Patio is where DIY meets community, learning, and sustainability. Borrow tools, rent yours out, learn with quizzes, discover tutorials, buy/sell tools, and find local resources. Making DIY easier, affordable, and more connected, beginner or pro.

Hey everyone, I’m Julien! 👋

Before tech, I spent eight years, from age 14 to 22, working on construction sites as a carpenter in my family’s business (though at 14, I was mostly just helping out). Patio is how I blend that hands-on experience with my passion for DIY, home improvement and tech.

That’s why I built Patio:

🔧 Borrow & share tools: tap into your community’s toolkit instead of buying.
📚 Learn with bite-size courses & quizzes: level up at your own pace.
🔍 Discover tutorials instantly with our semantic search engine.
🛠️ Buy & sell gear: from power drills to surplus drywall panels.
📰 Stay inspired with curated DIY trends and resources.
🧰 Connect locally to tool libraries, makerspaces, and fellow tinkerers.
✨ …and so much more!

The goal is to make home improvement easier, greener, and more community-driven.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially on the UI and UX. What’s working well? What’s missing or could be smoother? Feel free to share anything good, bad, somewhere in between, or just say hi! 🚀

Thanks for checking it out!

Interesting story @julien_rioux. GL!

@julien_rioux Really liking the clean and intuitive layout here. The navigation feels natural, and the visuals guide you straight to the key features without any clutter.

Really liking the trust system you’ve put in place, especially the reviews and deposit hold. One question, though how disputes are handled if a tool is returned damaged? umm, from a UX perspective, the semantic search is super intuitive (nice touch :), but I’d love a faster way to filter by tool type or project category. btw, Good job mate !!!

@haiqa_irfan Thanks so much! I’m thrilled you’re enjoying the reviews and deposit hold we're working on. For damaged returns we handle disputes case by case, talking with both lender and borrower to sort things out fairly. Also optional insurance will help with this once finalized. Your suggestion for a faster tool-type or project-category filter is spot on, we'll definitely think about how to implement it! Thanks again for the feedback!

I see there less socially responsible/sustainable ideas so this is a rarity. Wishing you good luck! :)

@busmark_w_nika Thank you so much Nika! 🙌 Even for folks who aren't thinking about sustainability first, saving money is a pretty great motivator, so hopefully that in the end, it leads to greener habits either way 💚

Patio

Share tools, learn DIY, and build sustainably

Share tools, learn DIY, and build sustainably

Patio

Share tools, learn DIY, and build sustainably

Share tools, learn DIY, and build sustainably