Above: A holiday rental in Alabama with cabinets by Vance and Sons 
Want to find out how to create a desirable holiday home on a limited budget, today we focus on the kitchen/dining area. This is part of a series of posts to help get maximum bookings for your holiday rental.
The past few weeks I've been focusing on rental properties with advice on curb appeal, home staging and photography tips, (links at the end of this post). I will also be writing a post on advertising a rental, and although I am not covering payment or rent collection, you may be interested later to read an informative post on Best Strategies for Collecting Rent on Time from Guenther Management. 

The most important point to remember when it comes to decorating a holiday rental is to make sure it appeals to a wide audience. My recommendations are to keep things neutral, such as painting walls and ceilings a shade of white. A light, neutral palette throughout will add a sense of space. Keep colour and pattern limited to soft furnishing and decor pieces and make sure there is continuity throughout the house.
The Kitchen:

If you are building or replacing existing cabinetry, keep your cabinets a light colour, a warm shade of white works well in almost every situation. If you have dark, wooden cabinets I would suggest re-painting them white, you will be amazed how this can modernise and open up a space.

Above: A beach rental gets a makeover. Cabinet doors have been repainted, l...