How to Make a Fire Pit Seating Area: Backyard Makeover - Thrift Diving
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- I created a DIY fire pit for my backyard one summer, but it needed seating and a walkway, which I created in this video. A fire pit is a warm, cozy, and safe place to see family and friends outdoors, especially during these times. Watch and see how to use a fire pit kit with stones to create a fire pit with a stone walkway and seating.
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0:00 - Intro and "BEFORE" pics
0:33 - Creating the circle/shape of the fire pit seating area.
1:03 - Use a string trimmer to outline the fire pit seating area shape.
1:29 - Use a cultivator to break up the earth. (I'm using the RYOBI cultivator which you can find here: homedepot.sjv.io/QqNNa
1:39 - Edgers used: Pavestone from Home Depot: homedepot.sjv.io/AYKXx
2:08 - Tools used and digging the perimeter of fire pit.
3:21 - Clearing out fire pit seating area.
3:56 - Adding weed block fabric. (NOTE: I didn't use sand because I have clay soil and didn't feel I needed the added support to keep the edgers in place. The edgers have NOT shifted over time).
4:58 - Adding cardboard. (NOTE: You do NOT have to use cardboard. I used it for extra weed block, but mostly just wanted to recycle it).
5:49 - Lining edges along the seating area. (NOTE: Use weed block pins to keep it in place).
6:20 - Adding pea gravel (NOTE: I added about 25 bags, but could have used more).
7:18 - Using up extra edgers.
7:32 - Using extra edges for planters.
8:02 - Laying indoor/outdoor patio rug.
8:10 - Seating up folding chairs. Find them here (affiliate link): amzn.to/388COdq
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I would build a balcony right by your back door
Tip for next time ya have a project like this , they make little staples you can push through the weedblocker to hold it in place , makes it a breeze and is something you’ll really want for a blocker with Rock over the top of it , looks good !
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I had the expand it Ryobi cultivator you were using. It is terrible, returned it and rented a bigger one and it worked 10x better and faster.
Yours was the 4th video I watched on how to make a patio fire pit area. Yours was also the only one that was realistic. Not all of us can rent power equipment or have about 10 people helping or about 4,000 to spend on it. Thank you so much for posting a video for the rest of us.
Oh, thank you so much, Anne, for such great feedback! I'm so glad that you found it down-to-earth and not out of reach for the everyday homeowner. :)
I am just starting to plan out ideas in my head and the way you did yours is the closest to what I am leaning towards based on similar yard style and budget. I don’t want to simply pay for a professional to come in and do it. What is the final cost you realized in your project with tools included?
Im here watching this like im gonna do it..meanwhile my laundry baskets look like a landfill
Same :)
😂😂😂
I feel hit!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣same
Haha..
I had a landscape company for over 10 years and respect this level of DIY project! Turned out great!
I’m always impressed to those that admit their mistakes along the way for others to learn from! Thank you for that & your honesty! Great job! Looks beautiful!
You are such a badass! Doing the vast majority yourself and owning imperfections and errors with positivity. An inspiration for sure.
I love how she’s learning as she goes so we can learn with her ❤️
Exactly! Reassuring knowing it's okay to make mistakes along the way. You can fix them. Just go for it. It'll all be okay. Gave me courage!!!
Plus she is transparent about everything awesome
this is great!! its refreshing to see a diy video where the person doesn't takes 20 minutes to explain every single thing. it's concise, simple, and looks great! THANKS!!!!!
Thank you! I love the positive feedback, Josh! :) I DO tend to get wordy, at times, though. HAHA
Strong work! Im glad theres another woman out there doing digging and edging work by hand without any help!!
Really great work. You did a similar project?
this put a smile on my face. I love it when poeple know that they have a good home and then start to invest in it. It really pays off and makes you proud of what you can accomplish when you work on something you love.
Love home owners that keep up their properties. Very lovely.
Evelyn Rodgers but what about her yard, it is all weeds
@@streeter_289 - Who cares? Weeds are edible. Useless grass lawns are an eyesore. More useful gardens instead of lawn deserts, people.
@@MeanOldLady my eyes and brain hurt after reading this
@@streeter_289 One step at a time.
@@streeter_289 0 d eww eww mom
When you said, "Usually you'd use adhesive to hold it all together, but later if I change my mind, I want to take it all apart!" I'm thinking, now that's the heart of a true DIYer! Hahaha :) Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful to see your mistakes and how you overcame them. Probably saved me a lot of time as I take on this project in the next week!
I love that you did this all by yourself! It is inspiring to do mine, even if my hubby doesn't want to help! :)
wow you are ambitious AF... I am tired just watching all the work you put into this! kick ass!!!!
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Was looking for this comment.. phew. I AM TIRED WATCHING ALL HER HARD WORK 😫😫
Happy Mother's Day! I 💜 that you are always so open and honest with your viewers. This project turned out great. I can imagine sitting there in the morning enjoying a cup of coffee and enjoying the stars at night.
