I used a cheap hack to upgrade my old beige tiles – I think it looks fab, even if it decreases my house price

WANT to spruce up your room connected a fund but don't cognize wherever to begin?

This homeowner decided to springiness her room tiles a caller lease of beingness with a elemental lick of paint.

Riley, from Michigan, often posts DIY videos connected societal media arsenic she renovates her archetypal location with her husband.

In a caller video she showed disconnected the task she confessed she was "the astir afraid" to tackle - but it turned retired amended than she could've adjacent expected.

Despite radical telling her not to, Riley decided to overgarment her old, beige room level tiles black.

"We hated the brownish of the tile, [it was] conscionable not the absorption we wanted to spell with decor," she explained successful a viral TikTok.

But since the tiles had a heating constituent underneath she didn't privation to hazard breaking it by ripping up the tiles and starting from scratch, astatine slightest not erstwhile she could effort sprucing up the aged tiles first.

So, she got to enactment with a furniture of primer earlier coating the grout to guarantee each the tiny nooks and crannies got a covering of the paint.

Two bladed coats of overgarment later, Riley utilized a overgarment roller to adhd the polyurethane, leaving a classical achromatic decorativeness to the erstwhile brownish room floor.

People warned Riley not to spell done with the level renovation, but she decided since the country would beryllium covered by a ample rug anyway, and due to the fact that she has nary pets oregon kids, it was worthy the risk.

"Yeah don't bash it, it's gonna look nice and caller for astir a week earlier it starts to scratch, scuff and bubble the overgarment from the ft traffic," 1 commented connected the clip.

"House worth conscionable went down £50k," different mocked.

And a 3rd wrote: "Sorry, you conscionable ruined you kitchen. There was thing incorrect with the tiles before."

Even though the achromatic tiles mightiness not person been to everyone's taste, others defended Riley's decision.

One said: "Personally I don't truly similar it, but it's her location and she has to unrecorded successful it. Why is everyone truthful huffy astatine what radical bash with a location they wage for?"

And idiosyncratic other agreed: "Why are you guys truthful huffy it's her house, however does this person thing to bash with you?"

Luckily, others loved the thought and praised the hazard Riley took by going for specified a bold flooring.

"It looks great, precise chic," 1 said.

And different wrote: "I did this and don't regret it astatine all, looks large still."

Other radical were acrophobic that the caller achromatic flooring didn't lucifer the walls, but Riley assured them the country would lucifer erstwhile she finished decorating.

Eventually, the walls were painted a agleam white, and the room cabinets were besides replaced with a much modern achromatic style, matching the achromatic level perfectly.

And arsenic for those who were acrophobic that the DIY task would deplete the home's value, they might've been connected to something.

Nick Woodward, Lettings Director astatine Essential Living antecedently shared a fewer of the communal home improvements radical do, that really don’t needfully adhd value.

“For galore people, the room is the bosom of the home, but fitting a marque spanking caller room isn’t needfully a sensible fiscal decision," helium explained.

“First, cognize that the next tenant oregon homeowner whitethorn not really similar the caller plan you take - particularly if it involves bold colours oregon a trending style.

"Otherwise, they whitethorn person plans to redo it each implicit again erstwhile they determination in. Instead, person a spot of a refresh with a lick of paint.

“Also, erstwhile it comes to fitting high-end appliances successful the kitchen, they tin outgo treble the magnitude of mean appliances with a akin purpose."