DIY Homemade Fire Pit thanks to #Pinterest

When we moved to our home last November there were a few things I really wanted outside that I wasn't able to have when we lived in town - a garden, clothes line, and a real fire pit. I've gotten the garden and when it comes to the fire pit, I didn't want just one that was in a bowl that we could roll around. Being that I absolutely love Pinterest and have gotten a lot of inspiration from it, I talked my husband into making this lovely fire pit with modifications for me. Here's a few of our pictures and how we made it.

First off Menards has these stones on sale right now for .89 cents each and there are several different colors to choose from. We already have this color around our home so it matched perfectly. We already had the bowl from our old fire pit, so my husband took the bolts out and after a few adjustments, locked perfectly into the stones. If you look at instructions for different pits everyone does it differently. We just found a level spot, killed the grass around (which has yet to die in the photo's) and built it. It looks fabulous and for $27 you can't get any better than this!

 Lay out material and place first layer of stone. You are going to want to make the base bigger than the top of the fire pit will be because they will go up to form a smaller hole.

 Husband staggering the second layer of stone.

 Second layer completely finished. We started out with a bigger base and each layer when it just a bit.

 

 Completely finished! Just waiting for the bowl.

 

 

 The finished fire pit with the bowl inserted, it fits snug and doesn't move around but can be removed for dumping, etc.

My babies loving the new fire pit! Please feel free to pin and share with your friends through the Pinterest button below! Enjoy. :)