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Zahna Eklund & Fionnuala Boyle

Mum left red-faced after ruining her walls in attempt to dye carpet and save cash

A mum has been left red-faced after her attempt at dyeing the carpet in her home went terribly wrong - leaving the fabric and her walls completely destroyed.

Melissa Ashleigh fancied sprucing up her home and changing her carpets to a fashionable dark grey, but instead of paying to have them professionally replaced, she thought she would save some pennies by taking on the job herself.

But in a video, which has since went viral on social media, the woman showed viewers how much of a mess she made of both the fabric and her once-clean walls during the botched job of painting her carpets, reports the Mirror.

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