We moved into our house 9 years ago, having bought it as a “doer up project”. There was nothing hugely wrong with it as it was mostly cosmetic but we never envisaged just how much it would cost and 9 years on we still haven’t finished.
When we moved in our bedroom was a rusty orange colour so one of my first jobs was to throw a coat of magnolia paint on the walls with the view to decorating properly in the future, which never quite happened.
I was set a challenge by the people at Debt Free Direct to do some savvy shopping in line with their Making Money Go Further blog and see which if I could transform our bedroom using supermarket own brand products.
The first job was to prep the room. We had a weird hardboard box running from floor to ceiling that appeared to be stuck on one wall and when tapped it sounded hollow. It was about a foot square and I have been desperate to get rid of it since we moved in.
Turns out it housed an old ceramic vent pipe from the old warm air boiler system. You wouldn’t believe how heavy it is and we couldn’t get it out. What hubby has done (apart from breaking his hammer) is dropped it through the floor into the cupboard below for now. It looks like we will have to knock the cupboard out to remove it sadly.
The next job was to prep the walls ready for the paint and make my colour choices. We had our windows replaced a couple of years ago as we had some mould problems. Although this has been cured there were still marks on the walls from where we had mould in the past so I cleaned again with some bleach to make sure it doesn’t come back.
I chose Wilkinson Silk emulsion in Duck Egg and Moonlight White for the walls and ceiling along with the Wilko Balance Allium Duvet Set Kingsize.
Loving the transformation. We moved in about 10 years ago and certain rooms have never been decorated sadly
Great transformation. We need to make over so many of our rooms x
Great transformation – love the colour!
We’ve bought paint and other DIY stuff from Wilko before, and the supermarkets have a great range of home interior goodies.
Really need to get going on our (what feels like gazillions) projects x
There is always something to throw a spanner in the works when you start decorating isn’t there!
It is amazing what you can buy from supermarkets these days isn’t it. It just shows you don’t need much money to completely transform a room. It looks great!
Decorating is never straight forward, my husband always refers to the “80:20 rule”. 80% of the work takes 20% of the time – the last 20% takes 80% of the time. True for most things, especially the unexpected issues that crop up in decorating! Your bedroom looks great 🙂
Great transformation. We are doing one of our bathrooms now using Wilko products as well…
What a great transformation, you have a wonderful design eye.
It looks gorgeous! I adore the light fitting! It is so beautiful and I bet it looks lovely all lit up x have a lovely break 🙂
Love that lampshade, very boudoir!! I will definitely be checking out supermarket ranges when (and if!) we move!
I never think of buying paint from a supermarket but perhaps I should, looks like a fun makeover.
looks fab, i love supermarkets for some home decor bits xx
Well done, it looks really refreshed! I often go to the supermarket to get paint and things, I got my blackboard paint from Wilkos and their brand was better than dulux! x
love that shade of blue, and really like the bed cover!
Wow! According to Lorri Dyner Design, decorating a living room can fall into one of three budgets: budget, mid-range, and high. Budget is $2,000. Mid-range is $10,000. High-end is $33,000+. It’s awesome that some people manage to do this way cheaper!