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Stunning stone patio with Phoenix + Flames Sculptural Fire Pit on Galveston Bay

Fire Sculptural Fire Pit with spiral pattern in firecrystals glass


Two colors of FireCrystals Fire Glass are used to make a spiral design

I don’t usually get to visit my firebowls in their home, but I was so blown away by this Seabrook, TX installation of the Phoenix + Flames Sculptural Fire Pit that I had to make a side trip through Texas to see it for myself. The fire pit is centered in a two-tone stone patio with integrated bench seating. The walls are built from native limestone and the floor and benches are bluestone. You can see in the top photo that two colors of glass were used to echo the blue and white stonework.

Galveston Bay fire pit enclosed stone patio with built in seating


Clean rectangles of limestone with broken slabs of bluestone add to the patio’s dynamic contrast

Rough-hewn limestone block contrasts nicely with the broken-stone masonry of the bluestone patio floor and seating. Both stones have a natural feel to them, while the overall effect is clean and geometric. There are four entrances to the patio area at the cardinal points.

Fire Sculptural Fire Pit with two tone stone patio

Stone benches and gas fire pit on waterfront


Galveston Bay provides a backdrop to the Phoenix + Flames Sculptural Fire Pit and patio

Masonry benches enclosing patio with fire pit

Artist John T. Unger seated by Fire Sculptural Fire Pit on Galveston Bay


John T. Unger (Now Rachael Que Vargas) seated on the stone bench

Limestone and Bluestone Patio with fire pit on Galveston Bay


View of the patio facing west

Circular patio enclosed by stone walls with seating


The patio extends beyond the walls that make up seating

Stone patio and shoreline home


View towards the house

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The clean edges of the masonry emphasize the curves of the installation