Before-and-after photos show how a woman updated a tiny decaying room in her grandmother's house for under $400

Tracey Davies

• Tracey Davies, 47, from Worcester, UK, renovated her grandmother's bedroom for just $367.22 (£297). 
• Davies says the room was in disarray because her grandmother's furniture hadn't been moved in over 20 years.
• Davies previously lived in the house with her grandmother, and updated the space after her gran had to be moved to a nursing home as a result of her declining health.
• She saved money on the two-week renovation project by using colorful wallpaper instead of plaster on the walls, buying the carpet from eBay, and giving old furniture a fresh coat of paint.
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Home renovations can be expensive, leading many to put them off until their space is in dire need of repairs. But you can update on a budget, as Tracey Davies from Worcester, UK, demonstrated through her dramatic renovation of a bedroom in her house.

The bedroom previously belonged to Davies' grandmother, who lived in the space since 1929, according to The Daily Mail. Davies, 47, updated the space after her grandmother had to be moved to a nursing home as a result of her declining health. The project took two weeks, and Davies completed all the work herself for just $367.22 (£297). 

Take a look at how Davies accomplished the bedroom transformation.

Tracey Davies, 47, from Worcester, UK, renovated her grandmother's bedroom, which was damaged because the furniture wasn't moved for over 20 years. "Nan kept everything!" Davies told Insider of her grandmother.

Davies moved in with her grandmother 23 years ago, according to the Daily Mail. Davies, her grandmother, and her husband lived in the space together until a little over six months ago when her grandmother moved to a nursing home, as she required advanced care.

The Daily Mail also reported that Davies' daughter moved in with her and her husband at the same time, giving them even more reason to renovate the room.

Davies began the project by removing the furniture from the room. She found severely damaged walls and an outdated carpet underneath.

"I think it took around eight hours just to clear up rubbish, sort through drawers, and to empty the whole room," Davies told Insider. 

She believes the overcrowding in the room is what ultimately damaged the walls. "Because there was so much stuff along the outside wall, the wallpaper went black. It couldn't breathe," Davies said.

Pulling up the carpet and stripping the walls were the main priorities of the renovation.

"You could not see any of the black because of all the stuff" Davies explained, speaking of the room before it was emptied.

After the room was cleared, Davies began the process of removing the aged carpet and damaged wallpaper. She saved money by buying a new carpet from eBay.

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