A woman has turned her one-bed council flat into her dream home over lockdown - and all for just under £5,000.
Emma Campbell, 30, from Portsmouth, a digital marketing trainer, got her flat from the council when she was just 17 years old.
Since then, she bought the flat for herself and over lockdown she transformed it into her dream home on a budget.
'It was awful when I first moved in,' explained Emma. 'Whoever lived here before had really odd taste. In the kitchen, they had these hand-painted footprints going along the wall. 'It wasn't nice at all.'
Emma Campbell, 30, from the UK, has turned her council flat into her dream home over lockdown for under £5,000. Pictured, Emma's bathroom before (left) and right, after.
Emma Campbell, a digital marketing trainer, got her flat from the council when she was just 17 years old. Pictured: Emma's kitchen
The tired-looking kitchen was given a modern makeover (pictured) - including stylish wooden shelves and a polished wooden surface
Emma has since bought the flat for herself and over lockdown she transformed it into her dream home on a budget. Pictured, the living room before was in desperate need of a modern makeover
Emma furnished her new living room with a chic, velvet green sofa and paisley-patterned cushions (pictured)
Emma (pictured_ explained how having to say in the same space in lockdown and 'hating it' is what gave her the motivation to make some changes
While she made small changes when she first moved in, the big transformation happened over lockdown.
'Most of the furniture is thrifted, or just freebies I found on the side of the road, and lots of up-cycling,' she explained.
'I saved a lot of money in the bedroom and the living room because I had a go at plastering it myself. I got a lot of stuff, like the dining table, off Facebook Marketplace.'
Emma also tried to save money by having a friend help install her bathroom, but her plan backfired.
Emma said the kitchen before (pictured) featured hand-painted footprints going along the wall
