Apartment tenants go for budget renovations

BEIJING - Although he is not an interior designer, Feng Su has revamped nine apartments he has rented in Beijing over the past decade. In one instance, he repainted a wall and replaced the door handles and all the ceiling lamps.

"My parents were against the renovation and complained that I was wasting money on the properties of landlords. My landlords also raised an eyebrow and wondered why I couldn't settle for what I had," recalls Feng, CEO of Haohaozhu, an interior design ideas sharing platform.

Feng's enthusiasm for interior renovation has found him a wide audience among his young followers. An increasing amount of apartment renovation content has appeared on Chinese social media and knowledge-sharing platforms.