A Simple Family DIY Campfire Area
Every year around this time we usually pick a few things we want to do with the exterior of our property. This year we decided to put in a few raised vegetable boxes and focus on finishing the area around our firepit. When the weather is warm, we love to spend majority of our time together outside.. and a lot of the time summer nights spent by the campfire with our neighbourhood friends is always a fun time!
During this time of social distancing due to the pandemic, it’s been a good opportunity for us to focus on a few small outdoor and budget friendly projects that we can involve the kids with.
Rona has been our go-to store for all our DIY necessities. Rona is offering Contactless Curb-Side Pick Up in-which I call in our order by sharing the online SKU number of the product of interest,I then pay via credit card and I receive a phone call within a few days stating that our order is ready. Once we drove to our nearest Rona, our order was waiting for pick-up in the store parking lot. It’s been a convenient service while still supporting our local store. I also want to mention that if the store does not carry the product at their store front location, you can order online for delivery, within 5-10 days our second order arrived at our doorstep (which was also contactless!).
So what materials did we order from Rona??
I did a little bit of research on what type of firepit style I wanted to achieve. From there I watched a few DIY YouTube videos which gave me lots of confidence that it was something the kids and I could DIY together.
For the fire pit, we ordered the Pleasant Hearth Fire Ring which is an insert for your firepit that also helps contain the fire. I also love the classic minimal appearance of the black steel hearth that tends to blend graciously with the rest of our backyard and house finishes.
Next up we used 36 of the Decor Precast Garden Wall Stones to build around the surrounding of the hearth fire ring. I love these stones because they have a rough organic stone like feel, dark grey blended hues and are suitable for making straight, concave, or curved surfaces. The boys loved helping me arrange them around the hearth ring!
The last little project that I was pleasantly surprised with is the Pine Picnic Table that we ordered online for only $104 (+tax). It probably sounds weird that we went with an outdoor picnic table, but the kids and neighbour kids LOVE making s’mores around the campfire. I love that the 6ft picnic table doesn’t take up a large amount of space— while offering seating and a surface to place food and drinks, especially with having kids around the fire. It’s totally the gathering place next to the fire itself!
I wanted to give this picnic table a little customized look, something that fitted into our exterior aesthetic, so I decided to stain the picnic table with a Wood Exterior Stain by SICO. Since I knew I wanted the stain a solid finish in a black hue, I didn’t need to look at any paint samples prior. The boys were really into helping me paint the picnic table. We started painting it outside but it ended up being too windy and a little too cool so we moved the picnic table into the garage with a heater and went to town with the paint brushes. We did a total of two coats and by the next day we were sitting at the picnic table and enjoying a some delicious s’mores by the campfire!
This blog post is sponsored by Rona but all opinions are my own.
