I like doing Home Improvement projects in my spare time. I find the manual labor to be satisfying, especially during stressful coding stretches. I’m on a project that just launched a revamped eCommerce project and there was some stress, and of course, an accompanying Home Improvement project.
The area on the side of my house that holds my garbage cans and recycling bins is very shady, so shady that nothing grows over there. I kept it covered in mulch in the past, since that has a nicer look than just pure North Carolina clay, you know what I mean?
Last winter, I cooked up a plan to make a fieldstone pathway/patio for that side of the house and I just completed it.
Here is a before shot, taken after I dug out most of the pathway. :
Here is an after shot, taken after finished setting the fieldstones and completing the edging:
Like most Home Improvement projects I do, I got a nice excuse to buy some tools (Rubber Mallet, Mason’s Chisel). I bet I could do the next similar project a faster and better but the important thing is the side yard area is much improved and I had a good time getting this project done.