Livnza started in a rented two-bedroom flat with bad light and a landlord who said no to everything. Every project here was done in a home someone actually lives in.
What makes a project fit here
- It costs less than $300, and we publish the itemised total.
- It can be finished in a weekend by someone who has never done it before.
- The tools are ones you can borrow, or buy once and keep.
- Where it matters, we say whether a renter can undo it.
What we get wrong
Plenty. The tape that curled, the shelf that sagged, the paint we had to buy twice. Those stay in the write-up, because the mistake is usually the most useful part of the post.
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New to the site? The rental wall makeover is the most-read project, and the six layout mistakes costs nothing to act on.