The New Patio
It took a whole lot of tamping, and adding gravel, and leveling sand, and the laying of pavers… but it’s finally done.
We have a patio!
I did buy the garden stool from Lowe’s that nikkirose mentioned. I think it’s cute with the Orbit chairs – they needed something solid and sturdy to contrast against their spindley legs.
We spread grass seed around the perimeter – hopefully it will take. I want to create a garden out there too, but that can wait. Right now, we’re just thrilled to have a level, hard surface to put our patio furniture on.
Oh, and we’re exhausted.
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Wow. It looks great! I love everything, but I especially love the table. I sooo wish there was an Ikea near us! Thanks for sharing.
It looks wonderful and the edging along the edge of the sidewalk looks PERFECT! Look at your fancy BBQ too! Summer time fun is in store for your yard!
i’m interested in how that pillow holds up outside. i love it. keep me updated.
It looks fabulous! Cookout at your place this weekend! ;)
wonderful job! i wish i had the inclination to attack my yard like that.
Looks snazzy…
Congrats on the new patio!! All we currently have is our balcony and I pray every day for a house of our very own so I can design the perfect backyard. I am envious of those with grass :(
lovely!
Looks great! I NEED 2 of those ikea chairs.
So cute! I love it. And I’m totally jealous.
Lovely!
Now all you need is a nice Pergola over top!!
Oh to have your energy and fallow through. The Mister and I can’t seem to find the time or desire to work on the house–which is sad because it really needs it!
Ignore the typos in above post. Sigh.
Love it. Where is your table from?
That looks amazing! I know how much hard work it took to make that happen. Good for you! You’ll have years of enjoyment out in that outdoor space you created. :)
Looks amazing… what a great job! Bonus: you have tons of summer left to enjoy it!
what a wonderful job! It’s it so nice to just have a little piece of non-dirt in your yard? Our patio is quite small too… with no furniture… but we love it!
looks great! can i ask where you got the little white+metal planters?
It looks great! This apartment dweller is jealous.
Well done! I get tired just looking at the directions for putting a paver patio in. It looks wonderful. A great space to enjoy the outdoors.
Oh, it looks GREAT!!!! Just in case you are looking (and this isn’t a hint, I just love mine), wonderful bushes for around A/C units are DWARF burning bush. They grow super fast, screen our unit wonderfully and the dwarf are good for smaller yards (we have a “bung” too).
Love reading your blog and seeing your progress! I’m jealous of your decorating skills. xo
Absolutely beautiful. You do such a lovely job. How inspiring!!
The Patio looks great. I love the long wooden table.
Oh wow! That looks like SO MUCH work! I had no idea that so much went into creating a patio! Talk about some serious dedication!
Did you have to cut some of the pavers to go around the curve in the sidewalk? How did you go about that?
Looks amazing, by the way!
Wow, I am in awe… your patio is lovely! All we have in our yard in a patio deck that is too high and too large with some dying grass all around. Sigh…
you do wonders! sometimes i wish your blog was a tv show, haha! awesome awesome job!
I love that garden stool and I like that you did a lot of this yourself it looks so great.
Casey, the table is from IKEA, and sunandstone, the planters were from CB2 (last year). Sara, we did have to cut a lot of pavers. We used a little handheld rotary saw to score the pavers on all sides, and then we wacked off the ends with a hammer.
Sarah, we have a dwarf burning bush! I put it elsewhere in the yard though. Maybe I’ll see how I like it and get more? I’m planning on building a cover for the air conditioner units too.
Yesi Yesi, sometimes I wish my blog was a tv show too. Hee. ;)
It looks amazing. I would need 20 cups of coffee to be able to do what you do – all these projects + your business. Impressive!
I love the stool. I can’t believe it’s so affordable…
Looks great! We have the paver patio, but we are missing a table and chairs for dining outside.
great job, now i hope you guys relaxed there all weekend…
I am so glad that my excessive shopping is helping the masses! The garden stool looks great out there and I love the aerial shot of your patio area. Thanks for inspiring us, Nicole.
I’m loving the pop of color with the pillow and garden stool…I’m also enjoying your blog and plan to add you to my blog roll.
[...] know how I said that I wanted a little garden around the patio? But that I was too exhausted to do it, and that it could wait? Yeah. I changed my [...]
And what a perfect patio! Stunning work! nd I love the chairs! And that fabulous pillow!! Have fun and enjoy many summer days and evenings out there :-)
good work…that wall is screaming for some vines. throw up a trellis and grow some wisteria or climbing hydrangea.
Mmm, looks like a lovely summer patio. Really nice place to spend some time at the weekends!