Rental-friendly interior design for New York City renters.
Make your apartment feel like home without risking your deposit. Reversible, renter-safe upgrades designed around your lease, your space, and your budget.
What is rental-friendly interior design?
Non-permanent, reversible upgrades that make a rental feel like yours without risking your security deposit. Where a landlord’s approval helps, we can put together a short slide deck to make the ask easy.
Reversible finishes
Wall paint that returns to the original color, temporary wallpaper, command strips for hanging, and removable backsplashes.
Temporary lighting
Plug-in and battery lighting and fixtures that swap right back at move-out.
Freestanding storage
Open wardrobes and pieces that add real storage without touching the walls.
Renter-safe styling
Rugs, window treatments, and decor that layer in warmth and come down clean.
Built for the realities of a New York apartment, from Manhattan to Brooklyn
NYC apartments come with limited space, awkward layouts, strict leases, and old buildings, whether you are in Manhattan or Brooklyn. We design with all of that in mind.
Space-efficient
Layouts and pieces sized for small apartments and studios, so every inch actually earns its place.
Multi-functional
Furniture and storage that do double duty, because in a New York apartment nothing gets to be single-use.
Easy to install and remove
Everything goes up without damage and comes down clean when the lease ends, so your deposit stays yours.
Renter-safe solutions that still look designed
A New York City rental, planned from the finishes to the storage without a single permanent change.
Aesthetic vision, practical solutions
Book a discovery call or start with the quiz. Every rental project follows the same clear path, and you can see our pricing before you commit.
Understand your space and lease
What you can and cannot change, and how you actually live in the apartment day to day.
Design a renter-safe concept
A cohesive look built from reversible materials and solutions, sourced to your budget.
A clear plan to install
Everything laid out so you can put it up, and take it down clean when the lease is over.
Renters who want more than a temporary place
Design led by someone who thinks in numbers
Michael Intérieurs is led by Michael, who spent 20 years in data science before graduating from the New York Institute of Art and Design and founding the studio.
That background is the difference. Every choice is made for how a small apartment actually works and feels once you live in it, not just how it looks in one photo.
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Rental-friendly design, answered
It focuses on non-permanent, reversible upgrades that make a rental feel like yours without risking your security deposit. Wall paint that returns to the original color, peel-and-stick wallpaper and backsplashes, temporary lighting, and freestanding storage.
No. Everything is chosen to go up without damage and come down clean at move-out, so your deposit is protected. Where a landlord’s approval helps, we can put together a short slide deck to make the ask easy.
Yes. Transparency with your landlord is the best approach, and we can prepare a few slides showing exactly what is proposed and how it is reversible, so approval is straightforward.
Yes. We design rental-friendly interiors for New York City in person, and for renters anywhere in the United States virtually.
Yes. The virtual package delivers a complete design and a shoppable plan online, so you can install it yourself on your own schedule. Here is more on how virtual interior design and e-design work.
New York City, and virtually nationwide
We design rental-friendly interiors in person across New York City and the surrounding area, and virtually for renters anywhere in the United States.
Let’s transform your NYC rental
Book a discovery call or take the quiz, and we will design a home you love, that you can take down clean when the lease ends.