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Charlie Albone and Adam Dovile make a fire pit

Do it yourself with our step-by-step instructions. - by Charlie Albone
  • 11 Dec 2020

With winter now in full swing, one of the best ways to keep enjoying the great outdoors is by adding a fire pit to your backyard. This week, Charlie and Adam are showing you how, no matter the size of your yard. They’re creating a cracker outdoor fire pit area, complete with DIY seating and loads of lighting, to keep you entertaining outdoors all year long.

WATCH: Charlie and Adam's outdoor fire pit

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Backyard with path and shed

Before: Bare and boring

This backyard was pretty bare with an under-utilised lawn, a few mature trees and plants, and a stone path to a garden shed. A fire pit was sitting on concrete pavers in the middle of the lawn.

Backyard firepit with bench seats

After: A cosy outdoor nook for entertaining

Photography Sue Ferris

Backyard fire pit

Instead of just plonking your fire pit on the grass and calling it done, why not create a landscaped area with the fire pit as the centrepiece? A curved designer bench provides plenty of seating.

Garden shed with bar
Photography Sue Ferris

Backyard bar

Bring the party to your fire pit with a garden shed conversion. Turn the window into a servery complete with pull-down bar. No window? Cut a hole in the wall and install a simple timber frame - it's easier than you think! 

Garden bed with edging
Photography Sue Ferris

Create garden beds

Use landscaping steel to create straight and curved beds, it develops a decorative rust effect (without corroding or flaking) to give you that weathered effect. Plant a mix of succulents, compact shrubs and mounding native grasses to give your bed texture, movement and depth.  

Fire pit with bench seating
Photography Sue Ferris

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For more craft projects, pick up a copy of the latest issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in selected newsagents and supermarkets or buy online today!

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Charlie Albone
Charlie Albone
Charlie has worked internationally and in Australia for the past 17 years, designing and building gardens that are timeless, inspiring and enjoyable to spend time in. In 2015 and 2016, he was awarded two Silver gilt medals for his own gardens at the world’s most prestigious flower show The Chelsea Flower Show.

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