August 3, 2009

Exhaustion Equals Photo Post

I've been completely exhausted after spending almost the entire weekend and all last week working on the patio. Fortunately, we had some good help from my in-laws and also from some awesome neighbors who showed up with gloves on to work in the rain with us on Friday. I hadn't even promised them beer or anything, although I have told them they can be our first guests on the new patio. Let me just tell you that it was a lot more fun to play the role of director than having to lift rocks that weighed way more than I do.

Today I spent the entire day working on the planter that is in the interior of the patio. I'm too tired to be funny or to write much of anything. Plus, I have to catch up on The Next Food Network finale and the new Design Star episodes (if I can stay awake), so consider this a photo essay.

Enjoy.

The rock garden walkway. . .

The patio entrance. . .

The patio. . . (ignore the graffiti-like Bilco door. The painters still owe us some work.)

The planter I worked on all day long is in this picture, to the right. . .

I can't even tell you how happy I am that it is finished. From concept to creation, we did much of it ourselves (with help from some awesome hardscapers to dig out the foundation, grade, level and build us our step).

Now I just need some very on sale tiki torches.

As requested below. . .