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Apr 1st, 2007 at 01:32 PM
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I have an area in front of a sunroom that just gets drenched when it rains - I am going to have to dig up my flowers I have been trying to grow there the last few years and install a patio instead, which is fine with me, but there are so many different styles of patio pavers - anyone have any favorites? It will be large enough for a bbq grill, maybe a firepit (a raised one) and a few chairs and bench.
PattyM
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Ballard Beaver!
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Is it going to be covered at all? I would love to be able to have a padio. What do the chairs and bench look like? I'm trying to come up with some ideas but I need more visuals.
Plant smiles, grow giggles, harvest love.
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No, it won't be covered. I'll run out and take a picture - Be back in a bit!
PattyM
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Don't look at the messy yard - it snowed again today - itching for things to dry up! Patio will be from the sunroom to the deck - will have to take out that sad looking flagstone path to the steps.
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I think cobblestone would look good. Or brick in the laid out in the same pattern as your roof. Or you could put a circular design where the furniture will be and with concrete bricks or cobblestone for the rest, with some potted plants dashed around. Just some ideas of what I would like to do, if it were my house. Hope this helps. Can't wait to hear what you decide and what the finished project will look like.
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I was thinking of a circular design also - since our house is 'round'. I love the cobblestone too - different from bricks and would match the stone edge I think. I can't wait for spring/summer! It's only suppose to be in the 20s again this week and snow AGAIN!
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very cool house....i love the rocks! the cobblestone is my first thought too! STILL SNOW????????? i would just die if we had snow here, as far as i am concerned, it is spring all the way!
OUR HOME NEEDS OUR GNOME!
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oh yeah, the first thought about your house was it looks like a hobbit house! i really like all the curves!
OUR HOME NEEDS OUR GNOME!
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Apr 2nd, 2007 at 05:11 AM
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We are in a winter warning right now through tomorrow, 5-9 inches of snow expected. AHHHHH!!!! If you look closely in the patio door window - you can see my bigger plants that have outgrown my 'gardenhouse' in the basement furnace room waiting for spring!
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I love the idea of pavers but alas where I live the frost works the ground too much so we have to use slabs of poured concrete.
I love the look of small pavers, I think cobblestone is a great idea as well. Keep us posted with a pic or two.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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