I hope your mom and the rest of your family enjoy her retirement dinner. Tfs 😊
That looks really good
Damn, i just made a fire pit for my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day yesterday, and I want to make it look really beautiful for her. And this gave me some beautiful ideas
You're an amazing boyfriend! I bet she loved it!
@@ThriftDiving thank you! I saw your video, and it gave me an amazing idea
Ignore the naysayers, you did a fabulous job, hard work and ingenuity included!
I love that you did this alone... makes me feel so empowered 😆🙌🏽
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I LOVE your down-to-earth mentality. THANK YOU for sharing!!!
Dang you remind me so much of my mom . Y'all are the epitome of weekend warriors/ anytime warriors . Kudos other mom.
I loooove it! You’ve given me the courage to to this by myself as a woman! 😁
Great project! love the before and after layout, empowers me to do my home DIY projects with a little more confidence! Congrats to your Mom on her retirement, BLESSINGS!
I love finding good wholesome people on RUclips living their best life
It's a labor of love, well worth it for a pristine outcome to share.
I would highly recommend using those stapler looking stakes after your lay your weed fabric so the gravel don't go under it.
This is incredible.
So realistic, and you make us feel like we can do anything.
Thank you for this down to earth, thorough explanation!
The before and after wow…be proud of yourself, that looks so good!
Those new chairs are absolutely lovely
Great job young lady. This motivates me to want to get started on my own yard. 👍🏾
Girl, I’m tired from watching this video. You got some major workout and muscle building.it looks beautiful and thanks for sharing your hard work!
Forget the NAY SAYERS!! This came out awesome. People think it's easy and even easier to have a contractor do it but it feels so much better knowing the money you save and the excitement of getting done yourself. You also learn along the way how to make it easier for the future... you get two thumbs up from me!👍🏽👍🏽 great job
I love how you mention tips and things you learn as you do the project to help us do well with our projects.
I love the colors and the new fire pit area chairs! I think an outdoor dining area table/chairs would really complete it!
Perhaps! I really love the love seat and chairs instead, though! Either way, I love sitting out there now!
@@ThriftDiving where did you get those chairs?
It looks beautiful!!!! Some elegant solar lights along the pathway would look gorgeous!!!! Great job!!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!! 💗🌷💐🌷💗
Yes! 😍
Who are the 2.1K that didn't like this? They're some real haters! Great job!
I don"t have a backyard, I live in an appartment in France, and yet your positivity brings me joy and I watched the entire thing haha ! thanks
I absolutely love it. Thank you for sharing your mistakes instead of making it out like you're a pro. Really helps us beginners to avoid them. Very informative and fantastic job on the completed project!
I love how it turned out. I don’t know how they did it but my neighbor somehow glued the pea gravel down?? This way they don’t end up everywhere. I didn’t ask how they did it but it looked great for a long time.
I love this and thank you so much for the video. I was trying to explain this to everybody that I know. I wanted a pathway from my patio to a circle where I can put chairs around a fire pit. This is exactly what I was trying to explain. Now I can just send this video to everybody thanks again
Leveling is so important.
Wow, lots of work but it turned out beautiful. Thanks for stating some of the oops, as well, I appreciated that!
Pro tip for tillers!!!! It helps if the ground is wet when using them (I suggest just spraying the area with a garden hose) and it's easier to pull than to push.
Also when trying to keep everything level, nothing is easier than a rope and a string level. With two stakes in the ground, you will be able to easily determine whether or not everything is flat.
Great tip for the tiller and being level! Thanks!!
@@meganking536 I like your last name 😁
The sweetest video ever.
Thanks for being a genuine landscaper, showing n g your mistakes and sucesses
This is awesome! I kept seeing these fire pit rings around Pinterest and was wondering how much time/effort it would actually take to make something like this. Super helpful vid!
💙💙💙💙 keep up the good work. I love how you tell your mistakes for others!
Thank you! The mistakes are definitely part of the story! :)
I love your sense of humor and inspiration!!!
I had the same issues with my "lawn". I dug it all up & planted white clover. Soft on the feet, easy on water consumption, easily maintained. I love it.
great seeing a strong woman do these projects! thanks for the motivation!
I'm stinking inspired by you! I do a lot on my own too and ive been scratching my head on what to do about my fire pit area.
Nice job! Thank you for mentioning the difficulties you had and thought of throughout the project; that always helps. Enjoy!
I am seriously impressed.
2:48 You used the right shovel from my experience! Square shovels are great but they struggle to cut roots when trenching and your edge doesn't have to be perfect if you give yourself space so its a worthy compromise
Just a tip for future references use a compactor machine to pack down/even the dirt out before you place the pavers
Nice. You do all of that & the husband is drinking beers with friends. Way to go.
I learned a lot from this video. It was the primary source for my firepit area. Thank you for the post!
You go girl! Strong work!! Looks Amazing!!!💗
Great work! More importantly good job having the tenacity to take on the project yourself.
Well done! Thank you for sharing the good, the bad and the ugly!
You remind me of my mother, in the sense that you love crafting and you love learning. You're admirable
I prefer to do the home projects alone too! Better for the marriage lol
Omg, hilarious!!! Lol
And for the mind.
