The Temporary Tenant: Decorating Student Digs

Odds are that no student house is occupied by the same students for more than a couple of years

. Whilst landlords generally provide the bulk of furniture, students themselves arrive loaded with books, beanbags and scatter cushions to place their unique, albeit temporary mark on the place.

Author Terry Pratchett once said that the point of university life is for students to figure out who they are - their niche in the world, tolerances, likes, loathes, limits and loves. Surely a great start is a nurturing student house environment. However the temporary situation of student living often deters all but the most creative from making the most of their space.

Space

Making sensible use of even the most compact or obscurely-shaped spaces is easy with a few tips. For example, bean bag chairs are cheap, easily stored and invaluable on those inevitable nights when extra seating is an issue. Moreover, a couple of beanbags can also make an improbably comfy extra bed!

Cheap storage needn't be anything more fancy than large plastic boxes (with lids) in most cases. Although the amount of free/cheap furniture (bookcases etc) available in most local papers could be just the thing.

Decoration

Most student houses are filled with functional but generally hideous furniture. Throw rugs, sheets of fabric, cushions, and table covers can thriftily transform a hovel of a living room into something a little more chic.

Communal areas should adhere to a little of everyone's tastes. Posters and photos make cheap and easy additions to sparse, impersonal spaces.

Customisation can be great fun paint your own furniture, make a bean bag chair, create a photo collage get crafty!

The right lighting can create any atmosphere. String lights, floor lamps, fairy lights temporary lighting can be a cheap, uncomplicated way of bringing even the most sterile of houses to life.

The Temporary Tenant: Decorating Student Digs

By: Allision

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