Patio Project

how to lay pavers

This past weekend, the hubs and I decided to do our first big home improvement project of the year - extend the patio! Here's what it looked like when we first bought the house 3 years ago -

backyard before

Since moving in our house July 2009, we've cut the grass, trimmed the tree, removed the grill, and replaced all the windows but not much else until Saturday night.


prepare yard

Digging had already started by the time I took pictures and you can see that the patio needs help! Here's another view of the other side -

how to extend patio

And another of the tree area that we'll have to work around -

add pavers around tree

The plan is to extend the patio on either side making 2 big rectangles, curving around the tree, to enlarge the patio by 200 sq. feet! The job now is to finish digging out 6 inches so that we can start laying the paver base to make a good foundation for the cement pavers. We got all of our materials at Lowe's and they delivered it this morning. So excited to make this happen!!!

Read all about the weekend project of laying pavers to extend your backyard:

            Laying Pavers Around the Tree
            Finished Patio Paver Project

2 comments

  1. Are there after pictures on here someplace??? I want to see them!

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  2. I never got around to it, but I'm working on a full house tour so soon!

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