I'd measure it all up before doing anything. I think if you remove " 2m or so " of the paving , you may not have room for a decent table and chair set. As my dear late Mother would have said " act in haste:repent at leisure" and you'll be saving money by leaving it as is ( maybe enough for a dining suite?) You kids can play on the paving when the grass is wet/squelchy.
I think Hostafan is right. Not only do you need space for table and chairs, but also room to have the chairs go back as people sit down and even room for someone to walk around a fully seated table. That's the ideal "smallest" practical size for a patio. IMO Z
If you want a way of protecting crawling baby and toddler's knees from getting grazed if they take a tumble while they're still small, rubber playground matting could be used for a play area on part of the patio ... something like this maybe ......
Yes, do make sure they're big, sturdy pots with big bases. Square is harder to topple than round. Plenty of colourful plastic ones around that won't shatter if they do go over and which will brighten up the garden if you go for colourful ones. I prefer the dark greys myself as that lets the plants shine.
You can sometimes find clearance bargains around now as GCs clear space for the C word displays and Halloween.
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Timber ones can double as seating too, if you put a broad 'coping' edge on them. I often sit on the edge of mine [various sizes and shapes to fit the boundary] but they only have a 3 to 4 inch edge. I could have made them wider if necessary though. The advantage of doing timber boxes is that you can create a lot more scope for planting too. Veg and fruit as well as ornamentals, if you like that idea. Great for little ones to dabble with a few seeds and plants as they grow up as well
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Big pots toddlers cant know over, kid friendly plants, you said you had a toddler and another one one the way, I wish I had known you could just "order" a toddler, save the being pregnant,sick,giving birth, how cool! But I agree, leave it, you can do marvellous things later on, when tastes and family situation canges.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Seems like we'll be keeping it as is but with LOTS of pots!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can sometimes find clearance bargains around now as GCs clear space for the C word displays and Halloween.
The advantage of doing timber boxes is that you can create a lot more scope for planting too. Veg and fruit as well as ornamentals, if you like that idea. Great for little ones to dabble with a few seeds and plants as they grow up as well
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...