It is rather easy to build an outdoor fireplace for your yard by using the drums out of a clothes washer and dryer. The washer drum will hold the wood to burn and the dryer drum sits right on top of the washer drum to help contain the fire.
It is best to remove the grass where you plan to set the outdoor fireplace and put some gravel down. You can also use bricks so the washer drum isn’t sitting right on the ground. The holes in the washer drum feed air to the fire while containing the fire at the same time. The lip around the top of the washer drum fits the bottom of the dryer drum nicely to hold it in place.
It is a good idea to mount or weld some handles on the dryer drum for easy handling. After each use just dump out the ashes from the washer drum and it is ready for the next time you need an outdoor fire pit.
