New room look for less - Real Mum story on MoM

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We just updated the look of our lounge room for less! We bought a rug off guntree for $30, a lovely tv unit from an online auction for $60, two matching vases for $5 from an op shop, free cushion covers that I made from old curtains with a matching runner for our existing coffee table and a free plant that we took cuttings from. Oh and I forgot the $20 throw from IKEA!

Posted anonymously, 5th May 2015

21 Comments

- - mom93821 said
  - 12 Feb 2017
    2:24 pm
I have been doing some of these makeovers at home – a good challenge.

- - mom112217 said
  - 31 Oct 2016
    3:51 pm
Good on you,you can transform a room with sales and it look’s great!

- - mom81879 said
  - 26 Sep 2015
    5:17 pm
Wow, it sounds great, wish you could post pics. Sounds like you had a ball bargain hunting for this amazing transformation? Well done, keep enjoying your bargain hunting

- - dannsbuild said
  - 14 Sep 2015
    9:08 pm
Yes that sounds really great!I can’t believe you did that on such a budget!

- - maryphilip said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    10:01 pm
Well done, I have been wanting to do a make over. Now you have inspired me and given me ideas too. Thank you

- - Schmoofie1983 said
  - 23 Jun 2015
    8:17 pm
Well done! It’s so great to be able to reuse items and get great bargains!

- - christial said
  - 12 Jun 2015
    9:34 am
That’s awesome! I’d love to redecorate.l love that new look, fresh feeling. But then I’d have to get rid of all the stuff I have now.. Would be a waste,, so I’ve never done it!

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    2:16 pm
that sounds great! i love that you did that on a budget

- - mom112241 said
  - 12 May 2015
    2:28 pm
Love gumtree for a good bargin

- - tinakraja said
  - 10 May 2015
    6:47 pm
i Buy from Ebay the wall Decal stickers, they cost me about $2.00 and my lounge looks awesome

- - deborah_osborne said
  - 09 May 2015
    9:14 am
Well done great score .feels good to get a bargain .

- - mel1 said
  - 08 May 2015
    5:52 pm
Well done! That’s “more bang for your buck”. I love a new look for less. I often fill a vase with foliage from the garden as we don’t have many flowers and it always looks fresh and doesn’t cost me anything.
- mom57522 replied
  
  03 Jun 2015 , 9:31 pm
  I also use leaves and shrubbery for my vases.
- - EllenG89 said
  - 07 May 2015
    7:41 am
Bargain! It adds even more when you know you have scored a bargain!

- - BellaB said
  - 06 May 2015
    5:01 pm
Second hand is a great way to get something unique, too.

- - mom90758 said
  - 06 May 2015
    2:23 pm
Nice! It would to see the picture of before and after!
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 May 2015 , 6:45 am
  Good idea; a Mom’s DIY makeover!
  - mom90758 replied
    
    07 May 2015 , 1:06 pm
    
    Indeed.
    Sorry I made a mistake in my previous post!
- - jenniw said
  - 06 May 2015
    1:21 pm
I love being able to do that

- - mom93821 said
  - 06 May 2015
    7:04 am
Good on you for doing a makeover!

- - mummydiva said
  - 06 May 2015
    12:30 am
I love bargains too!