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Scottish Sun
14-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
The bedside cabinets I liked were £804 EACH, so I made my own for £35 – everyone says mine are much nicer
Scroll down for more DIY tips when renovating your home DUPE-TASTIC The bedside cabinets I liked were £804 EACH, so I made my own for £35 – everyone says mine are much nicer Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) YOU don't need to spend a fortune on designer furniture to make your home look expensive. One savvy DIYer got crafty with a budget side table and transformed it into the cabinet of her dreams - for a fraction of the price. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 The designer version that Jayne wanted to buy is priced between £740 and £888 Credit: BERKELEY DESIGNS 3 The side cabinet Jayne transformed using paint Credit: diyonabudgetofficial/facebook Sharing her transformation in the Facebook group, DIY On A Budget Official, Jayne Cummins spent just £35. The post was originally uploaded in 2021, but has been re-posted in the same group and has gone viral again, read: "The bedside cabinets I liked cost £804 each. "So decide to make my own dupe. Cost £35 each." The designer side tables Jayne had her eye on were from Berkeley Designs, and they retail anywhere from £740 to £888 each. The product description for the designer item reads: "The Oxford 1-Drawer Side Table comes in textured espresso oak with gold handles and cruciform legs. "The Oxford Side Table is equally at home in the living room or the bedroom and can help achieve the perfect finish in any home or interior design project." Understandably, Jayne couldn't afford over £1600 for two, so made her own using an Habitat side table. The Habitat X Frame Bedside Table comes in grey and is available to buy from Sainsbury's or Argos. It is now £45, but customers can get 20% off with the code FURN20 for a limited time, making them £36. You're also going to need a couple of tins of paint, and a new handle, should you wish to change the current one. I was quoted £48 to replace the skirting boards in my council house lounge so did it myself for £7.20 Jayne used "black paint [in the shade] Loof by Frenchic and gold paint [which] is Metallic Gold from Wilko". The Loof paint has since been rebranded to BlackJack by Frenchic, but is available online for £10.95 for a 250ml tin. Jayne then painted the legs and handle in metallic gold. And the result was stunning! Hundreds of people commented on Jayne's post, raving about her dupe. One said: "Yours looks much better than the £804 one! What a crazy price for a side table." "I prefer yours just goes to show that expensive isn't always better," a second comment read. 3 The Habitat Bedside Cabinet Jayne bought and transformed with paint Credit: Supplied Someone else posted: "Yours look the most expensive, I really like them." Lots of Facebook users said they would buy Jayne's dupe if she was up for making more. One remarked: "If your up for making a fair few more I think you might be on to a winner here, amazing I'd buy some." Another wrote: "Incredible!! I love the colour and would definitely buy them off you." If you're looking for other furniture transformations, a savvy gardener upcycled pallets and tiles to make her own outdoor coffee table. Meanwhile, another fed-up homeowner used a B&Q buy to add privacy to her garden.
The Irish Sun
14-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
The bedside cabinets I liked were £804 EACH, so I made my own for £35 – everyone says mine are much nicer
YOU don't need to spend a fortune on designer furniture to make your home look expensive. One savvy DIYer got crafty with a budget side table and transformed it into the cabinet of her dreams - for a fraction of the price. Advertisement 3 The designer version that Jayne wanted to buy is priced between £740 and £888 Credit: BERKELEY DESIGNS 3 The side cabinet Jayne transformed using paint Credit: diyonabudgetofficial/facebook Sharing her transformation in the Facebook group, DIY On A Budget Official, Jayne Cummins spent just £35. The post was originally uploaded in 2021, but has been re-posted in the same group and has gone viral again, read: "The bedside cabinets I liked cost £804 each. "So decide to make my own dupe. Cost £35 each." The designer side tables Jayne had her eye on were from Berkeley Designs, and they retail anywhere from £740 to £888 each. Advertisement READ MORE DIY TRANSFORMATIONS The product description for the designer item reads: "The Oxford 1-Drawer Side Table comes in textured espresso oak with gold handles and cruciform legs. "The Oxford Side Table is equally at home in the living room or the bedroom and can help achieve the perfect finish in any home or interior design project." Understandably, Jayne couldn't afford over £1600 for two, so made her own using an Habitat side table. The Habitat X Frame Bedside Table comes in grey and is available to buy from Sainsbury's or Argos. Advertisement Most read in Fabulous It is now £45, but customers can get 20% off with the code FURN20 for a limited time, making them £36. You're also going to need a couple of tins of paint, and a new handle, should you wish to change the current one. I was quoted £48 to replace the skirting boards in my council house lounge so did it myself for £7.20 Jayne used "black paint [in the shade] Loof by Frenchic and gold paint [which] is Metallic Gold from Wilko". The Loof paint has since been rebranded to BlackJack by Frenchic, but is available online for £10.95 for a 250ml tin. Advertisement Jayne then painted the legs and handle in metallic gold. And the result was stunning! Hundreds of people commented on Jayne's post, raving about her dupe. One said: "Yours looks much better than the £804 one! What a crazy price for a side table." "I prefer yours just goes to show that expensive isn't always better," a second comment read. Advertisement 3 The Habitat Bedside Cabinet Jayne bought and transformed with paint Credit: Supplied Someone else posted: "Yours look the most expensive, I really like them." Lots of Facebook users said they would buy Jayne's dupe if she was up for making more. One remarked: "If your up for making a fair few more I think you might be on to a winner here, amazing I'd buy some." Advertisement Another wrote: "Incredible!! I love the colour and would definitely buy them off you." If you're looking for other furniture transformations, a savvy gardener upcycled pallets and tiles to Meanwhile, another fed-up homeowner used a Eight Easy DIY Tips & Tricks The ultimate guide for homeowners and renters: DIY expert's Save time and money with this easy DIY tiling hack to transform a room in under an hour Avoid these five mistakes in your next DIY project Transform your kitchen with this Noisy neighbours? Here's DIY expert shared her favourite strategy for painting around glass without tape If you want to give your kitchen a fresh look, here's Five tricks to
