Mother transformed her kitchen for just £200 by using cost-cutting tricks like stick-on tiles and new cabinet handles – and PAINTED her worktops and covered rather than buying new
- Charlotte Greedy, 26, from Pontyclun, Wales, overhauled her kitchen for £200
- Mother-of-two used budget buys from stores including B&Q and Amazon
- She has over 70,000 Instagram followers who are fans of her home renovations
A mother has revealed how she transformed her kitchen for just £200 using a few money-saving hacks.
Charlotte Greedy, 26, from Pontyclun, Wales, has built up an Instagram following of more than 70,000 on her @missgreedyshome account with posts documenting her home renovations.
One of her most popular reveals has been her kitchen, which she updated without breaking the bank by buying stick-on tiles and painting her countertops and cupboards, rather than buying new.
After: Charlotte Greedy, 26, from Pontyclun, Wales, updated her kitchen for £200 by buying stick-on tiles and painting her countertops and cupboards, rather than buying new
Before: Charlotte was fed-up with her outdated kitchen but couldn’t afford a new one
Charlotte bought the items needed for her budget renovation from Amazon, B&Q and Poundstretcher. In total she spent just £200 on everything she needed for the makeover
She said: ‘I came up with the idea when I desperately wanted a new kitchen but just couldn’t afford to buy a brand new one.
‘I then had the idea of painting it all to mimic a new kitchen. I bought stick on tiles from a company called Tic Tac Tiles on Amazon to cover my existing tiles and bought Good Home North pole paint from B&Q and painted my worktops!
Charlotte changed her own plug sockets throughout the kitchen (pictured before) and changed the colour of her cupboards using paint from B&Q
The stay-at-home mother began her kitchen renovation with plans to mimic the stylish looks of new kitchens. Pictured, the kitchen pictured after transformation
Charlotte’s money-saving makeover tricks
- Paint cupboards, rather than buy new
- Paint countertops instead of replacing
- Replace handles to make cupboards look new
- Buy stick-on tiles and place them on top of your current tiles
- Look for flooring on B&Q. It can be fitted with spray glue
‘They were a horrible shiny black before and now they’re a matte white colour. I then painted my cupboards using Good Home Durable Delware Satin Multi-Surface paint.
‘I used a mini gloss roller from Poundstretcher to apply both the worktop and cupboard paint, and only used a little brush for the hard to get to parts!
‘I changed all my cupboard handles, again purchased from B&Q, and I changed my own plug sockets from white to chrome.
‘I bought my flooring off eBay and used a pen knife and spray glue to fit it, and changed my light fitting to a brighter light. It cost around £200 to completely change the kitchen.’
The mother-of-two who wasn’t proud of her kitchen before, revealed she loves the new look and doesn’t loath going to make dinner anymore. Pictured, the painted coutertops
Charlotte replaced the handles (pictured) and saved money by using stick-on tiles, as seen. The trendy flooring was bought from eBay and fitted using a pen knife and spray glue
Unsurprisingly, Charlotte is over the moon with her kitchen transformation.
Speaking to LatestDeals.co.uk, she added: ‘I am absolutely in love with the transformation and it’s made my kitchen look brand new! Once the kitchen was complete I felt like I could be proud of my kitchen, something I never was.
‘Whenever I go in there now I absolutely love it instead of loathing to go and make dinner.’
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