Weekending...the start of our backyard Oasis

Hi There! Remember me, I used to blog here at this little space.

I'm back for a little backyard updated.

Scott and I have been working so hard on our house since we bought it back in November and I can hardly believe that we've already been here 8 months.

I've been really bad about sharing our progress around here, but I fully intend to do so at some point.

This past weekend we finished our back yard patio, complete with gazebo, fountain and candle chandelier.

Scott and I (mostly Scott) decided that we'd do all of our backyard improvements ourselves. He really enjoys gardening and working in the yard and for the most part I do too.  It's nice to look in your yard and feel proud that you did the work yourselves. 

We have a decent size yard and it was already separated by some concrete pathways that we figured we'd leave for now because bringing in a jack hammer just isn't something we want to do right now. The previous owner had a garden at the back part of the yard where we wanted to have a patio. As we looked at youtube videos we decided we could lay a pavers patio ourselves. Little did we know that leveling our sloping backyard would be nothing short of a nightmare. We spent hours moving dirt around and trying to get the slope out of the pad area and at the same time making sure it was completely level. Rough to say the least, but all of our hard work paid off because our little backyard oasis is coming along. 

This is what our yard looked like, shortly after moving in. Over grown "garden" area.

After we de-weeded

After we laid the pavers

After we built the retaining wall

After we built the gazebo and placed the fountain

Scott surprised me with the fountain after we finished he gazebo

If anyone needs any pointers on building a pavers patio, we are your people. 

Hope you enjoyed our little backyard update.