Outdoor Summer Patio Tour
Hello friends! Warmer weather is here and I LOVE it! I hope you enjoy this outdoor summer patio tour that features our pea gravel patio and our brand new DIY concrete table!
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It’s officially SUMMER!!!!
For us, that means Daddy is done with school (he’s a paraprofessional) and our schedules are (a tiny bit) more relaxed.
Longer days and later nights spent around the bonfire. Enjoying sunsets at the break wall. No more 7:30 bedtime. Ice cream for dinner.
Okay, maybe that last one is a stretch haha. But SUMMER! I love you. It’s my favorite time of year, and today I thought I would share a space that we love to use in a summer patio tour!
This DIY pea gravel patio has been a work in progress over the last five years. It started out small and got larger over time, we’ve added a rock border, planted perennials and even made our own DIY patio table.
My brother in law helped me build the bottom of our patio table with some treated 4×4’s that someone gave to us, but the top was made out of regular wood that has warped over time.
Well, this spring my husband came up with the amazing idea to create a concrete tabletop! He did such a good job, and I love the way it turned out.
It was quite the project, and if you want to see more of the steps you can watch the YouTube video above!
It’s not perfectly smooth, and has sort of a rustic feel. But I really love it and I think it looks so perfect on our cottage inspired patio. The concrete and wood go so well together!
In order to create a more comfortable patio space, I picked out a few beautiful things from The Company Store! The first items I would like to share are the seating choices. We already had this set of patio chairs, but chose these cushions to make them even more comfortable.
I recently shared these wicker chairs in our dining room and have our old ones displayed outside now by our back door. These cushions fit them perfectly and I love having them in this space!
The beautiful table runner, tea towels, and placemats are also from The Company Store, and I love how much they soften the space and make it even more inviting.
For the place settings, I used glassware I already had on hand as well as my grandfathers beautiful bowls. I used a glass pitcher for water, a galvanized metal watering can and a basket to hold flowers. I love the different textures together in the space!
Well friends, I hope you enjoyed this outdoor summer patio tour! Be sure to watch the YouTube video as well for more details on the DIY concrete table, and you can read all about our DIY pea gravel patio here. Do you have an outdoor space that you love? I would love to hear about it in the comments below!
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I love the concrete table top! Your husband did a great job on it. Your entire patio area looks so inviting.
Excellent! I have a question. How do you keep weeds from coming up through the gravel? A girlfriend did a similar patio and the landscapers put some sort of black cloth down before the gravel but 2 years later weeds are popping through. She has little children so she doesn’t want to use a weed killer and vinegar didn’t do the job.
It looks beautiful! Very inspiring.
Thank you so much!
Really pretty Andrea – so peaceful and inviting! You both did such a lovely job with this space!