Staying home these Christmas holidays? Here’s how to ditch those bland rental property vibes and make your Adelaide rental feel like home.
Whether it’s a holiday rental or your home for the foreseeable future, decorating rental accommodation during the Christmas holidays does have its challenges. But don’t worry, we have plenty of ways to put festive cheer and ho-ho-homely holiday vibes into Adelaide rental properties without blowing the budget!
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Festive Candles
Nothing creates a cosy vibe like Christmas candles. Take a quick trip to Kmart or Spotlight and pick up a couple of rosy-red Christmas candles to get you in the mood. Pop them on a coffee table, bookcase, dining table, mantlepiece or TV cabinet and you have instant Christmas cheer.
Christmas Tree
If you have limited space don’t worry, a small Christmas tree can add just as much festive flair to your lounge as a big one! And the beauty of small Christmas trees is… you can have more than one! Find the small decorative Christmas trees that speak to you in different ways like these ones from Myer or this cutie from Bed Bath N’ Table.
Wreaths, Garlands and Sprays
How Christmassy are these pretty wreaths, sprays, and decorative garlands! A bunch of sprays and holly sprigs in a vase on your dining table or entry hall table will look beautiful. Pinching pennies? You can often find holly bushes growing in the suburbs. Why not knock on the door and ask if you can cut a couple of springs?
Damage-Free Hanging Systems
Many Adelaide rentals don’t give you free rein to hang things on the walls. But you can hang personal items like pictures or wreaths on the walls of rental properties using damage-free products like Blue Tack, Command Damage-Free Hanging Strips or Command Sawtooth Picture Hangers which have little hooks handy for hanging garlands or strips of LED lights.
Christmas Homewares and Fabrics
Spotlight have a fabulous array of Christmas home décor items and fabrics, if you have a little bit of arty crafty talent! From Christmas ribbons to fabrics and cushion covers, you can find or make personalised soft furnishings to elevate the mood in an unbelievably easy way for very low cost. And… they make great Christmas gifts.
Holiday Décor
If you’re staying in a rental for the whole summer holidays, why not make it feel super beachy AND holiday-homely with beach-themed Christmas decorations that will see you through Christmas and the summer holidays too!
Christmas Plants
Pushed for space indoors? Pop a decorated living plant such as a poinsettia, Picea or Thuja from Bunnings in a bright red pot on the patio, in the pergola or on the front porch. Plants really make a space feel alive and homely. They give your porch, patio or pergola a bit of leafy personality all year round, and you can re-decorate them again at Christmas time next year.
When you are renting in Adelaide, Boffo’s property management team understand that a landlord’s rental property is also a tenant’s home, which is why we have great relationships with our landlords and tenants alike. If you’re looking to rent a property in Adelaide this holiday season, give us a call!
