A CRAFTY dad has revealed how he transformed his son's dull bedroom wall on a budget, spending just a little over a tenner.
DIY fanatic, better known to his fans on TikTok as The Navage Patch (@thenavagepatch), said that before the jaw-dropping makeover, theolive wall ''was about as beautiful as an oiled frog''.
To zhuzh up the bedroom and give it some more character, the father, from the US, decided to do two things – first, change the colour, and second, add stunning wooden features.
The craft lover, he showed in the video, opted for a deep blue paint, which he reckoned would compliment the shade of the wood.
For the wooden accents, the dad used a bunch of furring sticks, which he cut up in sizes ranging from ten to 30 inches.
''There's no need for fancy wood here. These furring strips look fantastic and each one is only $1.48 (£1.20).''
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Happy with how the sticks had come out, he then prepped them with pre-stain wooden conditioner.
Starting from the ceiling, he attached the slats to the wall using brad nails into studs when possible.
If the wooden fixture was too short to reach the stud, the dad used a construction adhesive instead.
To ensure the spaces in-between each strip were even, he grabbed a smaller scrap of wood and used it whenever applying a new stick.
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''I made two small shelves from the same scrap wood I used as a spacer,'' he told his 688k followers.
''This allowed me to insert the shelves between the slats and keep them in place with an extra piece of furring stick by gluing a nail underneath.
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''I couldn't be happier with how it turned out! My son loved it too.
''I believe his exact words were 'That's cool and thanks, dad','' the bloke chuckled.
The clip soon went viral and over a whopping 800 people flocked to comments to share their thoughts and praise the man.
One said: ''Ppl [people] seem to forget this could prob be done with a hand saw, sand paper, hammer and nails.
''Don’t need to have the fancy tools!!''
Someone else added: ''All I can think about is annoying the wall would be to dust, but looks good!''
''dude this is very nice,'' another was impressed.
''So cool! I’m trying to makeover my son’s room to be a little more grown up and this is perfect!'' a parent felt inspired after watching the transformation.
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