I redid the floor in my loo for £28 with a B&M buy – I’m obsessed with the results but it was no doddle
SHE wanted to transform her downstairs loo without having to shell out hundreds of pounds.
So Ashton decided to head to her local B&M, in search of the viral floor stickers she'd seen so many people gush about on social media.
She hunted for the strips, which come in at £14 a pack, in the store, and "nearly gave up" when she couldn't find them.
However, she came across the floor stickers "right in the corner" as she was about to leave, so picked up two packs.
Once home, she cleaned the floor in the toilet so that it was ready to go, and began sticking the wood-effect strips on.
"Had to start with the hardest bit going round the door frame," Ashton said in a video on her TikTok page, admitting she quickly started "regretting" her decision to do the room transformation herself.
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But she eventually "managed to get it all down".
"I totally messed it up going round the toilet. And I wasn't sure if I'd have enough to correct it," she admitted.
"I only bought 2 packets thinking it would be more than enough!"
But when she took heed of what she'd heard from other TikTokers, the job became a lot easier.
"I don't know why I didn't listen to the other TikToks who tell you to make a template around difficult bits sooner," she said.
"But I finally started doing it and it was sooo much easier!"
Ashton was then able to finish off the room, and said she couldn't "believe how good these vinyl stickers look".
"It looks like real wood!" she gushed.
"Definitely a learning curve and there was a few things I would do differently next time.
"But for now I'm well chuffed with this.
"Totally transforms the room!"
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She added in the caption: "This was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be.
"Love the final result though!"
"I really want to change the flooring in my toilet bought sticky tiles from B&Q but I’m too scared I will muck it up!" one person commented on the video.
To which Ashton replied: "Honestly. I felt the same way.
"The cutting around things was the hardest bit.
"Everything else was easy.
"Just make sure you make a template with paper before you cut around anything!"
"Does it peel off after you use it as I am looking for something like that in rented home," someone else asked.
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"Yes. I had to peel a bit off that I cut wrong and it was fine," Ashton responded, adding that there was "no residue or anything".
"I can’t guarantee how easy it will be to get off after it’s been stuck down for a while though," she warned.
