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Lisa Hodge

Mum on budget transforms old IKEA drawers into chic safari theme for under £30

An artist has transformed her 'boring' drawers with a chic safari-theme for less than £30 using just paint and wallpaper samples.

Chelsea Lee Winterbottom gave her Ikea drawers a complete make-over and the results stunned fellow parents.

Chelsea shared the fantastic overhaul on DIY On A Budget F acebook page and revealed she had only used wallpaper samples, paint and goldleaf from Amazon and B&Q  - all for less than £30.

The drawers went through an amazing transformation (Facebook)

She said: "This is my first time working with furniture and my first upcycled piece."Unit from Ikea, gold metal leaf from Amazon used to split colour on handles.

"Wallpaper from Amazon, frogtape from B&Q, Paint by Rustins (Buckingham green) black and white just B&Q.

"All in all it cost me around £25-£30 in materials and around four days to complete."

The drawers went through an amazing transformation (Facebook)

Mums commented on the post agreeing the drawers definitely had the wow factor.

One said: "This is absolutely amazing. What a transformation."

Another said: "What a difference from boring white drawers to this. Well done.

Another added: "They look like something from a shop."

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