During the coronavirus pandemic, vast swathes of the world's population has been forced to spend most of their time in their own homes.
Work has largely been taking place at home as workers were urged to stay away from offices unless absolutely essential. And, as many of our leisure activities were rendered impossible by social distancing measures as government's grapple to contain the spread of COVID-19, we've all had to get a little creative when it comes to keeping ourselves entertained.
One only needs to glance at Instagram to bear witness to the pure volume of sourdough loaves that have been baked, previously unopened books that lie well-thumbed and resistance bands hurriedly bought in lieu of the gym.
Yes, it has been a time of adaptation for all of us, but one couple has taken backyard leisure time to a whole new level by creating an incredible pub in a back garden.
Octavia Chic, the masterminds behind the backyard pub wrote on Facebook;
"My husband and I have had a very busy few week's working on our favourite project to date. 'The Drunken Crab' built, painted and interior designed for the Crabtree family who are loving having their own pub in the Garden."
And you can see their incredible work right here:
Commenters were blown away by the incredibly detailed and well-designed backyard pub. One enthused, "This is absolutely fabulous, I’d be interested in knowing the dimensions as it looks massive on the inside. Xx" Another added, "This is amazing. The inside is brilliant, like a proper pub. Nothing nicer than being on holiday in this country and calling into a country pub in the evening".
And their handiwork has certainly captured peoples' imaginations; at the time of writing the post has accrued an incredible 25k likes, 58k comments and 31k shares on Facebook.
A day after the original post was shared, Octavia Chic posted an update message on their Facebook page, thanking everyone for the overwhelmingly positive messages they had received regarding their work. They wrote;
"Thankyou for all your fab feedback and comments. Really appreciate it, we're overwhelmed with the response. I am still working my way through enquiries and comments, may take a while. We are based in Wigan and as this took 3-4 week's to complete we can only consider doing garden pubs in the Northwest. Also we would need to come and have a consultation before pricing. Thankyou all so much and of course to the Crabs for letting us do this for them. xx"