Backyard

Bryan and I have been waiting to work on our sad backyard for 2 summers now. Finally we get the opportunity. Funny how a small remodel/update turns into a full blown overhaul! We wanted to make a tiered yard so Dawson had a place to play when he gets big enough. It has now turned into adding an outdoor living space, enclosing our present patio and adding many landscaping features, including a waterfall! Crazy!

Here are a few "Before" pictures. We didn't get too many of these.

View from the back door.

This will be the new patio.

Will be 2 levels. A grass level to play on and then a bottom level for the patio and dog run.

Then this is the first stage of the process. My brother-in-law, Mark, brought his excavator in and started tearing it all up and leveling the upper shelf while moving dirt around the bottom. Then he brought in a dump truck full of gravel and started laying that out as well. After the excavator left, Bryan had to add a drainage system and start the sprinklers to the upper level.

Mark tearing stuff up.

Leveling the dirt.

Dumping the gravel from the dump truck parked in teh neighbors driveway.

We are now starting the 3-4 foot high retaining wall that will be done by Friday. Then on Saturday we start the paver patio on the bottom level to replace the existing patio that Bryan has big plans for! It is going to be a lot of work, but it will all be worth it! Keep checking for more updates on this

Top level and bottom level.