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Backyard fire pits are a great addition to your home. Check out these inexpensive, creative, and simple DIY fire pit ideas and plans for inspiration. Hi, I thought you might like this article from The Spruce: 20 Creative DIY Backyard Fire Pits. Gel canisters designed for fireplaces or low-combustion pressed wood logs can supply the fire’s fuel in most smaller fire pits. You can use real wood logs or charcoal in the larger pits. After her husband cracked their clay chimenea, Kim Anderson of the Thrifty Little Mom blog decided she wasn’t about to give up her backyard fire source.

So they purchased retaining wall blocks from their local home improvement store and stacked them four tiers high, using the lawn as the pit’s floor. Fast, easy, and, most importantly, inexpensive describes the approach taken to creating this fire pit. Kaysi, from the home and craft blog called Keeping It Simple, and her husband wanted a quick backyard fire pit for the weekend and decided to build it with retaining wall blocks. 50 for retaining wall blocks, sand, and pavers. They first laid a ring of blocks, maintaining a diameter of 33 inches, then installed pavers for the floor. A quick sweep of sand across the pavers was enough to lock them in place and prevent the blocks from shifting.

The project did not include grout, mortar, or concrete, making it a perfect starter masonry project. The hardest part was paring down some pavers with a hammer to create a circle. Combine a hexagon-shaped fire pit made with lumber for the frame, fence boards for the slatted table, and Adirondack chairs for a spot-on design match. As long as the size is correct, old garden ponds work perfectly as fire pits since they are usually lined with non-combustible rocks. Lucy, who blogs at Lucy’s Lampshades, turned her old koi pond into a DIY fire pit for outdoor gatherings. She was ready for the change since raccoons and owls tended to gobble up the fish.

The transformation was simple, and it took a layer of sand, a covering of rocks, plus firewood in the middle to start the party. Continue to 5 of 20 below. 25, Karen at The Art of Doing Stuff blog crafted this small, sleek, and contemporary-style fire pit out of glass frame coverings, a metal planter, and a metal grate. She glued the sheets of glass together with marine silicone, then placed the four-sided glass structure into a rectangular metal planter. A grate was placed on the bottom for gel canisters to fuel the flames.

Karen notes that if you cannot find a metal planter like hers, a terra cotta planter will work equally as well. Here’s a true mini fire pit made using a flower pot to create the size and shape. Your fire pit will take the form of any large plastic container you choose, such as a flowerpot or urn. Not all fire pits need to be created entirely from scratch. Continue to 9 of 20 below. Most backyard fire pits offer the charm of flames that can roast marshmallows.

But Stacy at Red Door Home wanted a completely functional fire pit that can be used for cooking throughout the summer. Two full-size grills rest atop a ring of retaining wall blocks, allowing Stacy to cook anything from steaks and kebabs to s’mores. Extending the use of the fire pit ensures that it can be used for more than just the summer season. If you’re going for the look of a stylish, pricey fire pit for practically nothing, it helps to get inventive.

A sleek receptacle that can double as a fire pit is a stainless steel washing machine drum. Stainless steel holds up to heat, and the holes throughout the drum allow for the oxygen flow a fire needs for keeping the flames lit. So, nothing is more old-school and referential to camping than erecting a tripod and hanging a giant cast iron cooking pot or stylish deep cauldron in your backyard. As long as you have access to an angle grinder and can get your hands on two old truck or car tire rims that are the same size, you can make an industrial-looking fire pit.

Continue to 13 of 20 below. It probably doesn’t sound pretty retooling a beer keg into a fire pit, but it can be. It depends on your skills and how much time you want to invest in this project. 50, you can stack concrete tree rings into a circle shape, going as high as you like for a unique-looking fire pit.