WHEN most of us get a few spare hours in the afternoon, we stick on the TV for a few hours or take a nap.
But if put to good use, as one productive TikToker has demonstrated, the time could help you revamp an entire room in your house.
In a TikTok clip posted under the username @thebrookwoodway, one handy homeowner has shown how she completely overhauled her bathroom within just a couple of hours.
Even better, by sticking to B&M bargains she achieved the luxe look on a tight budget.
She explained that she was working on a nippy schedule because she wanted to surprise her boyfriend by getting the job finished while he was at work.
Her first step was removing the battered old cabinet and giving the room a once over with Dulux’s Egyptian Cotton paint.
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A huge, 5l tube of the shade – enough to completely paint an average-sized bedroom – is available at B&M for just £27 a can.
The egg-shell shade gives a super-luxe finish, and its neutrals are a fab dupe for pricier brands like Farrow & Ball.
Her next step was to give the musty floor an overhaul, and rather than fork out on expensive new tiles, she instead opted for B&M’s Arundel Vinyl wrap.
The slip- and water-resistant layers look super striking, and priced at £48 for a 2x3m strip, are a much more cost-effective method of sprucing up your kitchen or bathroom.
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In the clip, the DIY designer explained that she used a Stanley knife to cut the “awkward shapes” needed around the sink and the toilet.
The crafty homeowner then added a few more decorative details from the discount store, including a £4 cream vase, a luxe-looking £4 stone soap dispenser, and a stylish £5 diffuser.
She then showed off the result of her afternoon’s graft, confirming in the comments that the reno job “got the seal of approval” from her partner.
And viewers couldn’t believe how quickly and cheaply she’d managed to achieve such a dramatic transformation and create such a chic-looking space.
“Looks amazing!!!” one fan commented.
“This looks fab!!” agreed another.
But one TikTok user was a bit less sure about going to such lengths to impress her own partner.
“Look amazing,” she wrote, “but knowing my fiancé he wouldn’t even notice and I’d be fuming.”
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