Mother reveals her thoughtful son, 9, spent two days painting a tired Wendy house for his two-year-old brother’s birthday – and Facebook users praise the ‘gorgeous’ DIY project
- Tesenai Bertram revealed that her nine-year-old son transformed a playhouse
- Posting on DIY On A Budget UK, she explained he did it for his younger sibling
- DIY fans on Facebook were impressed and branded his efforts ‘gorgeous’
A mother revealed how her nine-year-old son painted a Wendy house as a gift for his younger brother’s second birthday.
Proud mother Tesenai Bertram, of Birmingham, explained she bought a £15 playhouse on Facebook marketplace but her eldest son didn’t like the pink colour scheme.
Armed with £30 in paint, the nine-year-old spent two days painting the house black and white.
Tesenai Bertram who lives in Birmingham, posted her nine-year-old son’s playhouse transformation (pictured) on Facebook’s DIY On A Budget UK
She explained she bought a £15 playhouse on Facebook marketplace but her eldest son didn’t like the pink colour scheme, pictured
Tesenai said that her nine-year-old son wanted to change the colour of the playhouse to gift it to his younger brother (pictured) as a birthday present
Facebook users praised the ‘gorgeous’ DIY project after Tesenai shared before-and-after snaps on Facebook’s DIY On A Budget UK.
Speaking to FEMAIL, Tesenai said: ‘We sanded it first and did two coats of paint. My 9 year old son painted the whole thing I just helped with smaller areas.’
Tesenai spent £24.99 on outdoor paint from Amazon, revealing that the playhouse needed only 1/4 of a 5l tub to achieve their desired appearance.
The mother completed the playhouse by adding laminate flooring.
Tesenai explained that she brought the playhouse from Facebook marketplace for £15 and gave her son masonry paint to overhaul it’s appearance
Tesenai helped her son to sand the playhouse before adding two coats of Paint Master’s masonry paint to achieve their desired finish. Pictured: The playhouse during the process of being transformed
Tesenai revealed that they added laminate flooring (pictured) to the inside of the playhouse to complete the modern appearance
The project received a string of positive comments. One person wrote: ‘Wow that’s amazing, I think a protective coat is just a good idea anyway to help with weathering’
‘This is gorgeous what a brilliant job he has done and what a lovely brother he is you.
‘You don’t have to protect is hunni if it’s masonry paint, it will have weather protect in. Love the car parked outside too,’ said another.
A third added: ‘Looks lovely, well done to him’
A stream of responses to the post praised Tesenai’s son’s effort and dubbed the transformation ‘gorgeous’ and ‘lovely’