{"id":225063,"date":"2023-12-08T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=225063"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:58:09","slug":"i-gave-my-council-house-a-glow-up-with-bq-and-amazon-buys-trolls-call-my-grey-interior-tacky-but-i-ignore-them-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/fashion\/i-gave-my-council-house-a-glow-up-with-bq-and-amazon-buys-trolls-call-my-grey-interior-tacky-but-i-ignore-them-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave my council house a glow up with B&Q and Amazon buys – trolls call my grey interior 'tacky' but I ignore them | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A MUM-OF-TWO who transformed her council house for \u00a37k has hit back at cruel trolls who have called her interior "tacky."<\/p>\n

Micha Cummins, who is 22, from Luton, who previously had a two-bed council house, explained that in January she did a home-swap with a lady who wanted to downsize.<\/p>\n


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Realising the potential of the larger house, Micha knew she had her work cut out and, slowly but surely, she transformed every room apart from the bathroom, which just had a tidy up and fresh lick of paint.<\/p>\n

But, despite her incredible achievements, Micha's social media page has been flooded with mean comments from keyboard warriors.<\/p>\n

Amongst the negative remarks include people branding it "tacky" and "way too grey," along with another ranting:"Great, our tax money wasted on this c**p."<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Digital, Micha, who has a one-year-old daughter named Ariyah and eight-year-old Anaaya, has responded to the trolls, and shared her top tips and tricks for decorating on a budget.<\/p>\n

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The special needs teaching assistant says: "My living room was dull and very worn down when I moved in.<\/p>\n

"The lady that lived here was a very heavy smoker so everything was full of nicotine – it was in the walls, in the plastics.<\/p>\n

"She had pets so when I pulled up the carpet and flooring it was just full of dog urine – it was quite grim!<\/p>\n

"The first few weeks after I moved in I was in tears thinking, 'how am I going to get through this?'"<\/p>\n

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Not letting that stop her, Micha, who painted the walls 'Pure Brilliant white' which cost \u00a320 for a large tub from B&Q, set to work giving the room a total glow up – using a bargain buy she found on Amazon.<\/p>\n

"I wanted a panel feature in my living room so, cutting budgets, I went on Amazon and found some silver foil tape, which was \u00a37.99, and created my own panel effect behind my TV unit."<\/p>\n

As for the finishing touches, Micha bought a \u00a3120 floating TV unit from Argos and cheap accessories from the likes of B&M and The Range.<\/p>\n

"I've got little \u00a35 mirror trays that my candles sit on from B&M and artificial flowers that go in all the pots which are from The Range – they were \u00a31.50 each.<\/p>\n

"Some of my hanging planters are from Ikea and the candles were all a few pounds each from B&M."<\/p>\n

Micha, who is single, adds that the living room wasn't the only room that was in desperate need of some TLC when she moved in.<\/p>\n

"The kitchen was very dated," she says.<\/p>\n

"It had dark worktops and bleach-coloured cupboards\u2026it really wasn't my style."<\/p>\n

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However, the savvy mum couldn't afford to buy a brand new kitchen that cost thousands of pounds, so she came up with the genius idea of upcycling all of her cupboards.<\/p>\n

"I wrapped them with high gloss white vinyl, which I bought from Vinyl Warehouse," she explains.<\/p>\n

"It cost me \u00a379 – I got two 20m rolls and I've still got about 5m left which is handy if I need to replace any."<\/p>\n

Micha bought the kitchen sink and tap from B&Q for around \u00a3300 for the pair and called in a favour from a friend to do the plumbing.<\/p>\n

The DIY whizz then had a quick shop around to find a marble effect worktop and stumbled upon HC suppliers online.<\/p>\n

"They do laminate worktops at a cheaper rate, so I only paid \u00a369 for a worktop and bought three of them," she explains.<\/p>\n

"I then just painted the walls white and added a nice big clock which cost me \u00a360 from The Range.<\/p>\n

"All of the materials for the shell of the kitchen cost me around \u00a3600."<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, in Micha's new stylish bedroom she's got a stunning feature wall, which a lot of people wrongly assume is wallpaper.<\/p>\n

Instead, she revealed that she achieved the look using a special effect paint from an online company called Imperia Italia, which cost her \u00a379.<\/p>\n

"You use it with a brush and a tobacco sponge and when you're brushing it on the walls, you've got to wipe and sponge it and it gives you this nice marble-looking effect," she notes.<\/p>\n

"It looks like wallpaper but it's not."<\/p>\n

To complete her bedroom, she added planters on her window-ledge, with cost \u00a32.50 from The Range, and bedding from Dunelm's sale.<\/p>\n

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As for her daughter's room, Micha took inspo from Facebook's DIY on a Budget page after a social media user shared a snap of her leaf and wicker-themed bedroom.<\/p>\n

"I didn't want to wallpaper the walls after filling in all the cracks and holes, so I got some leaf-themed stickers from online that cost just \u00a35.99," she says. <\/p>\n

The DIY fan completed the look with a wicker rug and accessories from B&M, mirrored wardrobe from Argos, chest of drawers from The Range and a bed set which she snapped up for \u00a310.<\/p>\n

"I got my daughter's green leaf effect bed set for a tenner in the sale at B&M which is really nice, too," she adds.<\/p>\n

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Micha also wanted a big mirror in her hallway, but wasn't willing to splash out \u00a3300 that stores were charging.<\/p>\n

"I got some photo frames and mirrored tiles from Ikea and stuck them to the wall – now I've got a massive big mirror in my hallway," she says.<\/p>\n

"It only cost me \u00a370."<\/p>\n

But despite Micha's impressive efforts, with her council house now looking totally unrecognisable, it hasn't stopped cruel trolls from making negative remarks.<\/p>\n

"With the shiny tape in my living room, people say it looks tacky and cheap," she says. <\/p>\n

"And because I've stated I live in a council house I've had people say, 'well I've paid for that' – basically unassuming I'm claiming all the benefits in the world and I don't work. <\/p>\n

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"It doesn't mean that because I live in a council house, I've got to sponge off the government to pay for my stuff – I do work hard for what I get. But I do just ignore the trolls.<\/p>\n

"I just find those sorts of comments funny to be honest!"<\/p>\n


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