A DIY fan has revealed how she transformed her garden on a budget using bargain buys from The Range and Lidl. 

The can-do mum even created a sandbox for her little one to play in.

Rae has been sharing updates of her garden transformation on TikTok. 

The DIY fan started by purchasing a planter from The Range and painting it to suit her garden aesthetic. 

She said: “This was a wooden planter stand that I got from the Range. I felt like I had to paint it black because everything else in the garden that’s wooden is painted black as well.”

“The top of this planter is actually a little chalkboard so you can write whatever plants or vegetables you’ve got there which I thought was really cute but I’m really struggling to find pots the same size as these shelves so it’s currently sat on the patio just empty.”

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Rae said she had taken her little girl to Barry Island and she was obsessed with the sand so Rae wanted to find a way to recreate that in her garden. 

Now Rae couldn't very well turn her garden into a beach but she could bring a little bit of the beach back with her so she decided to make a sand pit. 

She said: “So, I went to Lidl and they had an offer to buy one get one half price. So, I got this sand pit and then I also got a garden storage box which you’ll see later in this video.”

Rae said the sand pit was great but she did need a bit of help setting it up. 

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She said: “I didn’t want to get one of the cheaper sandpits that were like £10 because I feel like there’s not enough room in them to move about.”

The DIY fan said she would definitely recommend others buy the sand box from Lidl and said they had other bargains too. 

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She said: “They had some other toys that were in the deal but it was also garden furniture and garden tools as well.”

The DIY fan said she got her sand to fill the sandbox from B&M.

She said: “I got this sand from B&M which was only £4.99 a bag. I only picked up two bags because I wasn’t sure how much I was gunna need but after putting it down I think I might need a couple more bags."

“The weather’s gone a bit colder now so I’ll just let down and put away the baby’s pool.”

For finishing touches Rae found a garden storage box from Lidl and planned to add lawn edging from B&M.

She said: “This is the garden storage box that I got from Lidl in the deal. So, you get the cheapest item at half price. This was originally £40 but I got it for £20.”

“I got a couple boxes of lawn edging from B&M which you just hammer into the soil. I’m not too sure how well they’re going to hold up in the wind but I’m going to give them a go.”

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