Nearly 900 bricks. Roughly 3,000 pounds. One borrowed wet saw. One new diamond blade. 160 different cuts. One bag of mortar. 34 feet of redwood. One can of redwood stain. Twenty power-hammer spikes. Twenty .22-caliber power-hammer rounds. At least six trips to Osh and Home Depot. Two full weekends. Two exhausted homeowners.
An infinite number of lazy summer afternoons yet to be spent on the patio.