You don’t have to spend hundreds of pounds to give your home a new look.
Just ask Rosie Roberts, 56, who managed to give herself an on-trend new kitchen island for just £70.
That’s a far cry from the cost of buying a new island, which would have cost upwards of £700.
Rosie, from Coventry, was super keen to bring in a kitchen island after convincing husband Mark, 52, that they should get rid of their table and chairs.
She wasn’t so keen to drop a load of cash on the makeover, so set herself a challenge: to find the perfect unit, which had to be the same height as the rest of the couple’s kitchen surfaces.
She struck gold on Facebook Marketplace, finding an oak cupboard for just £40.
Rose then bought a granite worktop unit from another seller, then painted the cupboard in two coats of grey.
And voila: an island that looks great and took just two days to create.
Rosie bought some bar stools from Amazon to finish the job, and posted her handy work on Facebook – amassing over 4,000 likes and hundreds of comments overnight.
She said: ‘My husband wasn’t keen at first and said to keep the idea of a kitchen island in my head.
‘But I had a vision to get rid of the table and chairs we already had, and replace them with a new, unique worktop surface.
‘He eventually agreed, and I was on the look out for the right cabinet unit for months.
‘When I eventually found the perfect unit, I secured it for a great price, and then saw someone selling a granite surface, which was the same colour as my kitchen.
‘I felt really lucky, and when we put the two together, it looked perfect.
‘Once I managed to get the materials, we completed the project in few days and Mark’s over the moon with the result.
‘I posted a few photos of the island on Facebook and the reaction I got was incredible – we couldn’t be happier with it.’
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source https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/16/mum-saves-700-by-making-kitchen-island-with-upcycled-old-cupboard-17386749/
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