We were quoted £200 for an oak mantle piece but did it ourselves for £36 – trolls slam our DIY skills but we love it
RENOVATING your home can be stressful – and expensive – this is why Hannah and Robbie decided to do some of it on a budget.
Taking to their TikTok account to share their journey, the couple posted a video recently showing how they revamped their fireplace.
Hannah and Robbie were quoted £200 to add the oak decor but decided to do it themselves and saved £150.
In the video, the pair explain they took a trip to WIckes to buy a sleeper which cost them £38.
They took it home and Robbie cut it to size in their back garden before sanding it to make sure it was smooth and ready to be painted.
They used wood stain to give the sleeper wood some colour.
They hung it on the wall using £12 brackets from Amazon.
Other tools such as the wax to treat the wood was borrowed from a friend while they had already had tools such as the sander they used.
Once dried, Hannah and Robbie hung it above their fireplace and decorated it with candles, a small plant pot, and incense sticks.
However, not everyone loved what they had done.
People took to the comments of the video, which has received 21k likes and over one million views to share their dislike for the decor.
“Should of got the £200 one,” one person remarked.
A second said: “Looks like a stained bit of pine [laughing face emoji].”
Another wrote: “Should’ve gone to an independent builders merchants, bought an actual oak sleeper for the same price [thumbs up emoji0.”
“It will dry out and start to twist in a few months,” someone else said.
However, others left positive comments and said they didn’t understand the “hate.”
“Looks great, good job,” one person wrote.
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Another penned: “Looks fab!”
“It looks amazing!!
“And [it] shows others it doesn’t have to cost a fortune,” a third commented.
“I think it’s a fantastic idea.
“Looks class as well [clapping hands emoji],” someone else said.