The Allure of Great Flooring

Durable and long-lasting, stone pavers are a practical landscaping option. Hard rock surfaces complement the softness of foliage and give your garden a feeling of balance. You have a lot of design versatility, as you can pick from slate, granite, bluestone, limestone, and other rocks in various hues. You can choose beige, pink, tan, blue, grey, green or purple, for instance. For ideas on how to incorporate pavers into your yard, read on.

Stepping Stone Pathways

A garden pathway can have a practical destination, such as a shed, or it can guide you to a space like a secluded courtyard. Alternatively, a trail may have no specific endpoint but simply be an excuse for wandering around the garden and enjoying nature. If you don't intend to push lawnmowers and bicycles along the surface, you could create a stepping-stone path. For example, set large square pavers at intervals and fill the gaps and sides with pebbles. The contrast between the geometric squares and the small, irregular-shaped stones looks appealing. 

Stepping-stone paths come in many forms. Another possibility is to arrange curved pavers on the lawn for a rustic look. Your paving expert can advise on the best distance between each stone, enabling you to easily walk from one to the other.

Stone Pavers and Water Features

Being organic, rocks look attractive next to another natural element, water. If you have a pool, you can draw attention to it with a mortared-stone pool deck made of travertine in ivory, pink and fawn shades. However, a pool isn't the only way to incorporate water into the yard. To create a smaller-scale feature, you could opt for a pond or fountain. 

While a pond surrounded by grass can look dull, a border of stone pavers can turn it into a delightful spot. A solar-powered fountain will provide a trickling brook sound, and you could establish a bench seat beside the pond so you can enjoy it. Another alternative is a sculptured centrepiece fountain in the yard, using stones to create a low retaining wall that captures and contains the flowing fountain water.

Stone paver Patio

A patio will also let you use the natural appeal of rocks in the garden. It can be hard to define the boundary of a patio, and you can use an outdoor stone paver in various combinations to do this. Even without much furniture or many potted plants, the pavers will clearly show where the patio ends and the garden begins, and the rocks' colours and textures will provide ornamentation in and of themselves. You can pick from paver forms such as square, rectangular and fan shapes and set them into patterns. For added visual appeal, lay a border in a contrasting paver shape and colour.

For more information on outdoor stone pavers, contact a professional near you.