DIY fanatic turns derelict room into a bespoke kitchen for just £400 and it looks like a totally different space
REVOVATING an entire kitchen can be pretty pricey.
When there is nothing there to begin with, you're definitely going to have your work cut out.
This savvy DIY pro utilised her skills and completely transformed her space.
When Cookie Johnson, 61, from Lancashire, moved into her home there was no kitchen at all.
The empty room was completely derelict after being abandoned for years.
The home had been owned by the same family since it was built in 1912, but Cookie was determined to bring it into 2022.
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With help from her partner, John, who luckily worked as an electrician and a gas engineer, she was well on her way to a new kitchen.
Wanting to keep costs low, the DIY whizz found an old kitchen on Facebook Marketplace for £400
The second-hand deal was quite the bargain, Cookie says it probably saved her at least £4,000.
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The mum and grandmother added a lick of blue paint to the cupboards and drawers to give the space an edge.
Sharing on a DIY Facebook group, Cookie said: "John's DIY skills saved me an absolute fortune!
"I reckon if it had been done professionally would have cost in the region of £6,000.
"Saving £4,000 meant I could do the kitchen in one go instead of saving and then doing some more!"
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Cookie added: “I’m thoroughly pleased with the saving as we had a really small budget!
“I am so thrilled with it, it looks amazing and is very different. It gets lots of 'wows' from visitors!”