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Flood victims receive help from Sioux City Career Academy students
JEFFERSON, S.D. (KCAU) – Almost a year after historic flooding, Siouxland families continue to repair their homes, and one house in South Dakota is receiving help from the Sioux City Career Academy. Roughly four feet of water was inside the home, but thanks to a group of students, the house is coming together nicely. Beverly Loof and her husband were some of the many people impacted by the 2024 flood, but thankfully, they were out of town when it happened. 'We weren't able to get back in here ten days later, and when we did get in here, there was no more off-white carpet,' Loof said. 'It was just mud and it was pretty devastating.' Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs bill to help 2024 flood, tornado victims Due to the high water, the Loofs had to throw out many items. 'Everything looked like a tornado had went through the inside and everything was mixed up and turned upside down,' Loof said. 'And we put a dumpster outside and all my new furniture and everything went in the dumpster.' Once the house was cleared, the next step was getting the house back to its former glory. With help from the community, repairs slowly took place over the next several months. Then, Renae Hansen with the McCook Lake Izaak Walton League made a call that would expedite everything. 'The Sioux City Career Academy has a lot of kids and it's towards the end of the year,' Hansen said. 'I was hoping by chance that I would be able to utilize some of their skills out here. When I called, they said it was like divine intervention because they've got 60 kids with limited projects to get them through the end of the year.' For the past couple of weeks, the Loofs' house has been booming with students. 'We've been working here doing drywall,' 11th grader Beau Smallcomb said. 'It's a little difficult, but once you get to know what you're doing and practice, it's pretty easy.' Sioux City awarded $25k to help create Homeless Court Program While there is still much to do before the house is complete, Beverly Loof says she can't thank these students enough. 'It's been amazing to see these young men and ladies, you know, be able to do this type of work.' she said. 'My husband's not able to do it anymore. And for them to come out here and spend their time and do it the best they can, it's been amazing. We wouldn't be this far without Renae and the academy.' 'It feels good to help people that need it because, you know, they're older, and they shouldn't be having to do it themselves,' Smallcomb said. A Sioux City Career Academy instructor said they'll be working on the house for about another week. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New FDL program changing how authorities interact with homeless individuals
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – A new program is transforming how authorities handle police calls involving homeless individuals. Fond du Lac police chief Aaron Goldstein said they recently studied police call trends at their dispatch center. He said that between June 2024 through January 2025 they received about 200 police calls that involved homeless individuals. After doing an analysis of all the calls, Goldstein said that about 80 percent of them didn't require police enforcement, an individual just needed some help connecting to resources. Goldstein said this got him to thinking. 'I have a vision almost like we have our mental health program, to have a co-response like model to help the community experiencing homelessness,' Goldstein said. He said the police department has been using a co-response model with mental health professionals and social workers for many police calls. He wanted to use a similar model for police calls involving homeless individuals. Goldstein reached out to Amy Loof who is the executive director of 'Solutions Center Shelter and Support Service in Fond du Lac. They operate the St. Katharine Drexel Shelter to help those experiencing homelessness. This collaboration led to the creation of the Drexel Outreach Response Program. It got off the ground at the beginning of March. 'So anything that somebody is in need of or a resource that they need to be connected to we're doing that right there in the moment,' Loof told Local 5 News when asked about the importance of the program. 'Being able to connect with them at that moment and get them what they need or where they need to go in that moment is key.' Jason Schneider leads new era of Fond du Lac baseball A trained case manager from St. Katharine Drexel Shelter will help police respond to calls involving homeless individuals. In some cases, a police officer will make first contact with the individual, and then the case manager will be able to talk and help the individual after. In many other cases, Goldstein said that police enforcement isn't even needed so the case managers will be responding to the calls on their own. Loof said that in general homeless individuals are more comfortable interacting with case managers than police officers which is another reason why authorities began this program. When the case managers arrive to help the homeless individuals, they can try to on-board them into local shelters, provide them with supplies like hygiene kits or food, or help them with an array of other things depending on what that individual needs. 'It's amazing to know that we're getting those resources and meeting them where they are at, we aren't asking them to come where we are,' Goldstein said about the program. 'I think there's a lot more awareness as well. We're talking more about the unsheltered and the unhoused.' Manitowoc launches first public health vending machine to support opioid overdose prevention Goldstein said since the program began they've used case managers for 13 calls involving homeless individuals. Loof detailed one of those cases that happened recently at a Fond du Lac truck stop. 'Just a brief conversation with her we were able to do an intake form with her and get the background checks done with her while we were talking,' she told Local 5 News. 'We had an open bed, brought her into the shelter and she's doing very well and her mental health has stabilized.' 'Success is helping person at a time because everybody has their own individual needs,' Goldstein added. 'I believe you can have community standards and show compassion, understanding, and dignity to those who are unhoused and experiencing homelessness.' Loof said that before the COVID-19 pandemic there were around 150 people in Fond du Lac experiencing homelessness. She said that number has risen since then because of higher prices and a difficult housing market. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
