A WOMAN who wouldn’t afford to fork out £4,000 for a new kitchen has shared how she gave it a facelift for just £30.
She shared how she used a marble-look, sticky vinyl from Amazon to transform the look – and she did it all by herself.
In a clip on her @thehomechic account, the savvy woman said: “I hate my kitchen, and is there money for a new one? No.
“But one thing about us DIY girlies is that if we can’t buy it, we’ll make it.”
She decided to change the look of her black counter tops to have a lighter, fresher feel.
The woman continued: “I don’t know why counter vinyl gets so much bad press.
“If we had the money to just get new counters, don’t you think we would have done that?
“Can you get solid marble counters for £30 Rob? Didn’t think so.
“Anyway, these black counters have been getting on my last nerve.
“We need air, we need light.”
So she bought a roll of Amazon’s Create Your World £13 vinyl and started with the upstand area.
Then, she moved onto the countertops themselves and found it tricky to stick it down without any bubbles forming.
The DIY whizz said: “Even with this card, it doesn’t squeeze out the bubbles.
“Why do they make it look so easy online?
“I even tried using a hair dryer but it just keeps melting the plastic.
“The idea was there, the execution however.
“No measurements, just vibes.”
Thankfully she needed to trust the process as the end result looked very stylish indeed after she had added the silicone to the edges.
The TikToker was happy with the finished look and hailed it “chef’s kiss.”
Her video has racked up over 380,000 likes and people praised her honest approach to decorating.
One wrote: “this is the ONLY realistic video about kitchen diy. I literally did the same to my kitchen a few weeks ago AND THIS IS THE STRUGGLE I WISH I HAD KNOWN.”
Another added: “This is the best REALISTIC diy video I’ve ever seen. Cos this is how it really goes.”
A third commented: “Your perseverance! My patience could never.”
