Thrifty woman transforms ‘bland’ bathroom for just £100 using stick-on floor tiles and Argos accessories
A woman has revealed how she completely transformed her bathroom for just £100 using Argos accessories and stick-on tiles.
Taking to Facebook, Kelli Cochran-Sharp showed off the before and after pictures of the room in her house – and it’s certainly impressive.
The before picture shows a rather bland bathroom with cream walls and a white toilet and radiator.
However, the after pictures show what looks like a completely room – complete with black walls and super quirky monochrome tiles.
The stick on floor tiles set Kelli back just £42, while the retro animal-themed wallpaper from I Want Wallpaper cost £24.
The lecturer from Inverness, Scotland, painted the rest of the walls in a chic matt black which she purchased for £15 paint from Amazon, and she decided to spray paint the silver mirror in the exact same colour.
A few chic accessories from Argos and Next completed the look, including a a matt black towel rail costing £20, and a £15.50 freestanding toilet roll holder and storage in black from Amazon.
In total, Kelli spent £116.49 and did all the work herself and says it took just five afternoons to complete.
Alongside the before and after pictures, Kelli explained: “Summer holiday project transformation, completed all on my own.
“First time wallpapering and doing anything to a floor, so took lots of patience. The last few photos are the bland boring room beforehand.”
Speaking to FEMAIL about the transformation, she said: “I was wanting to spruce up a few rooms in my house over the summer as most people had done this at the start of lockdown and I was unable to due to working right up to the end of June.
“I had seen various posts on DIY on a Budget Official during this time and pulled some ideas together to completely transform my downstairs toilet, which was looking rather dull and boring.”
Kelli's bathroom transformation items
Here's what Kelli used...
Floor: Floor pops, comet peel and stick-on floor tiles, pack of 10. £14 per pack (3 packs needed) from Amazon
Wallpaper: Holden Décor Mad Dogs Picture Framed Animals Retro Vintage British Vinyl Black White Wallpaper in Black White from I Want Wallpaper £12 per roll (2 rolls needed)
Towel Stand: Home Freestanding Towel Rail in Matt Black from Argos £20
Toilet roll holder: Simplywire freestanding toilet roll holder and storage in black from Amazon £15.49
Paint: Johnstone’s wall and ceiling paint in Matt black £15 from Amazon
Mirror: Upcycled as was spray painted Matt black. Originally from Next.
Total cost: £116.49
Kelli continued: “I’ve always liked DIY, but had never attempted to wallpapering. I’ve always painted rooms as it seemed less stressful and complicated, but I decided to have a go as I seen this wallpaper and it just made me smile every time I looked at it, as it’s so whimsical and quirky.
“It took me a few weeks at the start of my summer annual leave to gather the materials and about five afternoons to complete.”
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Meanwhile, another woman has revealed how she used bunkbeds to split her daughters’ room in two so that they can both have their own space.
Posting on the Facebook group DIY on a Budget Official, mum Sharlene Tait explained how she used her daughters’ bunkbeds to split the room in two.
“This was my big lockdown decorating project, all DIY-ed by myself and my Dad,” she wrote. “Both my girls share a bedroom but there’s a bit of an age gap between them and I wanted to give them their own space.”