A single mom has revealed she upcycled her whole kitchen in two weeks – giving the area a surprising makeover for a price range of simply £100.
Clare Bryson lives in a two-bedroom home in Perth, Scotland, along with her two youngsters, who’re 4 and 6.
Though she does not have any formal background in design, the full-time superior nurse practitioner beforehand helped construct a home along with her ex-husband in 2010.
After transferring into her own residence in December final yr, Clare set about reworking it – beginning along with her kitchen, the place she put down new vinyl flooring, lined the worktops in marble-effect wrap and portray the models and handles.
With accents of rose gold and marble print, on-trend darkish models and a chandelier purchased for £10 on eBay, she remodeled the dated area into an Instagram-worthy room.
In complete, the thrifty mom spent £16.99 on Zinsser Bulls eye 1-2-3 primer, £20 on Bedec multi-surface paint, £25 on tile paint from B&Q and £7 on spray paint from Wilko, together with three worktop wraps which have been £6 every from B&Q. Pictured: The kitchen after the transformation
Clare Bryson, a full-time superior nurse practitioner, remodeled her kitchen in Perth, Scotland, in two weeks for just below £100. Pictured: the kitchen earlier than the transformation
The mother-of-two managed to finish the area in simply two weeks, whereas additionally portray the remainder of her dwelling inside six weeks, all whereas holding down a full-time job.
Clare mentioned: ‘I’ve at all times been concerned about upcycling furnishings, property improvement and inside design – particularly on a price range.
‘I am fairly inventive and love the problem of creating one thing look lovely with little price.
‘After we moved into the home it was filled with nicotine, grease and damp and as I did not have a lot of a price range to do it up or put in a brand new kitchen, I made a decision to upcycle it.’
She began off by eradicating the kitchen doorways, sugar-soaped them after which sanded them down earlier than priming with Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 primer. Pictured: The kitchen in the course of the transformation
Clare additionally sugar-soaped the kitchen tiles, earlier than including white tile paint from B&Q, in addition to eradicating all door handles and spray-painting them with copper/rose gold spray from Wilko, overlaying the worktops with wrapping from B&Q
Clare turned to Fb and Instagram for DIY on a price range inspiration and to search out the most effective merchandise to make use of – after which set to work.
She began off by eradicating the kitchen doorways, sugar-soaped them after which sanded them down earlier than priming with Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 primer.
The mom then painted the doorways with three coats of Bedec multi-surface paint within the color anthracite (satin), ensuring to flippantly sand them down in between coats.
She mentioned: ‘This took a few weeks doing one aspect at a time and ready for every coat to dry.
‘I then tried portray the fridge, washer and boiler on this – they got here up nice with a few coats and I used to be glad to experiment as they have been simply second-hand white items.’
Clare additionally sugar-soaped the kitchen tiles, earlier than including white tile paint from B&Q, in addition to eradicating all door handles and spray-painting them with copper/rose gold spray from Wilko.
To jazz issues up, Clare lined the worktop surfaces with wrapping from B&Q and even purchased a second-hand chandelier for £10 on Fb.
She additionally added a splash of white paint to the partitions which she had left over from earlier DIY initiatives.
Clare purchased a second-hand chandelier for £10 on Fb and was in a position to get a 70% reductions on a vinyl flooring too – due to January gross sales and her NHS low cost – which she had fitted across the whole home
The mom then painted the doorways with three coats of Bedec multi-surface paint within the color anthracite (satin), ensuring to flippantly sand them down in between coats
Though she does not have any formal background in design, Clare (pictured) beforehand helped construct a home along with her ex-husband in 2010
In complete, the thrifty mom spent £16.99 on Zinsser Bulls eye 1-2-3 primer, £20 on Bedec multi-surface paint, £25 on tile paint from B&Q and £7 on spray paint from Wilko, together with three worktop wraps which have been £6 every from B&Q.
Your entire kitchen price just below £100 and Clare was in a position to get a 70% reductions on a vinyl flooring too – due to January gross sales and her NHS low cost – which she had fitted across the whole home.
She added: ‘I did take a little bit of a pause within the center when half the ceiling fell down although. I simply re-plastered it with some Knauf fill and end plaster that I already had.
“It has been onerous work however I am actually happy with the completed consequence, I had a imaginative and prescient of the completed lead to my head and it is lived as much as my expectations.”
Clare has additionally launched her personal Instagram account (@blondybuilder) the place she usually shares upcycling initiatives and renovations.
