Creating a new backyard, brick by brick

After watching tons and tons of DIY Network and HGTV the past few weeks, Josh and I have decided to re-do our backyard. Of course having a tornado go through our yard has also motivated us as well. We'll be doing the backyard in sections, but I think after we're through it's going to look great!

The first phase will be a large paved area on the right when you come down the steps with a fire pit area and seating for guests.

Once it starts to getting cooler here, we'll start working away! I can't wait, our yard desperately needs a make-over. I'd LOVE if we could get crashed by one of DIY's Yard Crashers, but that's just wishful thinking. For now, it'll just be us - it's always fun to learn a new skill, right?!

Here are some of the different ideas we have for fire pits and paved ares for our backyard, hopefully we can make some magic happen!

Underground fire pit

Paved area with fire pit

My FAVORITES with the seating around