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17 Small Decorating Tips to Add Life to Your Ottawa Apartment Rental

There is nothing more refreshing than changing around your Ottawa apartment to mix things up in your life. Move this, shift that, clean those, and knock that over! Redecorating can be a lot of fun and it can make your Ottawa apartment feel brand new.

But where do you begin? We've created a list of the top 17 easy things you can do to make your Ottawa apartment seem more spacious, more organized, and more you!

Top 17 Small Decorating Tips:

You can choose to use any of the following tips on your Ottawa apartment. Some cost money and some only cost time, but all of them will spice up your living space.

Tip #1: Add mirrors to a small room in your Ottawa apartment to give the illusion of more space.

Tip #2: Match the colour palette of bed linens to the bedroom rug. It'll make your bedroom look more stylish.

Tip #3: Re-hang your photo collection in a different location. This will help to refresh the way you see your apartment.

Tip #4: Use a pale colour palette throughout the apartment for a calming effect.

Tip #5: Does your Ottawa apartment contain a collection of Pez dispensers, porcelain dolls, or Star Wars figurines? Showcase your unique collections on floating shelves to add a nice effect to any room.

Tip #6: Light up your dining area with an oversize fixture. This will give the room the ‘wow' factor you've been missing in your Ottawa apartment.

Tip #7: Use industrial materials as decorative accessories. They're cheap and stylish!

Tip #8: Add a charming floral flourish to a dining table. This doesn't necessarily need to be a centrepiece, it could be a floral pattern directly stenciled on the table.

Tip #9: Energize your kitchen with chairs in different colors!

Tip #10: Martha Stewart says: "Define a living area with a circular rug."

Tip #11: Group artwork asymmetrically for greater impact in your apartment.

Tip #12: Select photo mats in the same colour as the wall that you are hanging the picture on.

Tip #13: Contrast large and small accessories in groups together.

Tip #14: Surround a modern dining table with antique chairs or vice versa.

Tip #15: Enlarge antique prints for a graphic effect.

Tip #16: Use black and white colour to expand your apartment's small kitchen.

Tip #17: Decorate a lampshade with paint.

Of course, there are a million more possible things you can do to spice up your Ottawa apartment to make it seem brand new. Move your couch around, switch your coffee table, vacuum the dust off the floor, the list goes on and on.

Either way, only you have to live in the apartment, so make it your own!

 

About the Author

Looking for an apartment for rent in Ottawa? Paramount Properties is Ottawa's second largest residential property management company. With more than 7000 Ottawa apartment rentals available in some of the city's finest locations, we're your #1 choice for an Ottawa apartment.

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