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Before and After: A Budget Kitchen Makeover

updatedMay 6, 2019
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When Theresa and her family first bought their home it had been unused for a long time. But with the sweat off their brows, some thoughtful budget spends, and some clever DIYs they are turning their unused house into a gorgeous home. Here’s a peek at how they handled the kitchen.

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They repaired all the windows themselves, pulled uplayersof flooring, made their own splash back using a metal yard offcut, found most of their appliances at second-hand auctions and collected what they could from op-shops, markets and roadsides.

You can check out the full before and afterhereand see more pictures from Theresa’s gorgeous house on her blog,the evans’ smallholding.