I transformed my fireplace using a bargain buy and saved myself over £1k – it looks great but trolls say otherwise
A DIY enthusiast has shared how she gave her stone fireplace a brand new look with a bargain buy – however, the makeover hasn’t gone down a treat amongst social media users.
Social media user and craft fanatic Kelsea, from the US, was keen to have a black fireplace in her home – but perhaps what she didn’t want was to fork out more than £1k for one.
Instead, an idea was born – and she decided to work with her existing fireplace by painting it pitch black.
For this, the savvy mum-of-two demonstrated in a video shared on Instagram, she only used two buys – a pot of paint, as well as a tiny painting brush, the latter of which she appeared to regret later on.
As Kelsea began the transformation process, she quickly realised the glow-up was going to take time, as the brush was too small.
Although the mum didn’t reveal how many days the project had taken, she chuckled that it felt like an ”eternity”.
All chuffed with the makeover, she also shared the before and after in the clip, advising fellow DIY lovers to not make the same mistake.
”Note to self: projects take a lot longer than expected (especially when using a baby brush),” she wrote in the caption.
However, whilst Kelsea, who had painted the fireplace without her hubby knowing, may have been pleased with the outcome, the reaction online was slightly different.
Not only did people trolled her for using a ”child’s brush” for the project, many also reckoned she had ”ruined” the original fireplace.
One person said: ”That is awful.”
Someone else was horrified, writing: ”Women of Earth, ..STOP PAINTING BRICK AND STONE. It does not look good, you’re just bored.”
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Another even reckoned the new fireplace might cause their relationship to crumble.
”You might want to tell him to bring some divorce papers on his way home.”
”Girl…. thats embarrassing [sic],” a fourth chimed in.
”Horrible idea along with the question why tf [the f**k] didn’t you just use a normal paint brush,” an Instagram fan was baffled.
It seems that none of the negative feedback has, however, upset Kelsea.
Her Instagram page, alwaysa_kozyhome, is full of home transformation and decor inspiration content.
The mum-of-two, who is all about DIY hacks on a budget, has won almost 31k fans on the popular platform.