Stacey Solomon transforms £30 Facebook purchases with ‘easy and perfect’ DIY
SHE’s the queen of arts and crafts – and now Stacey Solomon has revealed how she gave a simple £30 Facebook bargain a whole new look on the cheap.
Even though Stacey has the money for chic furniture, that doesn’t mean the mother of five will ever say “no” to a fun DIY project — and one of her latest Instagram videos is proof.
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The Loose Women panellist, 34, recently revealed how she cleared out an old cream cupboard she found on Facebook Marketplace and turned it into a ‘packing station’.
“I’ve wanted to do this for so long,” the mother said the videoadding that it cost her £30.
Once the beautiful wooden cupboard arrived, Stacey – who first found fame on X Factor in 2009 – removed all the shelves and doors.
“I took the hinges off the doors and then screwed them into the shelves so I could make a fold-out surface to wrap around,” the Sort Your Life Out star explained.
To make the wrapping station extra hip, Stacey also replaced the old buttons with funky gold scissor style buttons that matched the theme perfectly, as well as four pink buttons at the bottom.
”Then I just grabbed tension rods, put my wrapping paper on the tension rods and slid them into the closet.
“Then some hooks for my scissors, and a small transparent shelf for my other accessories.”
While creating the wrapping station, the crafty mom confessed that she always forgets everyone’s birthdays — so she also added a little calendar to remind her of the special dates.
Meanwhile, the drawers were filled with paper bags and tissue paper, greeting cards and other gift accessories that she had placed in old IKEA baskets that she had previously spray painted.
”And voila – gift station ready. I love it so much – it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!” the mother was absolutely delighted.
“And now I no longer have to scour the entire room just for a birthday card.”
She added in the caption: “It will live in the office and be my little cupboard of packing heaven forever.”
Since it was shared on the platform, where Stacey has almost 6 million followers, the clip has gone viral, racking up 4.9 million views in just one day.
Hundreds of amazed DIY fanatics rushed to the comments to praise the crafty mum, with one writing: ”That’s a winner!”
Another begged: “My fish locker, please.”
Someone else said: ‘I’m so jealous of how creative and crafty you are!
‘I wish I could do things like this! I can’t even replace the door handles on my normal doors.”
“I want one but I don’t even need it,” wrote a fourth.
Who is Stacey Solomon?
She first rose to fame as an X Factor contestant over a decade ago and has since built a successful TV career.
Stacey has put in an impressive performance net worth of £4 million, we previously reported.
According to The Sun, the accounts of her company Key Map Entertainments show that Stacey has £1.7 million in cash in the company, as well as assets she has already earned through the company.
Stacey paid herself £575,931 for her work in 2021.
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