It's still not 100% done (even phase 1 still needs a few finishing touches, and it will be a while before phase 2 happens and we go back and put down paver stones or flagstones on the surface area), but it's finally a usable space.
We went from this three weeks ago:
To this on Sunday:
Just go ahead and ignore that big pile of dirt in the background. And the tree stump. The dirt pile will be going away (or leveled out and covered with leaves), and we're going to turn the tree stump into a little side table, once our supplies arrive in the mail.
