This weekend I arrived at the house late Saturday after a week of work done by a contractor. I’ll post about that separately, there’s a lot to it. And, this was the first time in a long time that completed projects actually LOOK like something! Basically the entire rear of the house has a new foundation and the new bedroom has been completely framed in. I can’t wait to tell you more about that, but it’s long, so first…
One thing I discovered when I got back to the house was the pile of bluestone seen here. All of this was pulled from under the back of the house – it was part of the previous foundation. While it was fairly sturdy, it was definitely not up to code, had sunk about 3/4″ causing the floor to slant, and it wasn’t “closed” so both water and critters could get into the crawl space quite easily. So all of this was hauled out from under the house. I decided that with so much functional progress, I could take this weekend to do a little beautification work, so I decided to make a bluestone path with these stones. If I’m going to keep the shed clean (for now) having a path will help assure that I’m not walking in mud all the time and tracking it into the shed.
The path runs from the house to the shed along the same path as the electrical conduit, adding another layer of protection that no one will dig there. It then runs from the shed to the street as the shed will mostly be accessed from the street. And, well, it looks good this way! Plus, as seen here, there’s a slope to the shed and the path allowed me to make some “steps” to soften the slope. The result, seen below, isn’t a perfect path, but it’s a start and I’ll either plant some clover or pour pea gravel around the stones in the future, making the path very clean and visually appealing. Besides, it also gave my “partner” somewhere to lay down on the job where she can be nicely framed for the photo!
Nice!!