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I transformed my plain council house lounge for just £18 using a B&Q buy and didn’t use a single nail

Published on April 09, 2025 at 12:57 PM

A SAVVY woman has revealed how she transformed her council house lounge.

Katie, from the UK, took to social media to share the which added an instant touch of glam to the room.

Before photo of a living room with a TV stand and flat-screen TV.
KAtie decided to give her grey council house lounge a makeover
£18 B&Q panelling kit installed on a living room wall.
She used a cheap buy from B&Q along with No More Nails glue

Katie was currently living in a , and decided to give the place a revamp using her DIY skills.

In the clip, she shared how she transformed the lounge area of her new home using a buy from

The room was large and freshly painted with grey paint.

The main wall had the TV pushed against it and was lacking some detail, so she decided to give it a cheap and cheerful makeover.

Katie used the B&Q Cheshire panelling packs to create a stunning feature wall.

She revealed she used three packs, which are £18.97 each.

The kit comes with moulding MDF panels to make the process easier.

But Katie had some issues along the way.

She revealed she learned how to do it through watching other people's videos but came across an issue.

The DIY whizz said her walls were not straight, which made the process a little more tricky to complete.

£18 B&Q panelling kit used to update a living room.
The end result left people stunned

However, she saved herself time and energy by using No More Nails glue instead of nailing the wooden panels into her wall.

“Yeah stick it down with No More Nails,” Katie said in the comments.

She then painted the panelling with a B&Q paint in the colour Cancun.

She showed off the transformation and her lounge instantly looked more elevated.

The clip went viral on her TikTok account @homeat46, where she regularly documents transforming her council flat.

People were quick to take to the comments of the post, congratulating Katie on her new lounge.

One person wrote: “Aww that's lovely.”

Another commented: “Looks nice.”

“We’ve just bought this,” penned a third.

Meanwhile, a fourth said: “I did this to my daughter's room! So worth the .”

“Makes such a difference doesn’t it?” said Katie.

“I've just done a bedroom, and if your walls aren’t straight it’s quite tricky to get all the gaps filled, looks great though if we don’t look too close,”; claimed a fifth.

Someone else added: “How do you even start with doing this?”

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