My son’s bedroom was a total hovel so we gave it a glow up for under £50, and people are impressed by our savvy skills
A COUPLE has been praised for their savvy skills after sharing how they gave their son’s bedroom a makeover for under £50.
Jos admitted her son Archie’s room had become a “hovel”, as he was the fourth of their four children to use it.
While it had originally looked “super cute” for their daughter, with polka dots on the wall, there was now pen and drawings on the walls, and loads of exposed wood.
“The plan is we need to paint all the walls – we’re just going with bright, white walls to cover up all these scribbles,” Jos said in her TikTok video.
“We need to change this light fitting for something more appropriate.
“He’s got new bed linen and a new cushion and a nice new throw.
“Originally there was a big water tank in here which had a massive cupboard but we’ve changed to a combi boiler and a smaller cupboard but that meant the old cupboard was ripped out and left these lovely marks all over the wall, so we need to do something about those.
“And then all the pipes on the floor were boxed in as well.
“So all this woodwork needs painting.”
She and husband Michael kicked off by priming the woodwork by painting it white – using some white paint they already had.
After realising they didn’t have a paint roller and paint tray, Jos popped to B&Q to grab one – and ended up also buying a new lamp for her son’s room.
Next up was sanding.
While Jos admitted all the walls needed plastering, their budget didn’t stretch that far, so she was sanding things down as much as she could before painting.
“Polishing a t**d comes to mind,” she joked.
Once she’d finished sanding, she got on with painting the walls white, revealing it took two coats of paint to cover the coloured spots.
“Then it was time to paint the wood and we had this gorge blue paint leftover from our bathroom – how nice is that colour?” she continued.
“So we got on with painting the wood.”
In the next video, she finished off the blue paint with another coat, before replacing the lampshade with one they already had.
To add some extra decoration, she created a “mini gallery wall” for Archie, starting with a Primark astronaut print.
She added some more family pictures, as well as a “Hello” print from Primark too and a wire word.
Then it was time to finish off the bed, adding some bedlinen that she’d got from Primark.
“I think for this sheet and two pillowcases was under a tenner,” Jos explained.
“Then I added this really nice soft throw and cushions, all from M&S.
“The new prints, bed linen and cushions were all given to Archie as a birthday gift so I’m not counting them in the total cost of this new bedroom.
“All the paint we already had in the shed, so the total cost of this was just under £50 – and that was spent on a new paint tray and roller, the orange door knob that’s on the blue cupboard, the Command strips and also the new lamp on his bedside table.”
Concluding her video, Jos said: “Overall it’s by no means perfect and if I had the money I’d love to do more but Archie loves it and that’s the main thing.”
The comments section was quickly filled with remarks from impressed viewers, including one who wrote: “a realistic makeover – love it, the finish is so nice.”
“Love how realistic this is,” another added.
“Looks amazing, I’m inspired I can jazz up my son’s room on a doable budget.”
“it’s lovely well done, if he is happy, brilliant,” a third commented.