Kitchen renovations are one of the priciest parts of redoing a home and can cost thousands of pounds to undertake.
But one savvy couple managed to give their dull kitchen a new lease of life for under £60 by just using paint.
Chloe Bradley, 22, bought her first home with her boyfriend Tom last year, but wasn’t keen on the kitchen colours.
Instead of replacing the kitchen units, Chloe decided to revamp the space herself using Frenchic paint.
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She managed to take the kitchen from beige to on-trend grey for £60.
Chloe told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk : "We bought our first house just under a year ago. It's a new build but we didn't get to choose our own kitchen colours because the build stage was already past that point when we reserved.
"Although it wasn't an awful kitchen, it just really wasn't to our taste and wasn't what we would have chosen. The rest of our house and decor is more of a grey colour palette so it just really doesn't match our whole aesthetic.
"I really wanted to replace the doors with new grey ones but we have a baby on the way so it just wasn't an option for us financially at the moment.
"I had seen lots of people on Facebook using Frenchic paint to upcycle their furniture and kitchens.
"I'm quite a crafty person so after doing some research and looking at other people's projects on Facebook I decided to give it a go myself.
"I ordered two tins of Frenchic Al Fresco Greyhound paint from their website for £17 each.
"I took a few doors off at a time and unscrewed the handles. I then gave them a really good wipe down with some sugar soap and a clean cloth to remove any leftover grease or dirt.
"The doors were high gloss to start with so I had to sand the surface of the doors with sand paper to help the paint adhere better.
"I then painted each door using a Frenchic paintbrush. I did four very thin layers. The key to using this paint is really thin layers and leaving an hour between each coat.
“The first coat always looks terrible which can make you panic and think ‘oh no, what have I done?’
"But by the fourth coat, you get a really nice even surface. Once I had painted all of the doors and reattached them, I left the paint to cure for a couple of days before I reattached the handles.
"It took me a couple of days to paint all of the doors as I took them off a couple at a time and had to wait for each coat to dry but it was definitely worth the time and hard work!”
Chloe said taking on the project herself saved her “literally hundreds of pounds”, by purchasing paint, brushes and cleaning supplies for under £60.
She added: "If you're willing to put in a little bit of time, the results are so worth it. The project also gave me something to keep me busy during the lockdown and I managed to buy all of the supplies online so I was able to keep safe at home.”
