BUYING garden furniture could be a thing of the past thanks to one savvy woman’s hack.
After buying a two bedroom house in need of renovation, Maddie had little money left to work on the garden – but she found a way to make her own stylish seating, and you can find the material for free.
Young mum Maddie shared a video online to give others a step-by-step guide to DIY seating on a budget.
“Can you not afford garden furniture like me?” she asks. “Watch this.”
Maddie sets up her camera to show off her long green garden, before the action unfolds.
“I got some dead cheap pallets from Facebook Marketplace and also got a free one when B&Q dropped off the slabs for [daughter] Darcie’s Wendy house.”
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Maddie shares a clip of the stacked up wooden pallets, and films herself choosing how to put them all together.
Instead of separate seating, she says, she plans to make one long bench to sit against the fence, and add colourful cushions to make it look super stylish.
“We’re making some benches with some wooden pallets. Basically this costs sweet f*** all and if you do a good job of it, you’re onto a winner,” she says.
“We made three of these using two pallets at the bottom and one at the back.”
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Maddie’s project took a matter of hours, and all she needed was a drill to nail the wooden parts together.
The finished product looks fabulous, but there’s just one thing missing.
Maddie then reveals the perfect purchase to bring her new furniture to life.
“These cushions are £7 each or two for £12 from Asda,” she says, showing off a selection of cushions lined up along the bench like a rainbow. “They’re called jumbo cord cushions.
“And because it’s Darcey’s birthday party in the garden tomorrow, I’ve got a big cardboard box full of blankets.”
Maddie has been renovating her two bedroom terraced house using her savvy DIY skills and her fab hacks have seen her gain 172,000 followers on TikTok.
Everyone’s raving about her DIY seating success, and they can’t wait to see what she does next.
They even have a few suggestions for the savvy mum.
One user replied: “This is amazing. You could buy those giant dog beds as cushions to put on the pallets.”
A second suggested: “I used cot bed mattresses on mine and it works amazingly.”
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And a third said: “My mum did exactly this. If you can, try sticking tiles to the top of the table and painting the chairs a matching colour. It helps bring it all together.”
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