Patio Projects
November 12, 2008
This spring we had some outside work done…
Back door before (not entirely before as it was already dug out and stones laid!! The sidewalk used to go right up to the door, and you had to step up into the house…in the corner was just a bush).
Back patio:
We wanted to extend our patio into the corner of the fence…
We asked them to leave the dirt! We put it all around the house to make the grade slope away from the house instead of toward it.
When we returned from Camp once this summer, we found corn and tomatoes growing in front of the house. I wasn’t quick enough with the camera…but the corn was probably 4 feet high already. Who knows what all was sleeping in that dirt! Maybe there used to be a garden in that corner?
Ben built me the flower box for my 30th birthday.
Pouring concrete for our front steps…I’m not posting pictures of those! We had beautiful original brick steps that were falling apart…the plan was that the guy would remove the top layer of bricks and replace them. However, once he got started, it was all powder underneath, just totally disintegrated, so he had to completely remove them, and talked us into concrete steps instead. They’re really ugly, and he made them at such a grade that the first time I tried to walk up them, I fell back off. You have to really lean into them to get up. He also didn’t follow my measurements or other instructions…but we’re very happy with the two flat pieces in the back! I guess he’s just not a stoop guy. Some other year I think I’ll try to have the front stoop covered in brick, if that’s possible…
Also, he didn’t make them deep enough to put our railings back on them…they would have been hanging off the top step a good foot on either side…so we used them on the back patio instead! I love recycling!!
(these pictures are from this month…the others are from the spring)
This certainly seems to be the year of projects for you. I’m sure it feels good to do projects you’ve wanted to do since you moved in. We did some projects at our old house just in time to sell it that I so wish we had done sooner.
I like your patio by the garage!!! How often do you sit out there???
Well, in good weather, every day…I quit doing it every day a few weeks ago…but I’m going out there in a few minutes because it’s 67 today and going back down to 40 tomorrow!! The patio cushions will be hibernating after today I think…the grill went into the garage a few days ago…it’s that time of year…