How I avoid making these common colour mistakes in my rented home – my confidence-building tips to help you make your space feel more personal

Bedroom corner with tall wooden table lamp and colourful print behind bed.

Home decorator Ammarah Hasham is one of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts infusing her rental house with plenty of personality. See the rest of her articles here.

Let’s be honest. Colour is one of the most powerful tools in any home decorator’s repertoire, and yet it’s also the one we tend to shy away from the most. For the past decade, interior design has been dominated by restraint, but as we move into 2026, have you noticed that something is starting to shift?