The viral DIY gardening hack you should never attempt – it’s ‘backbreaking, takes hours & will crumble within a year’ 

A HOMEOWNER is warning against a popular DIY gardening trend that ruined her outdoor space in under a year.

Victoria shared before and after photos after painting her patio using a

Victoria previously loved her stencilled patio but has warned people against doing it this yearVictoria shared how the design didn't last one year and looked patchy

On her @victoriajane6x account, she urged people to think twice before doing the home transformation this year.

She wrote: “Your annual reminder not to paint a concrete patio.

“Thinking of painting your concrete patio? Don't do it!

“Don't be tempted by the stencilled pretty patterns. It doesn't last.”;

Victoria shared how she “spent ages”; cleaning and scrubbing her concrete

She then found a weathershield masonry paint to use with her stencil, and “spent hours back breakingly stencilling a pattern.”;

Her hard work appeared to pay off, as the finished result looked beautiful and she “loved”; how it looked.

Victoria said how she’d even used a patio sealant to help it to last – but it hadn’t worked.

She added: “But then by the next it peeled up in big chunks.

“It left a mess of my garden.

“Paint flakes everywhere.”;

She added: “I did it when the was really dry but I think there was potentially still damp in the concrete!”;

Many people agreed with her that you should avoid being tempted to stencil your outdoor space, not matter how good it looks.

One shared: “painting concrete or cement floors really never works, no matter the paint. So indeed the only good advice is to not do it.”;

Another person added: “I paint mine every year I change it so it's always different.

“I love painting mine.”;

Victoria replied: “I will never do stencilling again. It took forever!”;