Outdoor Entertaining

Something that has been on my wishlist for a while is an outdoor entertaining area off the deck. A barbecue and fire pit with outdoor seating... surrounded by insect repelling plants.

I have visions of outdoor dining & drinking, sitting around a fire, while someone plays a guitar... everyone just enjoying the good life. I don't play the guitar myself, but we will get to that issue later, for now we have started our little project.

Before:

Adding some timber:

We sprayed weed killer, then laid weed mat, and covered with crushed lime for a raised solid area:

I'll add an update pic soon... we've planted, but we still need to add barbecue, fire pit, steeping stones, seats and top layer of blue gravel to finish it off.