Patio!

Our latest home improvement project: patio! We have a bunch of unused space right outside our house in the backyard that was elevated and surrounded by a retaining wall. It was a weed patch and we've never done anything to it to use it.

We had a vision: lower the ground, level it out, and put down a bunch of patio pavers. We got most of it done yesterday.

To prevent weeds, we put down a good layer of landscape fabric.

I'll just say this: I hate leveling land. It sucked. We bought about 2 tons of sand and used that as the base, but I hated that part of this project. The pavers we got were 16"x16", so when we finally started laying them, it went very quickly.

We have four of the pavers that were chipped/cracked upon delivery from Lowes, so we couldn't finish the patio completely yesterday.

Jen's brother Ryan came over and helped us for 6 hours with the sand unloading and paver installation. He was a great help.


Even Abby got involved in the project. She was filling in the cracks between pavers with extra sand.

The finished product looks like this. We're pleased with the look.

We're very excited for a completed project. Next: rebuild the deck and turn it around so the stairs come down to the patio.