Aldi selling £9.99 garden ornament that makes you feel like you're on holiday – and it's under half price of B&Q version
The decorative item also comes under half the price of the B&Q version.
Although Aldi is known mostly as a food retailer, they do sell other items from time to time.
As spring arrives and summer approaches and the UK is hit with a spell of warm weather, Brits may be looking to spruce up their garden.
Now, the discount supermarket chain seeks to provide the perfect answer.
Aldi is now selling a Moroccan-style garden light, called the 'Solar Marrakesh Lantern'.
It comes with one white LED light per lantern and it boasts a generous size, with a height of 23cm and a width of 22cm.
The detailed ornament is also available in two colours to suit different tastes or colour schemes.
It's also obtainable in either a copper or gold colour to give homeowners a sense of North African opulence.
The supermarket has set the price tag for an affordable £9.99 and it could be perfect for setting an intimate night-time ambience.
With round handles at the top of the decoration, it could be possible to even hang the light.
B&Q have a similar item which is available to buy from their online shop.
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But its version - titled the Marrakech Solar Powered Garden Lantern - costs far more.
Although it's similar in size, with a height of 23.5cm and a width of 22.5cm, the item is only available in one bronze colour.
The homeware shop chain is advertising the light to be either a standing or hanging decoration.
However, B&Q is selling the decoration at over double the price of the Aldi version, at £24.95.
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