Mum quoted extortionate £18,000 for stylish shaker kitchen upcycles it herself for a fraction of the price

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A mum-of-two who was given an eye-watering quote for a new kitchen has done the job herself and saved a fortune. Jill Oliver, 50, was quoted a staggering £18,000 to transform her kitchen into an on-trend shaker style.

But as a DIY enthusiast, Jill decided to take on the project herself to avoid spending thousands on the makeover. Using just MDF, colour-matched paint and buying new handles, the mum-of-two spent just £155 on the renovation. READ MORE: Incredible family home with a bespoke indoor slide that is every child's dream Whilst spending just a fraction of the price she was quoted, Jill been left with a gorgeous, modern space in her home. "I painted my kitchen in the first lockdown with a dark grey paint as I had seen other people do this but I loved the shaker style kitchens," Jill told DIY On A Budget UK. "I just followed lots of home accounts and saw different people doing similar things. "We had quotes a while back and it varied but it would have been something like £12,000 to replace the kitchen and I couldn’t justify that kind of money when I knew I could update the plain doors to a shaker style myself. "The £12,000 price was from a joiner we have used for years but the bigger companies were much more, some as much as £18,000." Not wanting to give in to the extortionate quote, Jill set out to transform her kitchen by herself "I was desperate to do my kitchen and after doing the hallway myself I knew I could do it," she said. "So I contacted a local timber merchant and asked them to cut a sheet of MDF into 70mm strips, which meant it would cover all the old holes where the handles had been. "I chose 4mm deep as I tried different depths of MDF and any thicker it would have caught on the door next to it. "I cut