Twas the Day Before Christmas

The workers decided to come back to wrap things up before Christmas. They finished the walls, cleaned up all their stuff and installed the lighting. At this point most of the patio is complete, they just have some grout work on the walls and then need to fill in between the stones in the patio. They also plan to do some landscaping around the patio - when this happens will depend on how the weather is over the next few weeks/months. Therefore the frequency of these posts may significantly slow down.

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all ! ! !

The finishing touches on the main wall - covered to protect from the elements on Wednesday evening


You can see the orange spray paint marking the location of the landscaping bed that will go behind this wall


Main patio area


Firepit area. You can also (barely) make out the orange spray paint around this tree marking another landscaping bed area.

They leveled out the ground on the side of the house so it slopes away from the house rather than towards the basement.

Another view of the fireplace area

Behind the wall of the fireplace area

Lighting was installed on Thursday in the main wall

Lights were also installed in the beds around the main patio area. The black box to the right of the door will control the lights

Lights installed on the posts near the firepit and also in the beds along the house

Firepit area from the other side