If you love Alice in Wonderland, then you’ll fall head over heels for this beautiful home inspired by the book and films.
Lisa Murdock, 40, decided to pay tribute to her favourite story by redecorating her living room and kitchen for just £140 during lockdown.
The mum-of-five hunted eBay and Facebook marketplace to find Alice in Wonderland items - and the end result is magical.
Lisa, from Northern Ireland, told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk : "I adore Alice in Wonderland so much and after doing the kitchen the lounge looked so boring.
"I had picked up an old fireplace and surround from a local buy and sell site months ago, but never got round to using it, so out came the paint.
"I love bright colours so I went with the same colour as Alice's dress with a black and white decoupage on the shelf part."
Lisa explained that she hunted for Alice-inspired ornaments and furniture which she then upcycled.
She said: "I also picked up some Alice in Wonderland clay ornaments for £4 on eBay that I was able to attach to the fireplace and blend in with a sample of copper paint.
"I also placed some Alice in Wonderland tiles in the fireplace inserts, which I had decoupaged onto plain white tiles and sealed with a varnish.
"These were all ordered online due to not being able to go out and I don't throw anything out so I have plenty of bits and pieces lying about.
“The coffee table was £10 from a local buy and sell site and the lady was kind enough to leave it in the garden so no contact was made in these uncertain times."
The mum, who is a self-confessed hoarder, even found wallpaper inspired by her favourite books.
She said: "I've done the door also in Alice as it was so plain and I hate plain.
"All the wallpaper was purchased on ebay, and I have three different papers as they work so well together.
"I'm a real hoarder so I've had most off the stuff for a while and I just funked it up a bit.
"A friend painted the pictures for me as he knew how much I loved Alice and I couldn't see anything I liked online."
Lisa says that the renovation was the perfect lockdown task and helped to keep her mind off worrying about the pandemic.
“It's kept me sane with all the uncertainty of things that are going on at the minute, and the kids have also enjoyed helping,” she added.
"I was really chuffed at how it turned out and I can't wait to get started on the bathroom.
“The whole project cost £140 including the wallpaper.
"The wallpaper cost £80, the table was £15, the decoupage paper was £6 from Zazzle, and the two sets of old pine drawers that I painted cost me nothing as I found them in a skip and I hate seeing stuff thrown out.”
