Of course, fire pit ideas can be as simple as a hole in the ground with stones haphazardly stacked around it. But in only a few hours, you can build a fire pit that is considerably safer and more ...

Getting Started on Building an In-Ground Fire Pit: Advice From a Masonry Pro: Doug Montzka, of Montkza Concrete & Masonry in St. Paul, Minn., has been in the concrete and masonry business for 23 ...

While you can have a fire pit professionally installed, it’s also a job you can complete yourself with some building know-how and a little hard work. Before you start a do-it-yourself (DIY ...

Change that logic by lighting up a Swedish torch. This traditional fire building technique calls for stacking wood vertically inside your pit. It burns from the top down and from the center outwards.

Right before the beginning of the pandemic, my wife and I were house hunting in San Diego for what would have been the place where we would settle and raise our family. I had all these ideas for ...