Patio Beauties

Maybe it's the slight change in the weather recently, signaling that fall is on it's way (which I am very excited about). Maybe it's the fact that we haven't used our patio nearly as much this year as we would have hoped. Or maybe I'm just in the mood to buy something.....whatever the reason...these are gorgeous.

 

via PureModern (here)

These are crazier and maybe too bright for my taste, but I think they would be fun in the right space.

 

via here

These are the same style, but shaped a bit different. 

via EnviroGadget here

I like these. Clean and simple. I could do without the scalloped edge though.

via Indian Garden Company here

Do you guys decorate your patios? 

That is one "room" in our house that I really neglect with respect to decor.

Any fun ideas?

 

The Back Yard

In 2010 Nate and I did a little bit of heavy lifting on the back yard.  We have a big patio and back yard, but we had these HUGE bushes the took up way too much space.

With a little bit of sweat and muscle, we were left with this:

Yeah, thats right, the bushes (all 4 of them) were planted right into the concrete. Seriously??!!

So then we tried to burn them... didn't work.  Tried an axe.... didn't work.  Right before we were about to head to the local Homies to rent a jackhammer, we tried a little bit more sweat and muscle...and ended up like this:

okay - that is what Nate ended up to look like - our patio looked like this:

(Please ignore the wrinkly outdoor rug)

You can see that we had to fill the bush holes with cement, but it blended in quite nicely.

So - it was a TON of work, the results are soooooo worth it.

Now, cant wait for this summer to enjoy it :)