Patio Progress

The patio is almost done!!! Each weekend a little more gets done and it is so exciting to watch it happen! Please enjoy 'progress' photos!  Can't quite post the 'afters' yet, but we are getting close!

(For 'before' photos and the plan, click here)

Step 1

Step 1 was ripping out the concrete slab and excavating the soil out to make room for the gravel and stone dust base. The first day of work was when we were away for an out of town wedding, and we got back really late at night.

 It was an awesome sight to come home to a bobcat in your back yard! haha

 

 

 

Yes over the winter we kept our trash cans on the back stoop.  Classy, I know! haha But don't worry, they will not be there over the spring summer and fall when we are haning out in the yard. (But I bet they will be back up there next winter haha Don't judge me!)

 

 

This next pictures serves double duty.  1) just to see the sight of the bobcat and progress and 2) the before pictures for  the plants.  See the plants along the side and back of the house...we took them out...See below...the house is looking bare and moldy! haha

 

I wanted those plants out since they were a little overgrown for a cape cod, but we had not planned on taking them out just yet...since that means money needs to be spend to replace them.  BUT when there were 4 strong men and machine at my house, I figured might as well take advantage!  AND out they all came!!!  Now I need to figure out what to put back, and I am struggling.  I love so many plants it is hard to narrow it down! HA! CRAZY PLANT LADY!!!

 

 

 

p.s. Yes we wll scrub off that mold!  Hopefully it comes off easy since the siding is vinyl. : )

 

Step 2

Step 2 was laying the base and they got a tiny square of brick done, which was awesome since you could see a bit of the patio shaping up!

If you have not been to the house yet, this shot gives you a good overview of the back yard, that fact we have no back yard! haha







There are a number of ways to lay brick, but I decided on a herringbone since that is my favorite.  With a border of course, all masonry needs a border!





 

Stay tuned, more to come! : )