I’m a DIY fan & LOVE colour – I hate boring white fridges so painted mine pink and it totally transformed my kitchen | The Sun

A WOMAN has stunned viewers after sharing how she painted her fridge pink to give her kitchen a total transformation.

Alyssa revealed she is on a maximalist journey to liven up her boring home. 


She said: “I'm doing this maximalist journey, transforming our boring home to really fun. I mean, we live here every day so why not make it 'you' right?”

The DIY fan has also added floral vinyl to the bottom cupboard under her oven and stuck glittery foiled designs on her kitchen tiles. 

Alyssa has a bright blue microwave and even fitted the side of her pink fridge with a plant shelf. 

Alyssa explained in a follow up TikTok video what she used to paint her fridge pink. 

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First Alyssa user primer on her fridge. 

She said: “Primer is a must. And I will say this is the primer that I used. It is interior paint, it is white and it was even on clearance.”

Alyssa revealed the paint colour she used was called Raspberry sorbet. 

She said: “I am so bougie on a budget. This is the raspberry sorbet [paint] from lows.”

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To paint her fridge Alyssa used regular tools. 

She said: “I used a regular roller and a regular cheap paint brush.”

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The DIY fan said she did two coats of paint. 

Alyssa said: “It looks so good, I did do two coats.”

She continued: “Then I sealed it with this one coat of polyurethane, and I used the clear semi gloss.”

For her gold handles Alyssa used gold leaf foil. 

She said: “Then I also use the gilding adhesive, gold leaf foil sealed with varnish but I also put the clear coat over top of it as well.”

Alyssa’s pink fridge transformation gained over 833,000 views. 

One user said: “I’m not big on the colour pink, but it came out really nice and clean! We as TikTok family, we're proud of you GOOD JOB.”

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Another said: “Looks like my old barbie fridge!”

A third viewer said: “Loving the style and the plants on the side of the fridge genius.”


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