One mother, wanting to redo her kitchen but not liking the price tag that would come with it, created her very own modern kitchen paradise for just _170.
Sarah-Jayne Plant, 29, from Wiltshire, created the kitchen of her dreams on a tight budget, saving herself thousands in the process. 
The mum-of-one transformed the worktops with DC Fix, free printable calendar 2022 made her own shaker-style cupboards with MDF from B&Q and even created leather handles herself.
Sarah-Jayne told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk: 'When we moved into our home I knew it was where we would stay.





Her kitchen before was drab and dated, and after looking on Pinterest and Instagram, Sarah-Jayne was inspired to give it a makeover 





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The mum lightly sanded down the original cupboards and used wood glue to attach the MDF around each one to creat a centre panel that looks like a shaker unit 

'I had to cut some of them down with a handsaw to the lengths I needed,' she said
'I slightly sanded down the original cupboards and used wood glue to attach the MDF around each cupboard.'
'A few hours later I went and filled in any gaps with polyfilla.
'I gave the finished cupboards a sand before painting them with Wilko Supernova Tough & Washable Matte Paint on the bottom cupboards, which cost _17 and B&Q GoodHome Durable Artemisa Matte Cabinet Paint for _15.
'When it came to finding handles I liked, I loved the look of leather handles and you can definitely buy them pre-made but it wasn't in my budget.




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Not wanting to spend a fortune on handmade leather handles, Sarah-Jayne found strips of leather and created them herself

'Instead, I found strips of leather online for roughly _20 and cut them myself to size and made my unusual handles.'