{"id":32336,"date":"2020-10-31T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T07:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=32336"},"modified":"2020-10-31T00:03:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T07:03:32","slug":"our-new-patio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/our-new-patio\/","title":{"rendered":"Our New Patio — We’ve Added a Another Room to Our House. Sheltering at Home Week 33"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our new patio with pre-cut, true blue Connecticut blue stone — and some debris blown in by last week’s California windstorms. A wide planting bed under the window was eliminated, expanding the patio. That messy bracken in the garden has got to go. But what to put in its place? Photos by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We thought we were just replacing some sandstone in our front yard. Little did we know, our new patio would add an entirely new room to our house.<\/p>\n

Our cramped and rickety old patio had never been usable. An oversized planting bed took up valuable space. The flagstones had been sinking and shifting\u00a0 since we moved into our house 42 years ago — a safety hazard and an eyesore.\u00a0 The old Arizona sandstone was discolored by black mold in the shade and an ice cream spill by the front door.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Blue Stone<\/strong><\/h5>\n

But now the patio has been redone with beautiful Connecticut blue stone (the true blue type) set on a sturdy concrete base. A too-shady planting bed has been eliminated, and the patio is now big enough and smooth enough for a no-wobble dining set.<\/p>\n

Thanks (thanks?) to the pandemic, we’ll probably be doing all of our entertaining outdoors well into 2021. And now we have two very different places to seat our guests:<\/p>\n