A couple "saved £20k" after building the bulk of their second-hand kitchen from Facebook Marketplace for just £50.<br /><br />Louise Horton, 35, and her husband, Peter, 37, a site manager, spent eight months transforming the kitchen for an estimated £1k in total in their three-bed house in Suffolk.<br /><br />After deciding they didn't want to fork out over £20k for a brand new design, they sourced almost everything second-hand, describing the process as a "labour of love on a tiny budget". <br /><br />Louise - who began tinkering with DIY projects during lockdown - says she looks at what she could "do" to a room, rather than buy for it. <br /><br />The couple struck gold when they found someone selling their entire kitchen for just £50 - including the oven - with the only catch being the buyer would need to collect everything.<br /><br />Louise and Peter went and stripped down the seller's kitchen before taking home all the cabinets, doors, shelves, carcasses and the Leisure oven - which costs over £500 alone brand new.<br /><br />They then began sanding, priming and painting every piece of wood in a deep green colour before reconstructing it.<br /><br />They were even able to score a free sink from a neighbour - who was also doing up their kitchen at the time.<br /><br />They combined their second-hand furniture with a modern compound laminate worktop - designed to look like marble - costing around £800. <br /><br />The only other costs the couple forked out were for a kitchen island - setting them back £300 and a set of double doors which they found on Facebook Marketplace.<br /><br />Mum-of-three Louise says the key to their success was having a "very clear plan and vision" before buying anything.<br /><br />Louise, an actress, from Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, said: "We bought all the cabinets of that kitchen and the oven was included in that deal. <br /><br />"The guy was getting a new kitchen refitted and didn't want to go through the hassle of stripping it all out.<br /><br />"So he sold it really cheap and part of the deal is we had to remove it.<br /><br />"It's such a beautiful kitchen to work in now and I got quotes for an MDF kitchen and they were in the £20k region - so we saved a lot on it.<br /><br />"I had a very clear plan in mind and that's my advice on how to do it - you have to know exactly what you want. <br /><br />"I knew every part that we needed and the style for the theme. I knew where I wanted everything and I had the vision from the start."<br /><br />Louise's passion for interior design began during the first Covid lockdown when she and Peter renovated their house.<br /><br />She said: "I like pushing the boundaries and when I start to think about what I do with a room I think about how I could 'do' something rather than buy. <br /><br />"The only brand new furniture in our home is the bed, everything else is second-hand or freebies.<br /><br />"I started to have a real passion for design and ideas after we did our whole home renovation small budget and the passion grew to make things look as amazing as they can."<br /><br />Louise says juggling their time trying to fit the kitchen was a struggle while also looking after the
