Our New Old Walkway...

This weekend, we finally completed a project that has been in the works for a long time. Since the time we moved in, replacing the "walkway" (if you could call it that) around to the back door was on our to do list. Unfortunately, it just hadn't made it to the top of the list yet.

We went through various rounds of quotes from contractors for every option from stamped concrete to pavers. Ultimately, we decided we wanted the walkway to look old, not new, to go along with the age and look of the house. We settled on Pennsylvania flagstone and decided we would do the work ourselves to save money. Luckily, we had help from our friends, Brandon & Sarah Mauch (thanks, guys!).

We looked at flagstone at a few places before finding just what we needed at Barn Landscape & Supply on Babcock Blvd. They were friendly & knowlegable, had a great selection and good prices. They were able to schedule a weekend delivery and only charged $50 to bring the pallet of stone to our house, even though we are 15 miles from their location.

Here is what we we were replacing- a narrow path made up of 1ft stepping stones...


Last weekend we pulled up the stepping stones and dug out a 3 foot wide trench for the new walkway...
Here's the completed walkway...

Since these photos, we have filled in the gaps with a grass seed medium. Once the space in between the stones is filled in with grass, we hope we'll have a walkway that doesn't look new. Only we (ok, and you) will know the truth!