Mum transforms her tatty white sofa using Amazons 8 fabric paint and the pictures speak for
IT'S one of the most important (and expensive) pieces of furniture you'll ever buy - but we can't be the only ones who get bored of our sofa approximately 10 times a day. Can we?
Well rather than eyeing up IKEA every time you fancy a change, one mum has demonstrated how you can revamp your furniture on the cheap using purse-friendly fabric dye.
Posting incredible before-and-after photos on the Facebook group DIY On a Budget Official, the mum revealed how she transformed her tatty white sofa for only £8.
Asking the group's thousands of members for their feedback, the woman wrote: "Just painted one of my sofas - what do you think?"
The woman photographed every step of the process - from the first brushstrokes she took to when it was half completed.
Rather than painting the dye directly onto the surface, the woman diluted it in a bowl of water which helps it seep into the furniture.
After covering the whole sofa, the woman left it to dry for a few hours before coming back to do another coat.
According to the product instructions, you can even dry it down with a hairdryer if you need to speed up the process - but with any DIY project, the longer you leave it the better.
What's more, the Scratch Doctor dye costs just £8 from Amazon, is available in 25 colours and can be used on clothing too. *Adds to basket*
Needless to say, other users were blown away with the incredible results and the post has racked up over 10,000 likes and 2,000 comments.
- The Scratch Doctor Liquid Fabric Dye, £8.95 from Amazon - buy now
One user replied: "Incredible. Well done you!!!"
Another added: "That looks amazing! I want a grey fabric sofa but can't afford a new one and this has totally opened up my second hand options now!"
A third wrote: " Brilliant, can't wait to do mine."
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