YOU don’t need deep pockets to give your home a stylish makeover this spring.
You just need to join the surging interest in furniture upcycling and restoration.
Follows these tips to give your house an affordable seasonal update . . .
SOFT SAVING: Skip buying a new sofa and give your living room a fresh look with some bright cushion covers.
George at Asda has a brilliant new spring range with colourful cushions from £6.
Alternatively, pick up one of the amazing elastic sofa covers from The Range for £25.99.
The stretchy fabric fits over the sofa, and you just tuck in the edges. It will transform your living room in a flash.
STROKE OF GENIUS: Update old furniture with easy-to-use chalk paint.
A pot of Rustoleum chalky effect matt furniture paint in duck egg blue (£5.50, B&Q) is perfect for adding a little spring feeling.
One pot goes a long way — at least a set of drawers and a side table or two.
SHELF LIFE: No money for new decor?
Use what you have to add some fresh life to a room.
Rearrange bookshelves by colour of the spine.
And for a curated gallery feel, leave space between sections to place an ornament or pretty candle.
No ornaments? Wash and rinse food jars and decorate with any leftover paint dregs you have in the shed.
HANDLE IT: Swapping outdated knobs and handles will give your furniture a new look.
Try sleek brass for modern homes or ceramic knobs for cottage charm.
Visit eBay for lots of brilliant second-hand and antique handles at great prices.
Or upcycle Ikea furniture with new brass-effect cup handles (£6.99 for a set of 24 at Amazon).
FLOWER POWER: Add some blooms for a spring touch.
A good trick to find budget greenery is to search on Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree for neighbours who propagate their own plants and sell the offshoots at cheap prices.
Alternatively, a budget bouquet separated into jars around the house will give you a similar fresh feeling.
CLEAN up fast with the Numatic Henry vacuum cleaner, usually £150, now £119 at B&Q (diy.com).
SAVE: £31
STOCK up on Easter eggs at Tesco now.
Selected Cadbury eggs, normally £2 each, are reduced to £1 when you scan your Clubcard.
SAVE: £1
CHECK your Burger King app today for a whopper of a deal – and this is no April Fools’ prank.
You will get 40 per cent off the entire BK menu from 11am-3pm today only, when ordering via the app.
HUNTING for the perfect holiday bag?
The jacquemus.com Soli is ideal, yet comes in at a cool £425.
But you can get your arms around a similar style with this version at yoursclothing.co.uk for a bargain £16.99.
SAVE: £408.01
STUFF your freezer with Iceland’s latest 15 teatime favourite items for £15.
It includes Birds Eye and No Meat Company items, all usually costing at least £2.50 each, so the deal could save around £22.50.
THE weather is warming up so what better time to get this wooden sandpit with canopy, was £69.99 now £49.99 at The Range.
SAVE: £20
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ROSIE Huntington-Whiteley blue away her fans on a trip to Brazil.
The supermodel is in Sao Paulo with jewellery brand Tiffany & Co to promote their flagship store in the city.
Rosie, 37, wore a duck egg blue gown for the event at the Iguatemi shopping centre.
She has been sharing photographs from her time in Brazil with her Instagram followers.
As well as heading out for cocktails with her friends, Rosie snapped a photograph of herself sunbathing by a rooftop pool.
Rosie became a global ambassador for Tiffany & Co back in June 2023.
Earlier this month Rosie teamed up with her husband, hunky actor Jason Statham for their first photoshoot together.
The couple were promoting Italian fashion brand Falconeri.
Rosie said of the photoshoot: “It was relaxed and easy.
“We got to spend a day together, working with a team we love, in a place we love — what more can you ask for?”
She continued: “This was our first time shooting together, which was very special.
“Getting to work with your other half is always fun.”
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A BRIT sailor drowned while snorkelling after sea urchins stung him, an inquest heard.
Christian Bogle, 26, disappeared from view in shallow waters last June.
His body was recovered from the coral reef in Fiji the next day.
Christian’s mother Diane said her son was ‘a beautiful boy’ who was “hard working, fit, active and well groomed” whose dream was to work on super yachts.
He worked on several yachts in France before a chance meeting with an Australian guest at a hotel in Newquay who offered to put him in Australia.
A post mortem found he had been stung by sea urchins but they were not toxic enough to kill.
But pathologist Dr Tim Bracey said Christian, of Newquay, Cornwall, may have then struggled in the warm, clear water.
The deckhand was with crewmates at a beach in Nadi when he died.
Coroner Emma Hillson noted he had previously suffered from seizures.
She said the toxicity of the sea urchin stings were not enough to have caused his death and that, on the balance of probabilities, he drowned due to a seizure.
Verdict: Accident.
