I also feel like taking ownership of your living space and having the confidence to imprint aspects of your personality on it is a mark of maturity in some ways.
I’m in my forties and I’ve never been in an apartment I’ve been allowed to alter or paint. Some of us are in that situation because it’s pointless to lose your damage deposit over it, and with rental prices increasing endlessly, living in one place longer than 2-3 years is really unlikely, and I got sick of trying to decorate just to have to tear it all down constantly.
That’s the reality for a lot that people don’t t understand. Landlord white and don’t hang pics. The second aspect is not really collecting anything as you may have to move fast. It’s unfair and soul destroying.
Yeah, because I actually do like painting and decorating and unique color schemes. Color theory isn’t fucking hard or something. There’s free complementary colors tools online.
Anyway, just was annoyed that someone thought that doing this was a sign of “maturity” as if that’s not just one more aspect of “adulthood” that has been denied to every generation from millennials on downward.
If you’re worried about the damage deposit, don’t paint. At $60 a gallon the paint and other materials can easily add up to be greater than that deposit anyway.
But on the other hand, if you do want to make your space your own and your willing to put in the time and money to do it, that deposit is just one little additional cost, and it’s deferred to “later” ^tm .
I’m in my forties and I’ve never been in an apartment I’ve been allowed to alter or paint. Some of us are in that situation because it’s pointless to lose your damage deposit over it, and with rental prices increasing endlessly, living in one place longer than 2-3 years is really unlikely, and I got sick of trying to decorate just to have to tear it all down constantly.
That’s the reality for a lot that people don’t t understand. Landlord white and don’t hang pics. The second aspect is not really collecting anything as you may have to move fast. It’s unfair and soul destroying.
Yeah, because I actually do like painting and decorating and unique color schemes. Color theory isn’t fucking hard or something. There’s free complementary colors tools online.
Anyway, just was annoyed that someone thought that doing this was a sign of “maturity” as if that’s not just one more aspect of “adulthood” that has been denied to every generation from millennials on downward.
If you’re worried about the damage deposit, don’t paint. At $60 a gallon the paint and other materials can easily add up to be greater than that deposit anyway.
But on the other hand, if you do want to make your space your own and your willing to put in the time and money to do it, that deposit is just one little additional cost, and it’s deferred to “later” ^tm .