If you've been following along, you'll see we began with a pergola and deck. Once we finished that, we built a boardwalk out to what would become our beach-inspired fire pit area. We added wicker furniture, hammocks, Adirondack chairs and umbrellas to the appropriate spaces, then lighting and tiki torches. Next up is beautifying it with trees, shrubs, flowers and a water feature!

After renting a sod cutter from Home Depot, Hubs dug it up and outlined it with wood timbers.