Sunday, June 30, 2013

What We've Been Doing The Last Few Weeks

      Recently, Robb and I combined our talents to refinish this little corner of our yard.
                     My project: A new patio! 
                 Robb's project: A new deck!
I envisioned the deck design, and my constructor husband made it happen. Minus the angled stringers for the middle, which was a heck of a geometry project, and I figured out. Robb did a great job of assembling my vision.  I'm so lucky to have such a handyman. 
It's such a nice design to be able to sit on all sides of the deck, and finally walk on to a finished patio. We reused the bricks from our old patio, and bought the beautiful bluestones to expand the space. (Technically almost finished, we still have to do the polymeric sand, aka "grout")

All to make room for the French door we'll be getting in just a few weeks. We need straight access to the basement for things like drywall, couches, fish tank, etc. By fall, we plan to repair the siding, paint the hour, and install new gutters. It's shaping up real nice!

Tomorrow, we're getting 5 yards of wood chips to fill in the dirt section.  Maybe we'll finally have a finished corner in our hark to put our wedding hammock up and relax every once and a while! 

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