Savvy mother 明らかにする/漏らすs how she gave her tired-looking kitchen a modern makeover for £600 - with Fablon from B&Q and a lick of paint
- Kirsty Wilson, who lives in Rochdale, transformed her kitchen for under £600?
- Mother-of-one, 35, owns her own 商売/仕事 making children's 着せる/賦与するing
- Used 予算 buys to stay within her 'tight 予算' after 購入(する)ing a house?
A savvy mother who had a tight 予算 for renovating her new home has 明らかにする/漏らすd how she was able to transform her kitchen into a chic, modern space for いっそう少なく than £600.?
Kirsty Wilson, 35, from Rochdale, was 決定するd to turn her tired kitchen into a 冷静な/正味の space but 手配中の,お尋ね者 to stick to a strict 予算.
The mother-of-one, who owns her own?商売/仕事 making children's 着せる/賦与するing in 新規加入 to supporting adults with learning disabilities, decided to paint the kitchen herself and sourced 取引 構成要素s such as Fablon, spray paint and art prints from The 範囲, B&M and eBay.???
'It all started when I joined the Facebook DIY pages and I saw that people could paint their kitchen cupboards with the paint and the results looked amazing,' she said, speaking to money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk.
Kirsty Wilson, 35, from Rochdale, spent いっそう少なく than £600 on 予算 buys to 精密検査する the 外見 of her kitchen. Pictured: After?
Kirsty had a 'very tight 予算' for transforming her home after recently 購入(する)ing her first house. Pictured: The kitchen before?
Kirsty (pictured) 明らかにする/漏らすd her DIY inspiration (機の)カム from joining a group of like-minded individuals on Facebook
'As we had just bought our first house this year we were on a very tight 予算 and we couldn't afford a new kitchen just yet, so I bought a tin of Lady Grey Frenchic paint.
'I started by stripping the old plastic 塗装 off the cupboards, then cleaned them with sugar soap and gave them a little sand 負かす/撃墜する.
'It took about five thin coats of the paint, leaving two hours between coats. Once done, I used Frenchic finishing coat to 保護する the paint. I then sprayed the 扱うs with a 黒人/ボイコット metal spray paint.
'For the worktops, I had a marble 影響 vinyl fitted, followed by a tile 影響 vinyl on the 床に打ち倒す.?
'For the 塀で囲むs, I had to 捨てる all the red paint off, and this then took about five coats of white paint. It was all finished with a new light and prints on the 塀で囲む.
Kirsty said she began the 過程 by?stripping the old plastic 塗装 off the cupboards (pictured) and sanding them 負かす/撃墜する?
The mother-of-one then gave each cupboard five 層s of paint and used?Frenchic finishing coat to 保護する the work (pictured)
Kirsty said they were able to 達成する the finished look (pictured) for いっそう少なく than £600 because they made 購入(する)s from 予算 蓄える/店s 含むing B&Q and eBay?
'全体にわたる we spent いっそう少なく then £600 so as you can imagine I am so pleased with the finished look - I 絶対 love it!
'The costs of the 構成要素s were £50 on Fablon from B&Q, and £200 for two workmen from a 地元の company to fit it.
'The light fitting was £35 off ebay, the paint was £22 from Frenchic, the art prints on the 塀で囲む were three for £25 off eBay, and the でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れるs were £7 each from B&M.
'I also bought 黒人/ボイコット spray paint for £8 from The 範囲, which was used to spray the cupboard 扱うs and the lights on 最高の,を越す of on the cupboards.
'The 床に打ち倒すing was from a 地元の 床に打ち倒すing company and cost £180 含むing fitting.
'It all (機の)カム out at under £600 - I would say to buy a new kitchen like this would cost over £5,000!
'As you can imagine with just buying a house and all my 貯金 going into the house, 基金s were tight so 存在 able to do it for いっそう少なく then £600 was an amazing feeling as who doesn't love doing makeovers on a 予算?
Kirsty explained their 予算 was 'tight' because they had used all of their 貯金 to 購入(する) the new house. Pictured: The kitchen after?
Kirsty, who 見積(る)s her kitchen would've cost over £5,000 new, said the 事業/計画(する) has given her a sense of 業績/成就. Pictured: The kitchen after?
'It also gave me a sense of 業績/成就 to see the 結果 on such a tight 予算!'
Kirsty, who was over the moon with her 取引 革新, 収容する/認めるs to feeling very proud of the finished look.
'I really think this is a 広大な/多数の/重要な idea during lockdown as it gets those 職業s done that you wouldn't 普通は have time to do,' she said.
'It also keeps you 占領するd which can 与える/捧げる to a 広大な/多数の/重要な and proud feeling to what you have 達成するd and what else you can do.?
< p class="mol-para-with-font">'I'd advise anyone who wants to do the same to take your time as the 絵 was the longest 過程 as I had to leave two hours between coats on the cupboards.'I would also advise when 絵 the cupboards to do very thin coats on each 層.
Kirsty said it's a good idea to use lockdown to 完全にする 世帯 職業s that you wouldn't 普通は have time to do. Pictured: The kitchen after?
'I made a little collage with screenshots of the colours and design I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to do, which gave me some idea of what the finished look would look like.
'I would advise others to definitely take the 急落(する),激減(する) and do it.?It's hard work but definitely 価値(がある) it for the finished look.
'I am a very busy lady managing two 職業s, a toddler and renovating a house but I wouldn't change anything as I love it!'?
Tom Church who is co-創立者 of LatestDeals.co.uk, commented: '取り組むing a kitchen 事業/計画(する) is an expensive and stressf ul 仕事, but Kirsty has not only managed to keep costs 負かす/撃墜する, but 現実に enjoy the 過程 too!
'予算 構成要素s such as Fablon and spray paint are 勝利者s when it comes to keeping expenses 負かす/撃墜する on a 事業/計画(する), and getting stuck in and doing the 絵 yourself is not just 広大な/多数の/重要な for your bank balance rather than 支払う/賃金ing a 建設業者, but is really rewarding 同様に!'
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