I gave my council house an upgrade for £9 – people think it’s expensive panelling but it’s just a Dunelm buy | The Sun

PANELLING is a very popular trend at the moment, but if you haven’t got a massive budget to get a professional to come and do it for you, don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place. 

If you fancy giving your home a glow-up but without splashing the cash, get inspired by this budget transformation.


A woman who has lived in a council house for the past 17 years has shown off her DIY panelling and it looks amazing.

Not only does it look great, it was a bargain too.

The TikTok user, ‘Abitofme123’, frequently shares videos of her council house on her social media, and has been painting and decorating it recently.

One person asked her why she bothers doing her house up if she doesn't own it, to which she replied: "We have been here 17 years so far, I don’t know what the future holds for us in this house but I just try to live for today."

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In one of her recent videos, the DIY savvy woman shows off her brilliant panelling feature. 

She said: “Three things you should know about this panelling – it’s not wood, it’s wallpaper, it costs £9, it looks like the real thing!

“Wallpaper for the win.”

We can’t believe that this panelling is actually wallpaper – it looks so great, you really can’t tell. 

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With this wallpaper, it’s much more achievable to do it yourself, it won’t take half as long and you won’t make anywhere near as much mess.

This £9 wallpaper looks great and is available from high-street store Dunelm.

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So if you fancy giving this a go, head over to your local Dunelm store, or shop online for the wood-style wallpaper.

The woman explained that the wallpaper is called ‘Slat Wallpaper’ and that Dunelm have “upped the price to £10 but still quite good”.

People were clearly very impressed with the DIY panelling, as the video has racked up 27.8k views and almost 600 likes. 

TikTok users couldn’t believe that the panelling was actually wallpaper, and loved how it looked, with many taking to the comments to express this. 

One person said: “Love this and you can't tell”. 

Another added: “I love this”. 

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A third commented: “Looks amazing”. 

Someone else noted: “Brilliant”.

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