I'm a full-time furniture flipper - I spend as little as £10 transforming strangers' unwanted junk and sell them for up to £1,000 each Kerry Willets from Staffordshire finds her materials on Facebook Marketplace READ MORE: Interior design experts reveal how Bridgerton fans can achieve the Regency era 'coquette core' aesthetic at home By Eleanor Dye Published: 12:34 EDT, 18 June 2024 | Updated: 12:43 EDT, 18 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A full-time furniture flipper says she spends as little as £10 transforming strangers' unwanted junk into pieces she sells for £1,000 each. Kerry Willets, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, initially learned her trade by charging people to repair or upcycle sentimental furniture they wanted to keep. But now people seek her out on social media and offer her bits headed for landfill which she takes off their hands for free - nabbing other freebies on Facebook Marketplace.
She gives them a 'new lease of life' by turning them into high-end art deco items which she sells on for as much as £1,000 a piece, with others selling for hundreds of pounds. She considers herself a go-between for people wanting to get rid of their old junk and spends between £10 and £15 transforming each piece. Kerry Willets (pictured with one of her upcycled items, which she is selling for £395) is a full-time 'furniture flipper', spending as little as £10 to transform strangers' junk Kerry sells her pieces for as much as £1,000, including this drinks cabinet with.