An Edinburgh couple spent just £100 on building an entire new bedroom inside their three-bed home.
Louise Wilson had grown tired of the constant arguing between her daughter’s Olivia, 13, and Hannah, eight, as the pair fought over the one bedroom they had shared for five years.
Husband Scott was called in to erect a wooden frame and some plasterboard in the middle of the bedroom, in hopes it would put an end to their children’s constant bickering.
And the NHS call handler was able to give his kids their own style with the two new separate bedrooms, Wales Online reports.
Scott maximised the space by hanging shelves and a TV on the partition wall and installing fold-up desks.
Both of the girls are able to operate their own remote controlled light bulbs, to ensure that there are no arguments when it is lights out.
Louise and Scott paid just £100 for the work, with the money going towards wood, plasterboard, paint and wallpaper.
The beds inside the bedrooms were repurposed Ikea units that were already inside Hannah and Olivia’s space.
Louise said: “They love it. They'd rather sacrifice the bigger room to have their own space.
"They hadn't been getting on well, they're both very different. It's a bit of personality [thing] and also their ages.
"They've had to share a room and that's where the issues came from. They didn't have anywhere to get away from each other.
"They had bunkbeds before because it left them a large area to play with the furniture around the sides of the room.
"The problem was that it was a constant mess. It wasn't working, they were fighting.
"There was a lot of 'that's not mine, that's hers' and we were struggling to find places to put bits and pieces.
"The funny thing is, Hannah's room is spotless so we knew who was to blame for the mess. We've discovered that Hannah is very houseproud.
"They are getting better and it's really nice because they invite each other into their rooms.”
Scott and Louise are now able to hang up their paint brushes finally, as they previously spent many a time redecorating the bedroom in order to accommodate both of the girls’ tastes.
Louise said: "When they had the big room and we were decorating, I always felt bad because Hannah was too young to make any decisions so we just went with it and Olivia liked the wallpaper.
"Olivia liked French bulldogs and Hannah liked that it was colourful. It's nice that they can have their own styles now.
"We knew we needed something to block it off but a curtain wasn't going to be sturdy enough.
"We needed something sturdy so we could make the most of the space by hanging up shelves and the TV.
"We made the beds out of the old beds and four Ikea units so there's storage underneath.
"There's a bit of space underneath the beds as well so Hannah has made a den with some fairy lights.
"Hannah needs to walk through Olivia's room to get to her room.
"We put Hannah at that side because she's a bit younger and goes to bed earlier so she doesn't get disturbed."
TOTAL COST:
Plasterboard - £40
Wood - £25
Wallpaper - £20
Paint - £18
TOTAL = £113
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