Mum easily saves herself £400 by DIY-ing the perfect baby wardrobe using £60 B&Q basic buy

Published on August 19, 2025 at 08:23 AM
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A MUM has shown how she saved herself a whopping £400 by turning a basic £60 buy into a gorgeous baby wardrobe.

Nikole, who welcomed a baby girl into the world four months ago, admitted she’d been looking at different wardrobe options for the tot, but didn’t want to spend loads.

Baby clothes organized in a white wardrobe.
Nikole took to TikTok to share a look at how she’d turned a B&Q unit into a baby wardrobe
White cube shelf with books, speaker, and storage boxes.
She used this £60 unit from B&Q as the basis for the transformation
Partially assembled white wardrobe with tools and a pink dress.
She then took out the top two sections, and replaced with a curtain pole to hang the clothes on

So, she came up with a clever way to use an B&Q unit instead.

“Turn this Kallax unit into a wardrobe for my four-month-old with me,” Nikole wrote over the top of a picture on TikTok.

She then shared a snap of the inspiration, as well as the final product.

In another video, she detailed how she completed the transformation step by step.

She began by taking out the centre sections of the top two shelves, before replacing it with a curtain pole.

She then used some drawers, also from B&Q, to put in the third shelf down, before using fabric containers to go in the bottom two sections.

Nikole finished off the transformation by adding some plastic baskets for extra storage at the bottom of the top part, which she got from TikTok Shop.

“They’re actually quite handy because you can stack them on top of each other but I think it all matches,” she added.

“It makes it all look really girly and I love it!”

Nikole concluded by saying she’s “very happy” with how it turned out, and is “obsessed” with the finished look.

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“Swear I’d never seen anyone do this before and I did this for my little boy a few months back!” one person commented on the TikTok.

“Now we’ve all had the same idea! Great minds think alike!”

“It’s such a quick and easy way at to add a little bit of extra storage,” Nikole replied.

“You literally saved my storage problem!” another praised.

“I did this when my son was born, best thing I ever did,” a third exclaimed.

“So creative, love it!” someone else said.

“That;s actually a really good idea!” another wrote.

While someone else praised Nikole’s “amazing work”, another called it “so smart”.

“Dammit I got rid of ours! Wish I thought of this!” someone else sighed.

However, there was another mum who said that while the wardrobe works “brilliantly for when they are tiny”, it’s harder as they get older, as the “clothes got bigger and it just didn’t work”.

But Nikole had thought of that too, as she replied: “When she gets bigger I’m planning to remove the pink boxes, move the drawers down and make the wardrobe part longer to get more use out of it.”

A single mother kisses her newborn baby.
Nikole admitted she was “obsessed” with the way the project had turned out, as it made her daughter’s bedroom look super “girly”

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