The Jonestead patio is finished, and guess what?! We did it ourselves!!! I dreamed up our patio design for months before we were actually able to start it. This project took two full weekends, but honestly, I'm pretty impressed that we were able to update our backyard so dramatically in just two weekends.
Here's a little sneak peek at our patio...
Now that you've seen a little sneak peek, you have to see the before. It was such a drastic difference, and this DIY paver patio has turned our backyard into usable space and it's beautiful!!
See, I told you!! The before of our backyard is so sad and we were never out here. I wanted to make the most of our small backyard, and so I had a brilliant idea to design and execute our DIY paver and marble gravel patio with mulch beds & porch swings. The porch swings are one of my favorite additions to our home and I'm so excited for Bentley to be able to grow up with porch swings just like I did as a little girl!
Now, I'll walk you through how we turned our boring, basic backyard into our darling paradise. With a little math, muscles, blood, sweat, and tears, you too, can have a DIY paver patio. Let's get started!
First things first, measure your space and measure again! I used Photoshop to plan out our patio down to the inch to make sure everything would look good, but you can also use stakes and string. I ended up using the stakes and string method to help me mark where I needed to dig out the grass. Once you have your stakes and string in place, use a flat shovel and spade shovel to help edge around where the string is. I'm glad I took the time to create a mark in the grass and dirt with the shovel all the way around because as I started to dig out the grass, the grass was already cut in a clean line, which made it easier to have clean edges in the end. I basically just shoved the shovel down about 2 inches all around the string line.
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