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Omg, haha, I agree!! I love doing projects myself, then get frustrated when I see I'm gonna need help🤣 My husband already knows not to even ask if I need help though.
I thought it was just me! 😂🤣
You're such an inspiration for a newbie DIYer like me:) Thank you so much for such a great tutorial. It looks beautiful!
That looks awesome! I like that you take us through your journey through stages instead of just waiting until the entire backyard is finished. After all...that’s how most of us have to do unless you have an unlimited budget
Great vid! And, “instead of being insulted, I agreed with her” is a great line 😂😂
Hoping to do this for my parents they just bought a new home. They searched for one with a fire pit already built but weren’t lucky haha but I plan to build this for them once they get settled in.❤️
I love this! You've done a wonderful job! That's some hard work too. Your outdoor area looks very inviting 💜
Thank you so much for including so much detail and all your flubs. I'm sure you saved everyone a ton of backbreaking extra work with this video. Well done!
Oh I love this backyard... Definitely my inspo this summer
I really appreciate you sharing tips on what not to do too.
You're welcome!!
Good Video, but there's a couple of things to remember. first when laying any type of tarp or weed cover make sure you pin it to the ground to prevent you from moving it. second its usually a good idea to lay sand down before laying the stone. third which is probably the most important is to level everything out.
she said that she felt that the stones were sitting well
@@real_smilegamez it does not matter. first couple rains and there all gonna be messed up.
I love the blue patio set!
Doing this now. At 1 minute in my mind is blown by you using the weed eater to mark your lines. Brilliant. Wish I saw this 2 days ago.
gotta give you props for this. looks great! hard work pays off
Great job! I hope you are enjoying your hard work!!
Amen to still completing the job despite not having the right tools. You did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous backyard enjoyed in the best of health and congratulations to your mother blessings to her retirement 🙏🏽 ‼️
Serena, this video was well worth the wait!! awesome job. Im having a circular gravel patio installed in my backyard as well but I am hiring contractors.😘 I could never do the hard work that you do. You are a rock star👍😘💖
Yes, hire it out!!! Trust me--next major dig out like that, I'm hiring young strapping males!
Good gravy, that looks fantastic! I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into that project. As usual, you rock!
It took a lot of effort! It was overwhelming at first!
Thanks for the video it inspired me and my GF to get moving on our yard thanks again
I admire your ingenuity. This looks great!
I enjoyed watching this video. What caught my interest were the mistakes that you made. That is common to everyone. I give people credit when they make them. Take your ego out of the job and do the best you can. Nice going.
Thank you, Paul! Yep, mistakes included! I will never pretend to get it right the first time! HA! That's sooo not how DIY projects ever go. :)
-Mistakes are a by product of success (Me)
-If you never made a mistake, you've never made f-all (Anon)
-Just a happy accident (Bob)
These are all successfull explanations of f-ups!
Great project! Try soaking the ground two days before. It helps with the cultivating and digging.saves a ton of time. Great work!
Thanks for keeping it real, mistakes and all! 😊
This is exactly what we had in mind. This is very helpful.
Wow this is amazing.😍
Loved how it turned out!! The planters near the walkway really elevated the look as well! I couldn’t help but notice those wires hanging on the back wall haha you could even put a bamboo screen to cover that up. Loved the overall look though!
I knooooowww! I hate those damn wires! They're cable wires, one of which is for Comcast which I no longer have so I need to figure out if I can just cut that one. One of the wires is a string light set. I'm going to be creating something that I can hang lights on so those will be going. Believe me, I despise those wires. Lol
Thrift Diving cant wait to see the outcome!!
Great job! Really awesome that you did it alone. It’s obviously not perfect but not is life. Looks so much better from what you had prior!!!
Wow!!!! That looks amazing GIRL
POWER 🥰🙏🏻 enjoy it for many years to come. Thank you for sharing
I think it's beautiful and a big improvement. However, consider adding MORE peagravel in the walkway. Make it level with your concrete patio. It will help secure the edger stones in tighter too.
Nancy Archibald exactly what I thought. If she didn't level she at least needed to secure them with way more gravel
Doesn't the polythene sheet prevent rain water from draining.
Great work! I really enjoyed watching this!
I’m so doing this to my yard! Thank you so much! Exactly the kind of video I was looking for!
Hard work. Absolutely beautiful.
An outside rug being dirty who knew smh. You did a great job don't worry about people.
Love that she took the criticism and turned it into something beautiful 🥰 i love that outdoor seating transformation
So gorgeous! Get it girl. I’m so inspired to take on a project all by myself.
Thanks for your honesty and sharing this experience! It looks fantastic!!
Wow, I do this stuff for a living, and I'd say you did a darn good job....
You did an amazing job... it looks fantastic! Now, it was hard work but it does look like you paid a professional to come in and do it for you.... if I had more than two thumbs- I will put them all up😜👍👍
the ground looks SUPER hard! Good work, I think that was why it was so difficult, that shovel barely even went in the dirt!
Love the fact that you talk about the mistakes. They actually teach more than you doing it right all along. Nice project. Cheers from Costa Rica.