New Brick Shed Approach

When Jeff originally built the approach to the shed, he used leftovers from the deck.  It was the cutest mini-deck and it matched the deck so nicely.  However, because it was built on a sloping yard, it was prone to be wet and water-logged after heavy rains and winter snow thaws.  So it rotted over the years.  We tore it out and replaced it with bricks. 

Jeff was really hoping I would pick some nice big bricks so that there weren't many to install. I didn't do that.  Instead, we had to put four bricks in three different sizes together to make a pattern. It wasn't terribly complicated, but it was putzy.  And as always, he had to install them perfectly which made the project take even longer.  He started the work on Sunday late in the morning and by supper time he had almost all of it done. On Monday, he finished the last two sets of four, then filled the cracks in with sand and watered it down, as required.

I was instantly inspired to finish my chair planter I found on Pinterest. I painted the chair red, dug an old hanging basket out of the shed, and attached it to where the seat used to be. With the addition of a coconut liner and some potting soil and a few annuals, it is done and looks perfectly perched on the new brick shed approach.