Thrifty mother reveals how she built her own window seat for just £30

Published: 28 April 2020

Thrifty mother reveals how she made a stylish window seat for just £30 using wood from an old pallet and a cot mattress as the cushion

Courtney Gallears a hairdresser from Staffordshire,

Thrifty mother reveals how she made a stylish window seat for just £30 using wood from an old pallet and a cot mattress as the cushion

Courtney Gallears a hairdresser from Staffordshire, wowed with her DIY build
Mum-of-two built a clever window seat she built at home which cost her just £30
The 27-year-old used an old pallet, a cot mattress costing £20, and paint for £9

By Jessica Rach For Mailonline

Published: 07:59, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 08:13, 29 April 2020

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A thrifty mother-of-two has gone viral with the clever window seat she built at home - costing her just £30.

Courtney Gallears, 27, a hairdresser from Tamworth, Staffordshire, was keen to make the most of the alcove by the sunny window in her sitting room.

Ensuring she was able to do so on a budget, the clever mum came up with the idea to use wood from an old pallet, a cot mattress costing £20 and paint for £9.

She shared the results to Facebook group DIY On A Budget.

Courtney Gallears, 27, a hairdresser from Tamworth, Staffordshire, built a clever window seat she built at home which cost her just £30 (seen before)

Courtney revealed that she cut the wood into small strips, before securing them in front of the wall and creating a platform ridge around the edge of the wall

Courtney revealed that she cut the wood into small strips, before securing them in front of the wall and creating a platform ridge around the edge of the wall.

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Using old 15 metre ply wood, she then made a base which slides off to reveal storage, which she topped off with the cot mattress, a spread and cushions.

Sharing the before and after pictures, Courtney wrote: 'The window seat is complete! This cost me £30 for a cot mattress and the paint!'.

Using old 15 metre ply wood, she then made a base which slides off to reveal storage, which she topped off with the cot mattress, a spread and cushions

Sharing the before and after pictures, Courtney wrote: 'The window seat is complete! This cost me £30 for a cot mattress and the paint!'

Window seat materials

Old pallet wood
Cot mattress costing £20
15 metre old ply wood
Paint for £9

And followers of the group rushed to the post to praise the savvy mother's efforts.

Racking up 19,000 likes and almost 1,000 comments, one user wrote: 'I wanna be sat there'.

Another added: 'I'd love a window seat perfect for a book nook', while one wrote: 'That’s really clever !! Well done, looks fab'.

Praising her efforts, one Facebook user wrote: 'I'd love a window seat perfect for a book nook'.

Ensuring she was able to do so on a budget, Courtney (seen) used old pallet wood, a cot mattress costing £20 and paint for £9, before sharing the results to Facebook group DIY On A Budget