A WOMAN has shared how she transformed her shabby garden into a serene space for less than £200 – and her pet pooch is a fan.
Yasmin Fatollahy, 31, an interior designer from Gateshead, northeast England, decided to give her neglected outdoor space a much-needed revamp – but didn’t want to break the bank.
Determined to give her dachshund Cyrus a nice spot to frolic in, Yasmin set about on the transformation.
After purchasing her home in 2018 and doing much of the renovations herself, the DIY-buff shared how to create the illusion of a larger outdoor space by setting a flowing base layer using stone chipping.
She said: “You can then bring out personality with plants, furniture and accessories rather than focusing on creating separate spaces through different mediums of base-layers in an already limited space.”
Further reflecting her passion for custom pieces in her upcycling projects, Yasmin says that she was able to upcycle various plant pots by repainting them with left-over paints she had had from previous projects.
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One of her neighbours made her a large wooden planter box and gifted it to her for the space.
Yasmin added: “One of the better things to come out of national lockdown was making strong relations with neighbours and having a sense of community.”
She then added various plants and flowers to spruce up the blank red brick walls, and purchased furniture from IKEA, as well as bringing out existing pieces to furnish the garden.
She said: “I spent around £50 on plants and flowers as I wanted a sense of having a garden where wildlife and insects could have a place to visit.
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