Outdoor Lights for Firepit / Backyard Project

This fire pit area is a place we like to spend time. I wanted to add some string lights around the area and incorporate a bourbon barrel into the decor also. Now it is REALLY a place we like to hang out!
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[@ShepherdsWorkbench]

Great project! Another tip for screwing in the eye hooks is put one of the hooks in your drill and then you can use the drill to thread those in

[@BruceAUlrich]

Good call! Forgot about that one.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Love your dad hat

[@dogwoodcustomdesign]

Great idea burying the bucket like that, when I first saw them I thought you filled that entire barrel half with concrete, thought man those are never moving again! Showed my wife the finished product and think she will be on my case to recreate something similar in our yard

[@BruceAUlrich]

That would have weighed a ton...you’re right! Glad you’ll be making some. ;)

[@nywoodworx]

great family project ....like the magnet metal clean up "trick" and the screwdriver......simple fixes go the longest distance man

[@BruceAUlrich]

Thank you! Those are some good tricks you can use on many things. We had a lot of fun working on this!

[@drewkaree]

Nice job Bruce! I don't know if your buckets taper inward toward the bottom, but if they do, you may have been able to reuse the bucket by using a release agent for the concrete. Used motor oil was an old-timer's trick when doing form work for slabs - coat the wood, and the idea is that the concrete doesn't stick, so you save in materials cost. Not sure if there's another product to use on plastic, but I bet there's something out there. I've done the bucket idea for a mailbox post, it's a solid idea for leaving you the potential to move it in the future, I think that was a pretty good idea. I showed my wife the screwdriver in the eye hook thing, but she forgets all the time. Maybe seeing your wife put that tip to good use will make it easier for her to remember to do

[@BruceAUlrich]

Thank you! I don’t think these buckets tapered toward the bottom but I like that line of thinking.

[@byromscustomwoodworks]

Turned out awesome man. Love seeing all the family working together

[@BruceAUlrich]

Thank you! It was a really fun day and we have been loving the lights since.

[@EthanCarterDesigns]

Such a great setup and those bourbon barrels are awesome! So much fun seeing the whole fam get in on t he project!

[@BruceAUlrich]

We had a good time setting this all up. And all of the kids wanted to be very involved

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Bruce! 😃 It really turned out great! Great idea indeed!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@BruceAUlrich]

Well, Thank you!

[@TwoMooseDesign]

This turned out soo good Bruce!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Appreciate it very much! We have really been enjoying it

[@OakHillMillworks]

Nice little family project. I don’t know if I would have done the poles any differently but then again I probably won’t ever do a project like this. My sister had squirrels continuously climb and chew up her lights. It looks amazing but I would be concerned about it getting ruined since she had such bad luck. Haha

[@BruceAUlrich]

Oh yeah? I’ve not heard of squirrels doing that with these. They did at our other place in Mississippi with the mosquito traps. Rascals.

[@Vintauri]

Looks great! Maybe I’ll try something similar but it’ll have to wait for next year. We’ve already had flurries up here so the backyard campfires are going to have to wait till spring.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Dang! You’re kidding me!

[@Vintauri]

@@BruceAUlrich It has not stuck, and it'll still warm up some but we're knocking on winters door :(

[@BruceAUlrich]

That’s the pits

[@goali3903]

Great video Bruce. We all know the reason you used the jig saw though. Jig saws are better at cutting curves…are the cricket sounds I hear from your backyard???

[@BruceAUlrich]

Must me crickets from my yard! I didn’t want to use the jigsaw the whole time. That would take forever

[@zloungeact]

First

[@BruceAUlrich]

Yes, you are!