Cinder Block Fire Pit Because they’re so inexpensive and sturdy (costing about $1 at The Home Depot), cinder blocks lend ...

Fire pit designs don't have to be fancy to be functional and beautiful. Wade suggests using what you have to make it happen. Think: a ring of large decorative rocks, bricks, cinder blocks, even a ...

With this masonry fire pit plan, you can skip the concrete and mortar. Instead, use that time to build our rustic log benches. You'll be sitting around a fire on a cool evening before you know it.

Build It: Reassemble the first 5 x 2 layer of cinder blocks. Decide which of the shorter, 2-block ends you want to be the front of the pit and remove those two blocks.

Even a do-it-yourself novice can complete a DIY fire pit for less than a hundred bucks. And, even better, it can be done within a single weekend!