There are a variety of portable outdoor fireplace kits, or you can use a metal bucket as a DIY fireplace. Aluminum, stainless steel, and cast iron are all good choices of metal for use as a fire pit.

You shouldn't use the outdoor fireplace as a trash pit, either. "Don't burn yard waste, cuttings, garbage, or anything else that's not the proper wood and kindling for a fireplace," he says. A roaring ...