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My biggest design challenge as a renter is the restriction we have (in almsot all rentals in Australia) that we may not attach ANYTHING to the walls. This means no hooks (even removable ones), shelves, anything... Painting walls - ha! That's a dream of mine.

If anyone has suggestions how to overcome this, I'd love to hear!

Can't wait to buy our own home. I understand that the property belongs to the owner, yet we are excellent tenants and pay good money to rent these homes - but are never really able to 'live' in them, they always feel temporary. Renting in this country comes with so many restrictions that you never really can feel at home.

I'm with you, Cholette. Some of us just don't have the luxury of painting the walls, as much as we'd really love to. It would be fantastic to see some ideas for dealing with this. Particularly in rentals!

Fantastic idea!

Oh, and Marie, Australia's a great place to live! ..as long as you don't rent!

enmnm, I can only really speak for where I live in Australia, but what would happen for me if I painted without asking is that I'd likely lose most of, if not all, the bond I paid when I moved in (about $1000 - Australian dollars) and probably also get put on the black list that real estates use to check prospective tenants for the owners. I know I couldn't afford to lose about $1000 for each property lived in and being blacklisted here makes it very difficult to rent future properties because a lot of owners will simply not rent to you. We also usually have property inspections every 3 months at first and every 6 months after you've been there awhile, so simply changing things back when you move isn't an option.

Anyone have ideas for a small-space rental home???

I've recently moved into one and am finding organisation difficult, since my husband and I cannot build in storage, put shelves up etc, as we would if we owned the house. We love the place, but it has very little storage (actually, almost none!).

Any suggestions would be really appreciated!

Or, in a similar vein, putting some doors on the front of the cart (since the sides aren't really seen) could work. Nice job.