We decided to: add a flower bed, make a firepit, and build 2 benches. Which quickly grew into: stone all (3) flower beds, extend one of the
existing flower beds, plant new bulbs, paint and distress the benches, and build some DIY rustic additions that would make the space our own.
That all equates to Jason and I working from dawn to dusk Saturday and Sunday night.
My amazing husband built 2 benches from all recycled materials. We had a leftover fence panel, 4x4s, and nails from our fence project which he turned into 2 benches that have removable tops and bracing inside them to store our pillows and bench top cushions. What a man!
I then painted the bench with watered down paint to give it the distressed look. We bought green bench top cushions and throw pillows to go on top and they should be in early next week. The benches are going in the corner you can see in the background of this picture.
To make the corner complete we both really wanted a firepit. We looked into building one, but it turns out firebricks are very expensive, but all the firepits at the local hardware stores were cheap and flimsy. So we found and ordered this bad boy:
GOOD OLE' ROCKY TOP, WHOO!ROCKY TOP TENNESSEE!!!
We are unnecessarily excited about UT fire!
We then designed a new flower bed to go in the back left corner of our fence. Jason said we needed to stone it.. I agreed.. and then I found out that to do that you have to dig out all of the grass and level it, stone by tedious stone. It was a lot of work, but we got it done and it looks awesome. We are having dirt delivered today so we can fill it and then Nancy is going to help us design the flower layout this weekend. Also, part of the flowerbed is showing 3 stones high here, but we decided to stick with 2 because after the dirt is filled it will have the same effect.
I also raked up a good 4-5 wheel barrows full of pine straw which we are going to use to cover the dirt in the flower bed. I prefer mulch, but apparently in south Georgia mulch is not a good option.
It may not look like we accomplished a lot, but there a great deal of sweat and blood (poor Jason hammered his thumb) went into the weekend. The finishing touches will be put on it this weekend. The benches will be put in place and the cushions and firepit will polish off this corner.
And perhaps my favorite addition to the corner is going to be Mason Jar lanterns thatJason and I made last night. I bought Mason Jars for .99 at AC Moore and then
found bailing wirecovered in a rustic twine to create handle to hang the Mason Jars along the fence behind the benches. Then we put sand in them and tea candles in the jars. Now I have to find hooks that look similar to the ones in the picture that we used for inspiration and our corner will be complete!!
It was so nice to spend an entire weekend outside in the beautiful 70 degree weather with my husband. Jason is so smart and talented. He can look at a picture of something I want and build it. It is so nice to look around our house and yard and know how many updates we have done and how much money we have saved doing it all ourselves.
Also, so she doesn't feel left out... Peyton had a blast with all 3 of us being outside all weekend. She loves using the new benches as hurdles and smelling, but so far not eating the flowers.
Sorry this post was 2 years long.. but I am excited and wanted to share. After we finish I will take photos from a device other than my phone and share!
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