If you’re bored of your kitchen, there are ways of sprucing your space up without spending a fortune.
One mum managed to completely change the look of her kitchen floor for under £50 by using a cheap eBay stencil to paint a pattern on her tiles.
Fahmida Khatun, 33, a stay at home mum-of-two from London, says she “always” disliked her kitchen floor and wanted to do it up.
She saw other social media users had come up with cheap ways of doing up their home and decided to have a go too.
By painting a pattern on to the tiles, Fahmida has saved on the expensive cost of retiling.
Fahmida, who used Frenchie paint for the DIY job, told money-saving Facebook group DIY On A Budget UK : "I started following Frenchic on social media and I saw other followers painting their floor so I wanted to do mine.
"I looked at the page for inspiration and decided to go ahead with it after researching.
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"I decided to use Frenchic Al Fresco Swanky Pants for the base and Frenchic Lazy Range Whitey White for the stencil.”
Fahmida started by prepping the kitchen floor with sugar soap and a sponge, before wiping it clean and allowing it to dry.
She then did one coat of Swanky Pants, let it dry for two hours then did another coat. Fahmida did three coats altogether, then moved onto the stelling the following evening.
“I placed the stencil on top and did a light coat with a roller,” she said.
"Because it was a very thin coat, it dried very quickly and I did the next and so on.
“It took me about two hours to complete the whole floor.
"I then let it dry fully and the next day varnished the floor doing four coats, leaving two to three hours in between to dry.”
Fahmida used two tubs of Frenchic paint at £13 each, rollers for £2, a sponge for £1, a stencil from ebay for £14, sugar soap for £1 and varnish from Wilko for £5.25.
The total cost came to £49.25.
"I'm very pleased with how it's come out and made a big difference to my kitchen floor,” she said.
"I managed to do all this for £50 and it feels great. It's made a big difference.”
Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, said: “When changing kitchen floors, many of us immediately assume we have to do the expensive job of retiling.
“However, Fahmida’s brilliant job shows just how much money you can save by doing it yourself with some paint and a handy stencil."
