Leave Room for Personal Touches
“When you have a lot of people, everyone brings their little things. All of a sudden, it goes from intentionally full to totally cluttered,” Wilkinson says.
To keep the curated, shared spaces neat, Wilkinson and her team cut down on the amount of knick-knacks they added to leave space for residents to add their own personal touches.
In your shared space, be cognizant of how detailed you get with the décor. Your roommates likely have personal touches—like favorite books, movie collections, record-players, and more—that they’d like to put on display, too.
Even if your roommates aren’t the types to collect odds and ends, you’ll likely pick up more items during your time renting there, and you want to leave plenty of space for your collection to grow.
