Comments on: Walk This Way http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/ Two Young People + One Old House = Love Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terry http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-192965 Terry Fri, 21 May 2010 14:18:45 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-192965 I like your more "natural" approach to building this walkway. This weekend we are going to start building a slate walkway from scratch. My original intention was to dig out the existing grass, lay down some weedblock fabric and place the pieces of slate. We have a lot of egg-sized stones that I was going to fill around the slate then finish off with a plastic landscape edging. Although it sounds like more work, I like the less-manicured look of your walkway. I like your more “natural” approach to building this walkway. This weekend we are going to start building a slate walkway from scratch. My original intention was to dig out the existing grass, lay down some weedblock fabric and place the pieces of slate. We have a lot of egg-sized stones that I was going to fill around the slate then finish off with a plastic landscape edging. Although it sounds like more work, I like the less-manicured look of your walkway.

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-181472 YoungHouseLove Mon, 03 May 2010 17:41:07 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-181472 You could always stain it a deeper color to work with the slate- a rich deep charcoal color would look nice. Hope it helps! xo, s

You could always stain it a deeper color to work with the slate- a rich deep charcoal color would look nice. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

]]> By: meredith http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-181459 meredith Mon, 03 May 2010 17:16:09 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-181459 We are also the proud owners of a brick ranch and I love seeing what you guys have done to make it more modern and fun! I have been working on our own slate pathway and I was wondering what to do with the concrete stoop that leads up to the front door. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!! Thanks for all the diy inspiration!! We are also the proud owners of a brick ranch and I love seeing what you guys have done to make it more modern and fun! I have been working on our own slate pathway and I was wondering what to do with the concrete stoop that leads up to the front door. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!! Thanks for all the diy inspiration!!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 YoungHouseLove Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:11:59 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-2996 Hola everyone, <br> So glad you're digging our front walkway update! <br> Sarah- we're equally tickled by the similarities in our anniversaries. So adorable to think that we were nervously sharing a first date while you were getting engaged. Big day for both of us. Lucky sevens unite! <br> Wendy, a lot of the slate that ended up using for the walkway was recycled from our back yard's old patio (it was pretty thick, and only one slab broke after repeated dropping). We'd suggest something at least an inch thick for maximum durability (which is still pretty affordable, we remember seeing some at Lowe's for around $1 a slab). As for the digging in process, John actually painstakingly dug in each stone (after tracing the shape of it with a shovel, he moved it aside, dug an inch deep hole and slid the stone right in the custom hole he created). Although it took forever, the dirt was packed around them in a way that made them a lot more secure than digging out an entire channel and then backfilling around the stones. We didn't personally use any sand or gravel, but perhaps that would have secured the slabs of slate and then the custom digging would have been less necessary. Hope that helps! Happy digging... <br> Kathryn- how sweet and funny you are to gently remind me about my shudder/shutter problem. I've actually made this mistake three times over the past few months. Ack! When will I learn? Hopefully the third time's the charm. Oh and as for the mowing right over it question, yup, we just roll right down the path. Thanks to sinking the stones to ground level they're secure and mow-overable. <br> xoxo, Sherry

Hola everyone,

So glad you’re digging our front walkway update!

Sarah- we’re equally tickled by the similarities in our anniversaries. So adorable to think that we were nervously sharing a first date while you were getting engaged. Big day for both of us. Lucky sevens unite!

Wendy, a lot of the slate that ended up using for the walkway was recycled from our back yard’s old patio (it was pretty thick, and only one slab broke after repeated dropping). We’d suggest something at least an inch thick for maximum durability (which is still pretty affordable, we remember seeing some at Lowe’s for around $1 a slab). As for the digging in process, John actually painstakingly dug in each stone (after tracing the shape of it with a shovel, he moved it aside, dug an inch deep hole and slid the stone right in the custom hole he created). Although it took forever, the dirt was packed around them in a way that made them a lot more secure than digging out an entire channel and then backfilling around the stones. We didn’t personally use any sand or gravel, but perhaps that would have secured the slabs of slate and then the custom digging would have been less necessary. Hope that helps! Happy digging…

Kathryn- how sweet and funny you are to gently remind me about my shudder/shutter problem. I’ve actually made this mistake three times over the past few months. Ack! When will I learn? Hopefully the third time’s the charm. Oh and as for the mowing right over it question, yup, we just roll right down the path. Thanks to sinking the stones to ground level they’re secure and mow-overable.

xoxo,
Sherry

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 Kathryn Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:33:21 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-2983 The walkway looks fantastic- I assume you can mow right over the pathway? Attacking that grass with scissors would be a pain in the behind! And, "shudder" is an involuntary full body twitch caused by disgust or revulsion. "Shutters" are what you put on windows. The latter spelling is what you're looking for...because the former has no place anywhere near your home!!! The walkway looks fantastic- I assume you can mow right over the pathway? Attacking that grass with scissors would be a pain in the behind!

And, “shudder” is an involuntary full body twitch caused by disgust or revulsion. “Shutters” are what you put on windows. The latter spelling is what you’re looking for…because the former has no place anywhere near your home!!!

]]> By: Wendy http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2981 Wendy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:30:24 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-2981 Hi Sherry & John, I am an avid reader of your blog and am always inspired by the projects you share and how well your DIY work turns out. I have a few questions about this one because after seeing the original posts in May, I set about doing my own slate walkway, since I had a falling-apart slate patio similar to yours. However, I found that many of the slate pieces were quite brittle and easily break. Did you have that same problem? Also, in terms of digging, did you just dig the areas where the stone would lay, or did you dig out the entire walk, lay the slate, and then fill it back in? And finally, do you have any sort of gravel/sand base underneath the stones? Thanks! Hi Sherry & John, I am an avid reader of your blog and am always inspired by the projects you share and how well your DIY work turns out. I have a few questions about this one because after seeing the original posts in May, I set about doing my own slate walkway, since I had a falling-apart slate patio similar to yours. However, I found that many of the slate pieces were quite brittle and easily break. Did you have that same problem? Also, in terms of digging, did you just dig the areas where the stone would lay, or did you dig out the entire walk, lay the slate, and then fill it back in? And finally, do you have any sort of gravel/sand base underneath the stones? Thanks!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2980 Sarah Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-2980 I've really enjoyed reading your blog... just scraped the surface I think! I'm tickled by the fact that you got married on 07.07.07 on your 2nd anniversray - my husband and I got married on 07.07.06 on our 3rd anniversary - so you got together on the day we got engaged (exactly a year before our wedding, after exactly 2 years together.) We're currently doing up our 2nd house in the UK... but it looks nowhere near as nice as yours!! xx I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog… just scraped the surface I think!

I’m tickled by the fact that you got married on 07.07.07 on your 2nd anniversray – my husband and I got married on 07.07.06 on our 3rd anniversary – so you got together on the day we got engaged (exactly a year before our wedding, after exactly 2 years together.)

We’re currently doing up our 2nd house in the UK… but it looks nowhere near as nice as yours!!

xx

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/09/walk-this-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 Tatyana Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:12:16 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=2824#comment-2979 Looks great (as all your projects do)! You reminded me, we have to do the same in our back-yard. Looks great (as all your projects do)!
You reminded me, we have to do the same in our back-yard.

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