A couple of weeks ago the team at TSB got in touch to share with me their latest collaboration with Dulux Paint and have commissioned me to mention this exciting new offer to you guys. As part of a current promotion anyone taking out a home improvement TSB loan using the TSB loan calculator, will also be able to use the Dulux paint ‘Amazing Spaces’ feature (worth £75) to have a one-on-one consultation about what to do with their space to make it perfect for them.
As many of you know we’ve been working on our home in bits and pieces since we bought it as a project about six years ago now. At the time we both had hardly any money so our budget was tight and things took a long time to happen. A lot of the work was big jobs such as building walls or knocking them down and putting in French doors to our garden. Our garden has only really come about this year when we were finally able to afford to put fake grass down and tidy it up a bit to make it a manageable space for our family.
TSB loan for Home Improvement
All our home improvements feel personal as they are things we’ve put our stamp on and to see our family home grow in this way has been so rewarding. That is not to say it hasn’t been pretty frustrating at times too as we waited to save the funds to complete them. Some of the projects were quite big and did need the money behind them before we could start the work but some of our projects I wish we’d done quicker so we could have enjoyed our space sooner. Our living/dining room is a prime example of that really as adding French doors made such a huge difference that it’s one of those things I wish we’d taken out a small home loan for to make use of it sooner and pay it back over that period instead.
I don’t think I’ve ever shared these pictures on the blog before but this is what our house looked like when we bought it (yikes!).
As you can see the living room was pretty laid out oddly, there were two different levels to the rooms and then a small window at the back and a odd sort of arch where they had made them into one big room. We initially re-concreted the floor to make it the same level and then put floor boards down instead of laminate. We also took away the fake fireplaces and re-painted but that’s where we ran out of budget. About five years later we did the renovations below which included adding french doors and closing off the rooms with partition doors and adding a stud wall. The French door part cost around two thousand pounds as did the wall and doors between the two. I wish we’d done the French doors straight away and paid it back over time. This is what it looks like now, I think the doors make such a difference.
As you can see we’ve put our stamp on the space and it feels like ‘us’.
And this is what we’ve done with the garden space
The garden wall is *almost* finished painting at the top there ha!
A couple of months ago we decided to strip out the carpet I hated on the stairs and hallway and also knock down an inbuilt wardrobe that sat on the top of the landing. By knocking it down it made the space so much lighter and has given us some room to play around with. I wasn’t 100% sure what would work best there and what colour schemes we should go for either. We’re about to get it plastered and then will play around with paint and colours which is where the Dulux Amazing Spaces service comes in. Funny enough the cost to transform this space will come to just under two thousand pounds which I think is just the sort of budget that you often don’t have to hand in but is sometimes easier to borrow and pay back over the year.
This is what it currently looks like (it’s about to be plastered so use your imagination when it comes to the brick wall!).
After I’d sent my pictures to the team at Dulux Paint and told them a little about my space, the colours I like and the example pictures they showed me that I felt drawn to the team they were able to go away and take a look and come up with a plan for me. My consultation took place over video call two days later and I loved the ideas and colour schemes they pulled together for me.
I felt like they’d really understood my personality and had done the research well to come up with some things I felt were my style but also some things I would never had thought of but immediately loved. Take a look at the plan and products they drew up for me, it’s making me so excited to get this space finished!
Here comes the part I’ve been dying to share with you guys! When I started chatting to the team at TSB loans & Dulux about this collaboration and they told me I’d be able to host an amazing giveaway with my readers I was so excited. It is a brilliant prize and one that is extremely easy to enter. TSB and Dulux are going to be giving away a Dulux Amazing Space Service and £2,000 worth of furniture and accessories (as chosen for the winner by the Dulux Designer) to ensure that they can have an amazing space of their own.
To enter all you need to do it check out the TSB collaboration with Dulux Paint here then come back and let me know in the comments what you’d spend your two thousand pounds on in your home. Full terms and conditions for the TSB loan can be found here*.
Loans from TSB Representative APR 3.2% for TBS loan between £7,500 and £25,000. TSB Dulux offer ends 18 October 2016. Conditions apply.UK resident and 18+. Lending is subject to status and the actual terms will depend on an assessment of your circumstances
In association with TSB Loan and Dulux
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