Make A Fire Pit In 4 Easy Steps

The perfect addition to any home, an outdoor fire pit can be used both for your summer braais as well as cosy winter get-togethers.

- Laura Gummerman

What you will need

• Coloured spray paint
• Gravel to fill your pit
• Shovel or other digging tool
• Concrete landscaping stones and metal fire pit ring (optional)
• Masonry adhesive
• Rubber mallet

While not everyone may be the outdoors-type, a common favourite camping-related activity is a campfire. It’s warm, it’s cosy, and there’s usually some sort of yummy snack involved in the process.

Last autumn we bought a mini portable fire pit for our backyard, and we liked it so much that we decided we wanted to build a proper fire pit this year so we could have fires more often. After doing some research, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it’s really not that hard to build your own professional-looking fire pit. It’s a pretty easy process to plan out, and although it does take a bit of muscle to complete, it is totally worth a bit of cardio.