Back to the 2000s

Jemma Murphy has decorated her home with Y2K-inspired decor. Pics/Instagram

A british mom of three is so enamoured with everything from the year 2000 that she's turned her home into a Y2K era-inspired playground. Jemma Murphy, 33, from Solihull in Warwickshire, England, even pulled off the DIY dated decor on a thrifty $1,200 (R1,00,00) budget. "I'm obsessed with the Y2K look - it inspires my house and the way I dress and do my hair," Murphy said. "I love a girly fem look, which includes anything pink, flowers, hearts and butterflies."

She said she first rented her house in 2021 and "couldn't wait to inject some colour" into the abode, which she described as being "drab." Murphy additionally shares her three-bedroom home with her partner Aaron, 27, and her two other kids, Brandon, 10, Cody, 8. Her boys are a lot less impressed with that doll-themed room, although they like other playful aspects of the house's design - like her "teddy bear wall." Murphy said she spent four hours pinning 80 stuffed Care Bears along with Pokémon and My Little Pony toys to a hallway in her home. "I didn't want to spend a fortune, so about 60 per cent are from charity shops, others were ones the kids didn't mind me using," she said of the toy wall.

The bathroom was the first room in the house that Murphy completed - and it took her three weeks to accomplish. She ordered a Bratz doll shower curtain and bathmat from retailer Dolls Kill costing around $30 each (Rs 2,499) and continued to build on that theme. "I found the Bratz doll head on eBay for $21 (Rs 1,750)." In addition to being inspired by the early 2000s, Murphy also loves "goth" decor and painted her living room walls black.

Rs 1,750
Cost of the Bratz doll head that is perched in Murphy's bathroom

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