Fire Pits For Backyard Living Areas

Adding an outdoor fire pit for your backyard living area can add a certain glow (no pun intended) to an evening outside. My husband has always loved sitting around his firepit at night. I always used to say he was a bit of a piro, making the fire as big as he possibly could. When we had our property in upstate N.Y., we not only had a fire pit, we had a FIREPIT! We could burn six-foot logs in that thing!

But times have changed and we are now living in a more residential area and need to keep things under control. We are still lucky enough that a small fire pit is ok and he's happy as ever with that. My kids love to roast marshmallows and hotdogs over the fire.

Some of you may live in areas where actual fire pits that are dug out of the ground are not allowed, but you may be able to get a small backyard fire pit that stands on it's own. Most communities do allow a controlled fire, but it would be a good idea to check with the HOA or community fire department first.