I’m a kitchen catfish – it looks so fancy but it’s a budget transformation, I’m trolled over how I did it… who cares?
GONE are the days of plain and monotonous colours in the kitchen.
Instead, people up and down the country – even globally – are looking to insert some personality into their culinary space… Switching out greys, blacks and whites for more vibrant colours that bring a little oomph to the room.
And that’s exactly what Marie Stanthorpe thought of when she looked at her boring kitchen with a black fridge, black dining table and black chairs.
The wall next to these essentials, meanwhile, was decked out with blue panelling on the bottom with a beige wallpaper on top.
While she had a few accessories on the wall, like a dream catcher and a small TV, it was quite bare to look at.
In a bid to inject some character back into this space, Marie decided to use bright pinks, blues and greens.
The first thing she did was paint the fridge a stunning Barbie pastel pink, while she revamped the handles in gold.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous, Marie explained she painted her fridge with paint and used sticky back plastic to jazz up the table.
Describing herself as a “kitchen catfish”, she said: “I did have a few saying I must be mad to paint my fridge in such a bright colour, and then I had an amazing response from people saying it’s so pretty and that they wish they were brave enough to do it and would love a Barbie fridge in their life.
“These comments definitely outweigh the bad few.”
And when asked what she used to change the colour, she replied: “I used Rust-Oleum paint universal paint, which is fab.”
She then repainted the panels on the wall, going from a dark blue to a turquoise. And the wallpaper on top was replaced with a pink floral design.
Removing the television and dream catcher, Marie installed a neon sign that read: “Welcome to the Madhouse”.
She added a green and white carpet on the floor with plant designs and revamped the table with yellow legs and colourful accessories to sit on top, including a red and orange candle and green vase with sunflowers in it.
Despite the odd comments here and there of trolls hating on her project, Marie has received a great deal of support.
Would you opt for a pink fridge?