The way our house is constructed, we have an overhang in front of our patio door which blocks any sunlight from hitting the ground and makes it impossible to grow grass.   We ended up with just a big patch of dirt which would get tracked into the house every time we were in the back yard.  We finally got around to putting in a patio this week and it’s awesome!  This is what our patio looked like before:

 before

 

And this is what it looks like after:

048

It was really interesting to watch the guys mix the cement.  They mixed it in the street and hauled it in buckets through the house to the back where they were working.  It was pretty impressive seeing as they didn’t get any cement in the house at all and they swept up all the dust and dirt that was tracked through the house from the project.  We’re very happy with the final product and we can’t wait to break it in!