the wall. No holes and you pre-meet the requirement to paint before moving out. (Ok, not this one).

    Just wait. Over time your home will reflect the person living in it and whether others think it's bare, untidy, sterile or dull, it's your home and you'll be used to it. Sod them, it's what you're happy with.

    Get a cat. Cats make any home homely. Better yet, get three. Three is a good number for cats.

    Find an interior design discussion forum and ask them how someone with no DIY skills, constraints on modifying the property, financial constraints and is on the Autism Spectrum can turn a house into a home. Ask nicely, ignore the idiots that don't take up the challenge and thank the others for their helpful suggestions to encourage more. I suspect the experts can add to the good suggestions others have already made here.

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