One day, a few years ago, my Main Man decided we should have a fire pit. So he dug a circle about 3 ft across and went off to get cheap bricks to put around it.
Which was great.
Until he decided it wasn't and made it bigger.
Know what happens when you have a big fire pit? You have a giant fire. Not a fun little 'roast a few marshmallows' fire. A roaring fire. Of course you don't have to. But give men a pile of wood and it will happen. I promise.
We didn't use it at all last year, and I wasn't about to let that happen again. I've been reading The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster and she throws wonderful parties! A S'Mores party it is!
Except our fire pit looked a little run down. What did I do at temperatures were soaring into the 80's at noon? I tore every brick out. Then off to Lowe's I went. But not without a little Pinspiration!
I got nothing like any of those. Although I really like the last one, but it would have meant a lot more work because ours was already started, and not like that.
An almost finished product:
I didn't do the bricks on the bottom with much care because A) that was all we had from a different project and B) I wasn't sure how I felt about the idea.
Wanna know a secret? It's a planter box! After doing the math, they were cheaper and easier. $18 for the 4 long pieces and 4 connectors. I did a layer of bricks underneath because they were cheaper and hidden. That big circle is size of the old one. Huge, right! I need one more bag of stone. Think about how easy it will be to mow around too!
In all, it took less than 2 hours. To tear apart the old one, go get the bricks, put it together and add the stones.
It was money well spent. We had a great night with great family and friends. I can't wait to spend my fall in my back yard.
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