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If you're looking for a way to enjoy the outdoors and have a cozy fire going, then building a fire pit is the perfect solution. However, if you aren't sure what to put at the bottom of your fire pit, there are plenty of options!

DIY - little rock pit for your fire pit. Put a plastic garbage bag over the grass, line the paving rock around it, fill the middle first with play sand, place the firepit in the sand, then cover the sand with marble chips. Make sure you are able to cover the entire bottom with the rocks. Made by my fiancee.

This was a DIY from start to finish, with no prior experience at tackling most of these tasks, and I chronicled each part of the project over the course of several months. Today I thought it would be helpful to share all the steps involved with links to tutorials for each of them, in the […]

Enjoy a crackling wood fire in your own backyard by learning how to build a DIY fire pit.

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Fire pits attract friends and family like moths to a flame. We'll show you how to build a beefy concrete fire pit using Quikrete products and basic tools.