I love easy math!We tied a bit of twine to the center dowel stake, and the measured 60″ from the stake and tied a knot in the string. I loved seeing Ohene helping out. It is small, it is chic and it resembles a kit assembled fire pit. What memories you two will have. Check the contents of your kit to see if additional materials are needed before assembling. I’m going to make this a priority to do!Love to see the outcome of your projects. ).Sometimes projects are just like that, aren’t they? Customize a steel diy fire pit that will showcase your personal passion. With this large a project, it was not noticeable. The lid and fire ring and the fire bowl were not constructed, but rather purchased, but that still doesn’t take away the DIY angle of the pit. They are incredibly easy to make and are the perfect way to utilize your backyard space. Some people say they don’t think crushed gravel is good to use inside of the fire pit because it makes it hard to clean, but I haven’t found it problematic to clean out.
They have 3 acres of land and I absolutely love how they made their fire pit! i missed out on getting one that was on “clearance” last year. It really creates that picture I had in my mind.And having the fire ring completely surrounded by benches, except for the one opening area, will make it safer to have kids running around when we have a fire going. I used a shovel along the edges to mark the grass where the stones would be sitting.Then I moved them out of the way and started digging a little deeper to define that DIY fire pit circle location where the fire pit will site. Even though we admire all those expensive homes on Pinterest, we are working with a much more moderate budget. Sounded like they really didn’t know, either.So to be safe, I decided to move my DIY fire pit back another 5 feet so that it was 20 feet from the edge of my patio. If it is not facing right, pull them out and start over now (believe it is much better than waiting to restate the whole things after you finish).Once these first two stakes are oriented right, it is just a matter of repeating the triangle with the string and the measuring tape to make sure they meet at the 60″ mark. Instead, I decided to use them as low planters!I could have stacked them a little higher but knowing my children, they would have stood on them if they were any taller (that’s just how boys are). Also, we added a good amount of adhesive on top of the first row of blocks as well as between them. Moreover, it is quite cheap to make. But the entire ring was set into the ground about 2 inches. Then it will be time to break out the mallows and enjoy some free time.We are always very conscious of costs and budget when we create our DIYs. I Love All Your Ideas. If not, we used the flat headed shovel to carefully scrape off the ground until it was.Then we placed a cinder block cap on it’s side next to it so the long side was up against the twine and the top was flush with the top of the cinder block. Plus, if we ever sell our house, I won’t have to worry about moving it when a home inspector comes through looking for any infraction!I laid out the first layer of the bricks at the 20-feet mark, adding the ring so that I knew exactly where I would be placing it in the yard.You can make a DIY fire pit out of random bricks or stones, but you can also Usually, fire pit seating areas have a path that leads “to” and “from.” Not always, unless you’re just creating a circle fire pit seating around the fire pit. I measured back from the stakes 24″ and marked the ground with spray paint. So glad you like it!
The area inside the bases is going to be used as storage (more to come with the next post about the bench tops). So we needed to measure 60″ out from our center point to each corner. I’m going to light it up again this weekend.