Late last week our concrete guy (Fred Lutz and his sons) showed up to frame up our front walk and driveway. These guys were certainly some of our favorite subcontractors on this project and helped us with not only our front step and patio but had also done the excellent tile work in our bathrooms. However, this week they were back at their area of expertise —concrete.

Stacy and I both love working with Fred because he not only takes pride an interest in his work, but he also seems to really enjoy the challenge of working on something different, like our project always working to ensure that what he does matches with our vision. So we felt more than comfortable when the first opportunity they had to pour the driveway and front walkway came while we were out of town for the week.

When we arrived at home today from our little vacation, we were really pleased to see the driveway and walkway were complete. Not only does this mean that we can move onto the next step of our landscaping (the front rock and edging) but it also meant that we could finally minimize the amount of dirt that’s been being tracked into the house on little feet.

the sidewalks steps appear to float away from one another…

…creating the perfect natural path from the front door to the driveway.

A close up on one of the circular forms that will be removed and replaced with turf. This will not only create some interest in the driveway design but additionally help to manager more of the run off. You can see the dark gray color (referred to as “green”) caused from the moisture being release from the concrete as it cures.

Besides the driveway being added I can’t believe how much greener it is. The photo above was taken just a week earlier.