I gave my dated hallway & stairs a makeover with freebies & sale buys from Argos – a £2.50 Asda buy made it look perfect

A WOMAN has revealed that she gave her dated hallway and stairs a mega makeover, without breaking the bank.

So if you’re connected a budget but privation to springiness your home a full transformation, past you’ll request to cheque this out.

Using freebies and sale bargains, Melissa Walker was capable to crook her hallway from drab to fab.

She ditched her ‘awful’ greenish carpet and instead, turned her abstraction into the cleanable leopard print paradise.

Thrilled with her DIY job, which outgo her little than £500 successful total, Melissa took to social media to stock a earlier and aft look of her space.

Posting connected DIY On A Budget, a backstage Facebook radical with 2.2 cardinal members, the savvy pistillate near galore open-mouthed with her hallway’s overhaul.

Alongside snaps of her erstwhile dated hallway, which had greenish carpet, plain achromatic walls and a acheronian brownish banister, Melissa penned: “Moved successful January and person astir got my hallway however I privation it.”

Now, Melissa’s abstraction is ace trendy, with chic panelling connected the walls, stylish flooring and a bold achromatic banister.

Not lone this, but she’s said goodbye to the dated carpet and has fixed her stairs a fierce new look with leopard people carpet.

Clearly overjoyed with her home’s caller look, Melissa beamed: “Love a spot of DIY!”

She past added: “Just got to sheet the apical of the archetypal acceptable of stairs betwixt the 2 landings and overgarment my hallway doors.”

Melissa past gave an in-depth breakdown of the outgo of her makeover to Fabulous, which she claimed was little than £500 successful total.

Melissa told Fabulous that she ripped up the aged carpet and transformed her level utilizing ceramic tiles from Tile Warehouse.

She spent £450 connected carpet for her stairs and landings, which included the underlay and fitting from Online Carpets.

She past explained: “Panelling was escaped near implicit from a friend, truthful I conscionable had to bargain dado rails etc from B&Q which were £15. 

“Paint was Dulux which was £20. 

“Accessories I already had - lamp, airy shadiness and doorway rug were from Habitat successful the sale.”

Melissa confirmed that she ever shops around and loves a deal, arsenic she confessed: “Love a bargain, ever hold for them, hardly ever get thing afloat price.

“The works and basal were fractional terms successful Argos and TK Maxx.

“Wall creation was eBay, TK Maxx, and Asda. 

“The circular people is from an creator successful Devon that I utilized an Asda £2.50 circular timepiece to framework it in.

“The ottoman I already had but upcycled it with the aforesaid achromatic overgarment and immoderate wicker people DC Fix that was from eBay for £7.95.”

Not lone has Melissa fixed her location a gorgeous caller look, but she’s done it connected the inexpensive too, arsenic she concluded: “The outgo was nether £500.”

DIY fans respond

Facebook users were gobsmacked with Melissa’s hallway overhaul and galore flocked to the comments to compliment her DIY job. 

One idiosyncratic said: “I person carpet envy.”

Another added: “That looks insane!”

A 3rd commented: “Unbelievable!!”

Not lone this, but astatine the aforesaid time, 1 idiosyncratic beamed: “Love it. Plenty of character.” 

Whilst idiosyncratic other chimed in: “Love it, that atrocious greenish carpet. You've done an astonishing job.”