A single mum has revealed how she remodeled her complete kitchen for simply £100, giving the area a stunning makeover on a funds.
Clare Bryson lives in a two-bedroom home in Perth, Scotland, together with her two youngsters, who’re 4 and 6.
Though she doesn’t have any formal background in design, the full-time superior nurse practitioner beforehand helped construct a home together with her ex-husband in 2010.
After shifting into her own residence in December final 12 months, Clare set about remodeling it – beginning together with her kitchen.
The mum managed to finish the area in simply two weeks, whereas additionally portray the remainder of her residence inside six weeks, all whereas holding down a full-time job.
‘I’ve all the time all the time been occupied with upcycling furnishings, property growth and inside design – particularly on a funds,’ Clare advised Jam Press.
‘I’m fairly inventive and love the problem of creating one thing look stunning with little price.
‘After we moved into the home it was stuffed with nicotine, grease and damp and as I didn’t have a lot of a funds to do it up or put in a brand new kitchen, I made a decision to upcycle it.’
Clare turned to Fb and Instagram for DIY on a funds inspiration and to seek out the very best 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 mum then painted the doorways with three coats of Bedec multi-surface paint within the color anthracite (satin), ensuring to calmly sand them down in between coats.
She mentioned: ‘This took a few weeks doing one facet 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 comfortable to experiment as they have been simply second-hand white items.’
The mum 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 tasks.
In whole, the thrifty mum spent £16.99 on Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 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 complete kitchen price just below £100 and Clare was capable of get a 70% reductions on a vinyl flooring too – because of January gross sales and her NHS low cost – which she had fitted across the complete 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’s been arduous work however I’m actually happy with the completed end result, I had a imaginative and prescient of the completed end in my head and it’s lived as much as my expectations.’
Clare has additionally launched her personal Instagram account (@blondybuilder) the place she usually shares upcycling tasks and renovations.
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