Our DIY Paver Patio with New Decor

Hi there! We've been busy making stuff happen over here at the 1922 Blue Bungalow!

So we've been here for only a short time, but it was important to us to have a space outside to hang out.  This patio happened very unexpectedly.  My honey was perusing through FB Market Place one evening and came upon these patio pavers for $1 each!  We couldn't resist it because pavers are expensive yall!

We built our patio all in one days time.  That includes us driving all the way to sellers house, digging the pavers out of the ground, loading them into our trailer and then driving back home to unload and place into a patio that looks like this! Whew!

This is how it looked just outside our sun room.  Lots of sand that is annoying to walk on and patchy grass.

 My honey used a rake and a hoe to remove all the grass he could before we started.  Then we leveled the ground out the best we could using a long 2 x 4 to smooth everything out level.

Then, we made use of lots of our moving boxes.  We laid them down to help keep the grass from growing up through the pavers.  That's one good use for moving boxes if you ask me!

We started on the far left hand side and stayed even with the little step out of the sun room.  We slowly, but sure, moved to the right filling in our space.

We had 168 pavers and still have lots left over.  We also made a side walk up the side of the house to the gate.  After we had all the pavers down, we used sand from our yard to fill in all the cracks.

Lastly we sprinkled the entire patio with water to settle the sand into all the cracks to see if we needed to add more.

We got the patio table and chairs from the same people for $100.

Next I added a few flowers to the little rock garden under the windows.

I used my honey's old fertilizer spreader to hold a few flowers and a sweet potato plant.  So cute!

To add color and make our new patio cozy, I got this beautiful red 9 foot market umbrella with push button tilt and crank (cover included) from Abba Patio.  You can use my code DEE for 10% of your entire purchase site wide.

I also added some pretty chair cushions that I found on clearance at Home Depot for $17.00 each.  They are regularly $34.98.  Bargain!

21.5 in. x 24 in. Chili Medallion Outdoor High Back Dining Chair Cushion by Hampton Bay

A game of Scrabble anyone?  We found this vintage Scrabble game at a yard sale for $1.  I love using it for my decor.  The adorable metal caddy is from Just Joy Shop.  They have lots of cute things!

We like to have breakfast on the patio on our days off, so of course I have to doll the table up too!  Just a few pretty vintage goodies for a centerpiece.

We sat our BBQ table over to the side of the pavers so we can enjoy yummy grilled suppers out here too!

Do you like to have meals outside?  I especially love sitting out here in the morning sipping my coffee and enjoying all the nature sounds as the sun comes up.

If you loved this idea and want to save it for later, be sure to pin it to your favorite Pinterest board.  I have a Pinterest board set up just for all things related to Patio Decor, its called Patio Beauty and I'm pinning something new every day. Won't you join me?

GREAT NEWS!  I now have an Amazon Storefront!  If you ever want to purchase anything I'm showing you here, you can pop over to my shop and see what I've picked out for you! Click right here to visit.

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!