Interior decorating on a shoe string (for renters) http://ani4design.blogspot.com

If you're a renter you're stuck with the design features you inherit but....like figure faults,
with clever decorating you can enhance the good and disguise the bad.

1. Decide on a decorating 'theme' and stick to it throughout the interior
2. Look at the 'bone' structure. If the ceilings are low keep the furnishings to scale.If they're lofty and the rooms are large you can branch out with comfy over stuffed couches and a few 'statement' pieces.
3. Keep the wall colours neutral and monochromatic throughout to give the idea of space. If there's no outlook consider a feature wall to add personality.

Check out this simple yet effective apartment furnished entirely with bits and pieces picked up from second hand shops and markets. There's not a piece of furniture, art or adornment over $200 but there's still a feeling of continuity and of 'style'.

The country kitchen picks up on the casual theme.

Now for decorating ideas that cost little to produce yet deliver big results

Check out this exciting yet inexpensive way to bring colour into your world. I spotted these 'happy' cushions in the back bar of a pub at Bondi Junction