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Jasmine Allday

Stacey Solomon shares easy hack to upcycle tired furniture on a budget


Stacey Solomon has shared an easy way to upcycle tired furniture - without splashing the cash.

As part of her Sort Your Life Out show for the BBC this week, Stacey headed to help the Viney family out. Mum Sue had a very cluttered house, which had been made even worse by Sue taking on her mum's items too when she passed away.

Her daughters all got involved in helping her clear the house, and host Stacey got involved in trying to use the old furniture she had in her home and upcycling them to make new pieces that Sue could use now.

Stacey shared an easy hack on her BBC show (BBC)

Showing off a rather tired looking cabinet, which had had items piled high on them, Stacey shared: "This is one of Sue's old cabinets. We've decided to paint it but now we just want to jazz it up a bit more, give it some life.

"So we're going to put some wallpaper on the back panels. I'm just literally going to brush on some wallpaper paste on the back panels. I feel this in minimum effort with maximum effect. You line up your corners exactly in line and done!"

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The wooden cabinet got an upcycle thanks to Stacey (BBC)

Stacey later turned her efforts to turning Sue's old vases into something that would better match the whole home.

Firstly, she cleaned them all and laid them out a plastic sheet before spraying them with paint and then with a stone spray, to give them a fully stone effect. It meant they all matched in colour, and they eventually took pride of place on the shelf.

"We collect things and when we get them all together in the home, they either don't go or they all just look a bit higgledy piggledy. So this is a really good hack to unify them more or to tie them into the aesthetic of your house," she said.

The finished product looked worlds away from the original (BBC)

Stacey previously revealed she thinks her show is even more important in the cost of living crisis.

"We need to convince people that there are better ways of saving money, because using up that space doesn’t do you any favours," she explained to The Mirror of her BBC show, "There’s a sense of urgency this year. It feels like, because of the cost of living crisis, it’s more essential to be regimented, to be organised and to not waste money at all."

READ MORE:    Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out accused of being 'fake' by annoyed fans
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