A woman has made a Molly-Mae Hague and Stacey Solomon-inspired change to her home - and saved more than £10,000 in the process.
The new creative director of PrettyLittleThing and the Loose Women star have shared snaps of their walk-in wardrobes on social media this week.
While it may seem extravagant, it can be done on a budget.
Megan Righelato transformed a bland beige room into her dream walk-in wardrobe space and a bedroom - for just £1,000.
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That's around £10,500 cheaper than having a professional design and a walk-in wardrobe space of the same size.
"We are having to budget as we're renovating the whole house, and adding an extension downstairs next year," Megan told MattressNextDay.
"We spent approximately £1,000 building our walk-in wardrobe and renovating the bedroom, excluding furniture.
"We managed to keep the cost so low by doing everything ourselves, as usually, paying for labour is the biggest expense."
The average cost of a labourer is £200 per day and with a wardrobe of Megan's size, it would take four days for a professional to complete, costing a total of £800 in manual work.
Instead, Megan and her boyfriend, who moved in together in October 2020, saved cash by carrying out the work themselves.
"We both work full-time so could only dedicate our weekends to working on it, so it took about six weekends in total," she said.
Megan, who shares updates on Instagram @megsathome, says YouTube was her biggest help.
"The coving was a bit of a nightmare to get our heads around but with the help of YouTube, we ended up mastering it," she said.
"By the end, I realised that it’s important to not be afraid to make mistakes and realise that it always gets worse before it gets better.
"We got to a point where it felt like it was never-ending, but we are so pleased with the result."
Another way that Megan saved money was buying purchasing cheaper, but still good quality, wardrobes and finding ways to make them look more bespoke.
"We purchased the PAX wardrobe units from IKEA for around £600, however, we decided to add beading to the drawer units to match the more traditional style of our bedroom, such as the panelling," she explained.
"We then painted them in Crown’s ‘Satin White’ to get rid of IKEA’s classic white colour. Finally, we added cup-shaped handles to the wardrobes to make them look more expensive."
Megan's final touched in the walk-in wardrobe space was her vinyl herringbone effect floor, which cost £65.
That was the only part of her bedroom floor that was altered.
For the sleeping part of the room, she 'shopped around to find the best carpet deals, but decided to leave the carpet as it is for now, to keep our costs down'.
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