Patio Between Playground and Parent's House
Maybe this will interest the husbands out there more than the quilters, but you have got to admit the price is right.
We have a nice large yard with one square acre, but knowing what to do with that yard is a whole other thing entirely. Even though we have a large patio right off the back of our house, we found ourselves sitting on my parents patio located at the back of the property because we could see the kids and it was cooler. We wanted to have a patio for larger groups where parents of our kid’s friends could sit in a cooler spot and still watch the kids play. But a patio that size would have cost thousands of dollars in bricks or cement.
Walkway just after it was finished
Then my hubby had a revelation. He went down to the recycling yard where they have large broken up pieces of concrete from construction crews. He assembled the pieces like he would flagstone or some other material. Since the concrete was disposed of and it would cost the company to deal with it, they gave it to us for free. It cost us less than $100 for the grout.
We did the same thing for a patio near our pool and a walk way to my parents house. In these instances we wanted better drainage and easy maintenance. We are letting the grass grow in between the stones for the pathway for easy mowing and placed a low growing grass/flower by the pool so we do not have to mow.
He did a great job. Good thing I have a hubby that can lift all that weight.
By the Pool
The ground cover starting to grow near pool area.
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