Woman turns her bathtub into an Instagram dream for just £20

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Here’s the bathtub before Rowan’s DIY job (Picture: DIY on a Budget)

Fancy tackling a DIY project this weekend?

Feel free to copy this one – for just £20 it makes a huge difference.

Rowan Kate Cardus is winning loads of internet and interiors points (which are imaginary, to be clear, but still important) after sharing photos of how she transformed her bathtub into an Instagram-worthy dream tub.

Along with before and after photos, Rowan Kate Cardus posted in the DIY on a Budget Facebook group: ‘Thoughts please. It was £0.42p a book for a copper leaf from AliExpress which took three weeks to arrive.

‘I put normal artist acrylic paint on first then used gilding size to stick on the leaf and then used yacht varnish to seal the end result.

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Rowan painted the tub then applied copper leaf she bought online (Picture: DIY on a Budget)
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The end result is pretty glorious, right? (Picture: DIY on a Budget)

‘The whole project probably cost me £20.’

Just the application of copper leaf takes the bath from bog-standard to a tub that looks like it belongs in a boutique hotel.

The project has received a load of comments from members of the group, calling the transformation ‘amazing’ and ‘beautiful’. We’d have to agree.

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The entire project cost under £20 (Picture: DIY on a Budget)
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Pretty, right? (Picture: DIY on a Budget)

Rowan said she followed YouTube tutorials for the application of the copper leaf, but it’s a pretty simple technique that anyone can do.

Just apply glue or paint, stick on your copper leaf, and cover with a varnish. Done. We quite like the idea of adding copper or gold leaf to vases, plant pots, and candles.

Have you completed a brilliant DIY project you fancy sharing? Tell us more by emailing MetroLifestyleTeam@metro.co.uk

And if you’d like to chat more about budgeting tricks, bargains, deals, and all things to do with saving money, join our new Facebook group, Money Pot. It’s fun, promise. 

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