Consumer Corner: Doing up your house on the cheap — with a little help from the kids

A lick of paint transforms a room and the kids will enjoy helping.

The summer holidays are about to begin, which for many parents could mean more free time to focus on things like doing up the house. It could even be a nice time to get the kids involved in some home improvement projects.

With the wait time for builders now averaging around 40 years, doing up the house could be something we think about bringing in-house, and there are cheap, budget-friendly ways to go about it. There are some fantastic social enterprises in Ireland that can help with cost-efficient ways of doing work in the home. Colm O’Connor of furniture revamp social enterprise, IRD Duhallow has seen incredible transformations with old furniture.