Look what we built Sunday morning?
We used this YouTube Video - LINK here. Our costs were about double of what they described and we had to use 12 stones to make a circle not 10.
The fire Marshall required that we have 1 foot of area outside the circle. He was surprised that we built it so fast. He came on Saturday to review whether our placement was okay and then I called him on Sunday afternoon to approve it and issue our burn permit (required by state law). He was impressed.
We invited daughter and family over for a campfire Sunday night to inaugurate the fire pit. Emily brought the makings of s'mores except no graham crackers - she substituted gluten free cookies.
After they went home, we sat outside listening to the radio (streaming from WAMU FM a Washington DC station) until the fire burned down. It was lovely.
p.s. you can see the finished deck there too. No real furnishings there yet so I'll save featuring that until until next Spring when we make deck furniture purchases.