A lick of paint is one of the best ways to renovate a kitchen on a very limited budget, according to the Independent. Answering the question can I update my home on a credit-crunch budget of 1,200?, the newspaper put the kitchen forward as an area for improvement. Painting just one wall will give your kitchen an instant lift, the newspaper wrote.The Independent added that DIYers on a bargain budget could now find paint jobs to be a cheaper option, thanks to the recent launch of a groovy home paint brand from BQ.A new coat of paint was also proposed as a kitchen solution by Sarah Beeny, presenter of Channel 4 shows Property Ladder and Streets Ahead as she issued some kitchen tips to the Daily Mirror.Proposing an even cheaper budget of 100, the presenter claimed that an eggshell colour was ideal for kitchen revamps.