When paving, learn how to walk the walk

A walkway isn't something you think about every day when you stepout to get the paper.

Unless you don't have one.

Take my brother Bruce and his wife, Stephanie. After their homewas built last August they focused on the interior. Now they'reconcentrating on the outside.

The project: a front walk. The dilemma: hire a contractor, ordo it yourself?

After getting estimates in the $1,000 to $1,200 range theydecided to take the DIY challenge.

"The how-to directions were pretty straightforward and wefigured with a little help we could do it for a lot less money,"Bruce said. "Plus I liked the idea of building something myself."

They took …