Week 2 – Patio and outdoor – spring 2025 ORC – littlepaisly

You know what time of the year it is. It is One room challenge time. I signed up my backyard redesign for this. This is week 2. Come say hi. All the inspo and moodboard are below. Follow me @littlepaisly on instagram to see more updates on the project. Go to ORC Posts to see all the previous posts.

How it started

Lets get into the inspo design. The stories always start with that one image.

The white pergola was done ages ago.

Here is the one I got added.

I started looking at tile but most of it was beyond my budget.

I have done a lot of outdoor work over time. Nothing was done in 8 weeks. Plus plants take time.

Progress

The inspo images are collected over time. So, i dont have sources.

I got all the gray tile from home depot and for the white ones, lets keep that for last.

I also got the fountain on facebook marketplace a long time ago. I will talk more about it when we get to outdoor furniture week.

Progress

Add gravel

Add cement layer and level

we had some leveling issue, so we ended up going higher than i wanted

Tile and figure how to level the white tile with the old one.

Buying plants for planting

Elevate the Lion fountain. This is a constant source of tension for me.

plans for side yard??

Changes vs inspiration

So, we opted for a greige initially and we had it just laid out on the gray gravel outside but I had so much awful weed problem which made the entire area look bad. If anyone tells you having gravel is great, remember it is a lot of work to maintain. So, i went looking for white tile that looked like marble but didnt find anything that was affordable. So, I went rogue and bought it from a seconds store. It had some issues but I went twice to different stores to get it.

I have to provide a small warning for this. The white tile is cheaper but its not a paver. Its much thinner than paver tile. It is working fabulously outside but it is slippery in rainy season. So, be careful.

There are some amazing floors I have seen. I had originally not decided on the border but my husband came up with a cool solution where i had like 20 tiles of a beige gray and he said i should go more gray. So, i went to home depot for more gray tile. They had just enough on sale for $19 each. The paver was more expensive than the white tile. I did get some at $17 when there was a sale at the end of fall. I have linked The nearest tile in the shop below.