86'n It

A couple of weekends ago, Marc and I wanted to have a little romantic time, so I threw together a DIY fire pit based on something I saw online at Renew Redo!. We basically took a metal tub that we already had and put some bricks at the bottom to allow for airflow. Genius!






Total cost: $0. 


(Even the wood we burned was scrap.)

Don't mind my silly illustration above. I googled "fire pit romance" and that last image is what I got.
(Romance Book Cover Illustration Sample art © 2001 Alan Rabinowitz)

It really worked well and we plan to do it again, but in the meantime we are brainstorming a more permanent solution. (Not sure how many more fires this metal tub can withstand.)





We are thinking of DIYing this one also. Are design constraints are:

1. It need to be modern-looking (duh).
2. It needs to be moveable. We don't anything permanent in the ground in this spot.
3. I'd like for it to have a bottom so we aren't left with a pile of ash when we move it.