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12-Year-Old Girl Redecorates Family Home In A Week For Just Around $125, And Here Are The Results
This 12-year-old girl had nothing to do during the lockdown, so her DIY-expert mom asked her to help around the house. But once the little one started, she couldn’t finish.
Susie Levache from Kent, United Kingdom, said her daughter Bea is determined, rebellious, fun and creative, so it’s pretty natural the girl wanted to make use of her extra free time. “During the lockdown, she was complaining of being bored whilst I was trying to catch up on some home renovations and updates,” Levache told Bored Panda. “To ‘teach her a lesson’, I asked her to measure up a wall for me that I was going to panel. I then showed her how to use the workbench and a handsaw and before I knew it, she had completed the paneling in my office alone.”
Soon, the apprentice decided to make her way around the rest of the home, and her mom was happy to supervise her and guide her through.
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“She’s very precise whereas one might call my style ‘slap-dash’ so what turned out to be a lesson in parental expertise backfired when she showed how good and how capable she could be”
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“When she got her confidence, she then would suggest ideas to me”
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“For example, for the kitchen reno, we had to use what we had as the stores were shut so she recommended painting the cupboards mismatched and it looked great”
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Levache told her daughter to go ahead and try what she wanted as she had all the time in the world to remedy any mistakes. This stopped any tensions from overwhelming Bea and helped her massively. “She now uses the handsaw, spirit level, electric drill, sander, and tile cutter confidently,” her mom said. “She even had a go at stenciling and her next project is to renovate her brother’s room using some carpentry skills.”
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Even Caper, the family dog, enjoyed the way everything turned out
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“She was really worried initially but with some guidance and knowing there was no jeopardy, she went ahead”
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Levache herself is an avid recycler, and it really contributed to the redecoration. “I love to reuse and to repurpose and I like this process to be circular, not linear, so I have quite a stash of old handles, old frames, tired old broken furniture in my shed along with paint I have from previous jobs.”
“In terms of our budget, it was actually very little because we already had timber, glue, paints and old handles, etc., so in real terms, we spent about $100-$150 on extra items,” Levache explained. “But everything else, we either raided the attic or painted stuff from other rooms to give it a new lease of life. We had a really productive week and did countless rooms in about 10 days and we are still going.”
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The mom said they know quite a few people who really want to change their environment but they don’t feel they have the skills or confidence to give it a go. So she and her daughter are over the moon now that they have had messages from moms, wives, and from kids internationally saying they’ve redecorated and are loving changing their spaces, all because of them.
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“The one thing we keep saying is, ‘If we can do it, anyone can’. And you don’t have to spend lots of money”
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Since then, the family home project has moved on and now looks a little something like this
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Bill 5 years ago
I want to chastize the parents. Teach SAFETY and proper use of protective equipment. Wear goggles, on most construction sites wearing eye protection is mandatory at all times. Never work in just socks. Wear tight fitting clothing without huge bells at the end of the sleeve. Wear pants and work gloves. Don't hammer over head if you can help it.
Andrew 5 years ago
Bill the only power tool i saw in these pictures was a battery drill. Very little danger! That hammer is a very light hammer. Again little to no danger involved. Enjoy the pictures and move along
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troufaki13 5 years ago
It looks really amazing but $ 150 seems way too low. Maybe it's missing a 0??
Chaya Herrebrugh-Wachtmeester 5 years ago
In the article they explained why it's so little. They raised the attic,the sometimes "just" sanded and painted furniture, and they used a lot of their personal storage in DIY items. If you have everything already and are just waiting for the right time for years to update, then yes, when you finally get around to go it, you just need 150£.
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Kevin Camp 5 years ago
her ideas, her concepts and her skills come from two places at once. The first is having the analytical mind to figure out how things are made and knowing that simplest is often the best way to accomplish a task without screwing your self up. The other is coming at the task without all the cultural and institutional biases that most in the industry are taught and it becomes a prison for their creativity. You can't mix and match finishes on cabinetry, and yet she did and they look great. You can't mix multiple style patterns in one space as it gets too busy, and yet she did and it is busy and still looks eclectic and visually stimulating. Institutional biases and vanilla thought processes are what most decorators fall back on.
White Wolf 5 years ago
This style is not my cup of tea, but I was dumbfounded and jawdropped at this level of awesome. Well done, little girl, I wish you alk the bests and may you one day become big in that area!!!!
Aleksandra 5 years ago
I don't agree with the comment saying most girls wouldn't be interested in such thing. There's literally a boom in DIY renovations where many girls and women unleash their creativity and make some amazing things. Just let them, show your children, both girls and boys, that if they are interested in something it's cool and give them some space to grow. And as Bill said, also teach safety and assist them if they are young
Bill 5 years ago
I want to chastize the parents. Teach SAFETY and proper use of protective equipment. Wear goggles, on most construction sites wearing eye protection is mandatory at all times. Never work in just socks. Wear tight fitting clothing without huge bells at the end of the sleeve. Wear pants and work gloves. Don't hammer over head if you can help it.
Andrew 5 years ago
Bill the only power tool i saw in these pictures was a battery drill. Very little danger! That hammer is a very light hammer. Again little to no danger involved. Enjoy the pictures and move along
Load More Replies... troufaki13 5 years ago
It looks really amazing but $ 150 seems way too low. Maybe it's missing a 0??
Chaya Herrebrugh-Wachtmeester 5 years ago
In the article they explained why it's so little. They raised the attic,the sometimes "just" sanded and painted furniture, and they used a lot of their personal storage in DIY items. If you have everything already and are just waiting for the right time for years to update, then yes, when you finally get around to go it, you just need 150£.
Load More Replies... Kevin Camp 5 years ago
her ideas, her concepts and her skills come from two places at once. The first is having the analytical mind to figure out how things are made and knowing that simplest is often the best way to accomplish a task without screwing your self up. The other is coming at the task without all the cultural and institutional biases that most in the industry are taught and it becomes a prison for their creativity. You can't mix and match finishes on cabinetry, and yet she did and they look great. You can't mix multiple style patterns in one space as it gets too busy, and yet she did and it is busy and still looks eclectic and visually stimulating. Institutional biases and vanilla thought processes are what most decorators fall back on.
White Wolf 5 years ago
This style is not my cup of tea, but I was dumbfounded and jawdropped at this level of awesome. Well done, little girl, I wish you alk the bests and may you one day become big in that area!!!!
Aleksandra 5 years ago
I don't agree with the comment saying most girls wouldn't be interested in such thing. There's literally a boom in DIY renovations where many girls and women unleash their creativity and make some amazing things. Just let them, show your children, both girls and boys, that if they are interested in something it's cool and give them some space to grow. And as Bill said, also teach safety and assist them if they are young
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