The Stone Art Chronicles
featuring the ongoing adventures of Devin Devine, stone mason based in Blakeslee PA with projects completed across the USAYour Patio and Weeds–control, kill, prevent, or what?
UPDATED Weeds between pavers, weeds between flagstone joints TLDR: leave the weeds alone. On a natural, irregular stone patio, they often don't look too bad and with joints set tight and filled with stone dust, you usually don't get "too many". But if you must, must...
Flagstone: what to use, sand, cement, or gravel?
Devine Escapes has been a leader in hardscaping and stone masonry since 2007, moving the industry back to traditional standards and forwards in visionary aesthetic and innovative design 👉 View my stone masonry services in Blakeslee, PA This DIY article; and the rest...
Hiding a Storm Drain
And replacing it with an outdoor fireplace and hand-made stone benches. So what we had here was a piece of yard with a storm drain. The storm drain was installed at right about surface level, really not doing to much to catch run-off. My client had already placed a...
Flagstone Repair Explained
Flagstone repair can be a tricky matter, and confusing for the home-owner. Especially in the case of wet-laid flagstone, flagstone patios and walkways that have been laid in a bed or mortar. This article shall hopefully explain the issues at play and make it easier for home owners to find the right contractor for the job.
Building a Dry Stone Sphere
Devin Devine, stone mason and sculptor based out of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania contact devin@devineescapes.com UPDATED, July 2026. Most of the original language is left intact, preserving the voice of me as a young writer, but links are updated, and headings...
Pavers Versus flagstone
Pavers versus flagstone What type of patio or walkway to build? Pavers—cheap. Maybe not ugly but....how often does a a person point to an individual paver and say wow, how beautiful this paver is? Huge environmental impact Concrete—cheaper, even huger ecological...
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