Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Patio

We love our yard in the summertime. It is shady and private and one of our favorite things to do is sit around the fire with family and friends on late summer nights.


We built this fire pit years ago and it has served us well. However with the high traffic, little sunlight, and sandy soil, our fire pit are was beginning to look a bit like...a pit so this year we decided to have a paver patio put in and we just broke it in this weekend.


This was our sad little fire pit before.


Here is the after. We LOVE it!

It took a little more time and money and caused a little more damage to our existing lawn than we were expecting but I think in the end it was all well worth it.

We have to plant some new grass to repair the damaged areas but we look forward to many years of late summer nights enjoying our new patio.

5 comments:

Becky Sharp said...

Wow! That looks amazing! Lots of summer fun to be had. Gives me some great ideas for our new house. Thanks for sharing!

Company EIGHT said...

It is PERFECT!!! We're looking forward to summer nights at your house too. :)

cher said...

I love it!!! It's absolutely beautiful - I love the color of the pavers, and love where you put hammock, torches, etc. Can't wait to try it out someday! (I think we're due for a trip out there next year...)

Erica said...

love it! it looks so good! can't wait to see it in person and spend late nights eating yummy smores in your new cute yard!

bradget said...

Beautiful! I'm sorry I missed it - I'll just have to come and visit again.