'I completely renovated my home on tiny budget – some items cost just £1'
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A mum-of-two has shared how she managed to renovate her home on a budget – and the results are breath-taking. Carrie Boyd knew she wanted to inject some personality into her Manchester home, and she did just that by transforming every single room into her perfect palace, documenting the journey on her Instagram account @theboydshahhome.
From stunning colour schemes to savvy money-saving techniques, Carrie and her husband have managed to take a boring lilac-heavy house and turn it into their dream home, which she refers to as a "little haven of eclectic maximalism". And if you're thinking you'd love to do the same but don't have the funds, she revealed that she managed to complete everything on a budget, with some things costing just £1.
Carrie said her downstairs toilet is her "proudest achievement." She said: "Previously, we had access here to the kitchen along with a side door to the driveway; however, as we already had a back door, we decided to close the side door and use this space to create a very much-needed downstairs toilet.
"We paid a friend to do the joinery work and create the stud wall, and I did the rest, including tiling, fitting door frames, dado rails, skirting boards, etc. "I wanted a small room with a big personality, so I carried the decor through the hallway and made the bottom half black. For the top half, I hand-painted green stripes with the same green colour from the woodwork in the hallway onto the white walls and ceiling so that the same colour scheme followed into this little room.
