A creative mom decided to give her entire home a makeover amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Two years prior, Nelly McShane from Cheshire, relocated to her house with her fiancé Chris and modified her home using bargain brands.
The 28-year-old mom who works in accounts told LatestDeals.co.uk: ‘’When we moved into our house, I was already a big fan of Pinterest and Instagram, and I would spend hours looking for decor inspiration.’’
‘’I would take ideas from different pictures and go on the hunt for exact matches, and if I couldn’t get them the next best thing would do. I never buy expensive stuff either – I’m always shopping at B&M, Home Bargains and Ikea – they are my favorite shops.’’
The mom-of-two daughters modified her daughter’s room in a dressing room for £500. ‘’When I decorated my daughter’s old room into a dressing room, I kept the old grey and white heart paper and the grey walls and bought a dressing table with a mirror and side lights and a clear chair from Ikea for £150 all in, which I thought was super cheap,’’ she said.
She was scrolling through Facebook and noticed a selling site was giving Kallax units for £20, she decided to buy it.
Nelly continued: ‘’I then bought two single Kallax units for £20 off a selling site on Facebook. I already had the boxes to go in them which are £2.50 from Ikea and to decorate the chair I had a grey faux rabbit fur rug to throw over which added some texture.’’
‘’The final touch was the big paper starlight from Ikea, which was around £15, but it made the room pop and was one of my favorite features of the room.’’
She transformed her daughter’s room using unicorn wallpaper from B&M for around £20 per roll. ‘’We only needed two as we only did a feature wall,’’ she said. ‘’We also bought a Kallax unit from Ikea, which cost £40 for the four squares.’’
‘’We bought her a day bed that pulls out into a double. It is £400 in Ikea, but I found it even cheaper on Facebook Marketplace for £200 and knocked them down to £150 – if you don’t ask you don’t get.’’
The creative mom didn’t leave a single chance to modify her daughter’s room perfectly as she purchased several things from B&M to decorate it.
‘’We also bought baby pink blackout curtains for £20 from The Range. For her clothes cupboard, we just bought a rail and screwed it in, and bought a clothes divider for around £5 and a shoe rack for £7.’’
‘’They fit in the cupboard perfectly so we were really made up with that. She has a glow in the dark unicorn rug from B&M for £5, and her pictures and unicorn head were also from B&M.’’
Nelly shared her lockdown home makeover on her Instagram page @nelldappywomble. She said that transforming home during this lockdown period is the best way to cope with anxiety or stress.
She said: ‘’I love transforming a space into something beautiful – I know it’s not to everyone’s taste but we have made it our home and we couldn’t be happier.’’
‘’My daughter Evie was over the moon when she saw her room as we did it as a surprise for her – her face was well worth all the hard work we put in and now she never wants to sleep out – and she always wants her friends to stay here.’’
She explained how you can modify your homes using the things you already have as many people are not able to earn enough money during the coronavirus crisis.
She continued: ‘’If you don’t think you are able to do it because of money issues, always start with what you have already, upcycle, change the room around, declutter and it will help with your well-being so much.’’
‘’Decorating absolutely helps with both my anxiety and depression during times like this, and it takes my mind off of my worries. Even in lockdown, you can still get everything ordered to your door and it doesn’t take too long either.’’
Nelly is now motivated to do more experiments with her house as she has succeeded in her first home transformation.‘’I wanted to do these rooms because I was tired of looking at my dreary rooms – they made me feel sad and now I am proud of each room I decorate and it just gives me more motivation to do more with my house,’’ she added.
Tom Church who is a co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, commented on Nelly’s post writing: ‘’It’s scientifically proven that doing something creative makes you feel happier and improves your health.’’
‘’If, like Nelly, you’ve always wanted to switch your home around and change the purposes of various rooms, sticking to online ordering from the likes to eBay and IKEA is a great way to do so under lockdown!’’
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