Backyard oasis with fire pit and pergola

[sharnpaterson]

Transformed our backyard into a tropical oasis. Included a fire pit area and an open pergola with swing. And round stepping stones leading up to both. Brick edging done around fire pit area and crazy paved pergola area. And made a fake plant panel feature wall from Bunnings. 

Materials

Round stepping stones

Bricks

Mortar

Fake Green plant panels from Bunnings 

Tiles

Blueboard 

Render

Paint

Plants

FC joint compound

Posts

90x45 timber

140x45 timber

Tile glue

Tile grout

Stones

Screws

Concrete 

Tools

Makita drop saw

Makita power saw

Makita impact driver

Makita drill

Tape

Pencil

Nail gun

Trowel

Steps

Step 1

 

Made the seat out of timber framing and blueboard

Step 2

Rendered and painted bench seat.

 

Step 3

Added brick edging and wide joint mortar in between. Then added plants behind bench seat and white stones on the ground inside brick edging. 

 

 

Step 4

 

Then created the green plant panel wall from Bunnings. And built pergola over the top of an old shed concrete slab

Included a before photo. 

Step 5

 

 

 

 

I got some cheap outdoor tiles and smashed them all up into pieces and glued them to the slab to create a crazy pave area - then grouted and sealed. 

Step 6

Added a bench swing from Costco and added some pot plants. Then added round stepping stones in 2 sizes from Bunnings to make a pathway leading up to the area.

[JacobZ]

Hi @sharnpaterson,

Wow!

What a beautiful outdoor oasis you've created. 

I can see many wonderful times spent with friends and family lounging around the fire or relaxing on your swing seat.

Hard work and a bit of vision have paid off with a brilliant result.

Thank you for sharing.

Jacob

[Jason]

What a wonderful outdoor entertaining space you have created @sharnpaterson. Well done and thanks so much for sharing. I'm sure it will inspire many other Bunnings Workshop community members.

Jason