Patio Makeover Reveal

Good morning, y’all!!

I cannot believe it is almost August.

Except I can believe it because all summer we have been working on this ~~little~~ huge project.

You see, when we started, we thought this little space beside our deck was, in fact, small.

Turns out the moment Russ laid the first ten bricks we realized exactly how big it was.

If you remember, we had a chimney separating our kitchen from our dining room and when the crew that helped renovate our house knocked it down, they saved the bricks for us!

Never knowing a patio could fill this space, we contemplated selling the bricks (and even let a few people come look at them) until one day it hit us, why not make this small space into a patio!?! It seemed like a GREAT idea! And we are so in love! And so glad we kept the bricks. But man, it’s been a HOT summer! My poor husband worked day and night to get this finished. He laid the brick, built the table, built the fire pit, built the bench at the table, built the anchor sign, planted a few bushes. He.did.it.all.

And I could not be more proud!

And more excited for this gem of a space!

So, come on in to our little patio!

(Of course, I will have a separate post to tell you all about each detail but today, I wanted you to see it like we see it. The potential, the endless days and nights and the potential to just be.)

You know my vision for this home has always been a space that is welcoming. We want our doors to be open and dreams to be shared. We want the garden gate swinging as neighbors come in and out. We want you to come over uninvited and just sit a spell. Because it is what I imagined when we moved into this yellow house.

I imagine women around this table late at night laughing (and that happened last night!).

I imagine families and children hanging out until it’s dark making s’mores.

I imagine our own family dinners watching the kids run and build blocks and drive their cars.

I imagine mornings out here for our quiet time.

I imagine those perfect fall evenings curled up with these perfect Lakeside pillows from hayneedle.com hitting that perfect spot to just relax.

I imagine birds coming as we hang birdhouses in the trees that hang over just right.

I imagine the boys and their new little watering cans helping me keep these plants alive because I want these beautiful Cape Maye planters from hayneedle.com to be overflowing with green.

I imagine just Russ and me sitting out here under the twinkling lights talking, laughing, having our own little date night as the kids drift off to sleep inside.