Garden makeover inspiration to create an ideal outdoor space for summer & Fall garden entertainment. In prior articles, I talked about the pros and cons of wooden and stonegarden benches, and showed you how to make your own eco-friendly fire pit.
This photo shows all all these features combined: stacked stone fire pit with curved benches all around making this a perfect outdoor entertaining space. It feels so great to me that I could not resist sharing with you.
photo credit: www.bhg.com
Our prior articles on garden benches and fire pits might help you with this project. BHG does not provide how-to instructions. However, it looks to me as this project would require the help of a professional landscape designer and carpenter.
If you want to DIY, then, our prior articles on garden benches and fire pits might help you with this project, as could these ‘curved’ DIY firepit benches that: http://ana-white.com/2011/06/weatherly-patio-set-modified. See photo.
Alternatively, you could purchase several curved benches and create the look without you doing any actual carpentry. Consider for example these benches (click image to learn more about each):
from sustainably harvested hardwood, Eucalyptus Grandis.
(4 of these make a full circle)
Consider buying pretty bricks locally and stacking these around a metal fire pit like these:
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