If you're looking for landscaping ideas, I cannot recommend the book "Ideas 4 Landscaping" enough. Ideas 4 Landscaping is a collection of over 7,250 landscaping images, outdoor projects, and step by step guidelines to create the perfect garden design. It is a massive online database of projects and ideas, organized into 64 different categories for easy browsing.
Your house is beautiful! Maybe try to use a material that has been used on the house - it looks like maybe limestone was used as a trim in various places (near windows?) on the house. Since the house itself, the wood trim, and the front door are on the darker side, a lighter paver (like natural limestone) would create contrast to highlight the house and its classic features.
What a gorgeous house you have @Gabriel R ! It looks like a historical home which I am a big fan of (I happen to live in one too). With that said, I would use materials that were around during the construction of your house. There are many different colors of Clay Bricks or you could go with a Natural Bluestone or Slate. I would take a picture of your house along with some extra bricks you might happen to have laying around and go down to the Brick yard and find something you like.
Natural stone is a great choice, but the way it is normally installed is on a concrete slab and with mortar base and joints. If you have winter conditions, I recommend a more durable product that looks like natural stone but is really a concrete product (that have a more natural look than the pavers you have now). The product is call Techo-Bloc Aberdeen. It comes in 5 sizes and looks like large slabs of Bluestone. It gets installed on a crushed stone base and uses a polymer sand joint so you don't have the problems of natural stone that can develop cracked joints and loose stones as it ages. http://www.techo-bloc.com/homeowners/index.php?p=Products&e=view&productId=227
A garden path can highlight the outdoor features and add substantial functional outdoor elements as well. A number of options are available in designs and materials for constructing a garden path and it does not need to be always expensive. You can get some useful information from here: http://bit.ly/1Jrkn29
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To me eye that cries out for honed bluestone.
To OP:
If you're looking for landscaping ideas, I cannot recommend the book "Ideas 4 Landscaping" enough. Ideas 4 Landscaping is a collection of over 7,250 landscaping images, outdoor projects, and step by step guidelines to create the perfect garden design. It is a massive online database of projects and ideas, organized into 64 different categories for easy browsing.
It sounds just like what you're looking for. Here's a link to their website.
Thanks I'll google that and check it out in person.
Your house is beautiful! Maybe try to use a material that has been used on the house - it looks like maybe limestone was used as a trim in various places (near windows?) on the house. Since the house itself, the wood trim, and the front door are on the darker side, a lighter paver (like natural limestone) would create contrast to highlight the house and its classic features.
What a gorgeous house you have @Gabriel R ! It looks like a historical home which I am a big fan of (I happen to live in one too). With that said, I would use materials that were around during the construction of your house. There are many different colors of Clay Bricks or you could go with a Natural Bluestone or Slate. I would take a picture of your house along with some extra bricks you might happen to have laying around and go down to the Brick yard and find something you like.
I would definitely go with some sort of stone...bluestone, slate...it would be absolutely stunning.
Thanks everyone I'm liking the idea of a blue slate or even dark gray...
Natural stone is a great choice, but the way it is normally installed is on a concrete slab and with mortar base and joints. If you have winter conditions, I recommend a more durable product that looks like natural stone but is really a concrete product (that have a more natural look than the pavers you have now). The product is call Techo-Bloc Aberdeen. It comes in 5 sizes and looks like large slabs of Bluestone. It gets installed on a crushed stone base and uses a polymer sand joint so you don't have the problems of natural stone that can develop cracked joints and loose stones as it ages. http://www.techo-bloc.com/homeowners/index.php?p=Products&e=view&productId=227
A garden path can highlight the outdoor features and add substantial functional outdoor elements as well. A number of options are available in designs and materials for constructing a garden path and it does not need to be always expensive. You can get some useful information from here: http://bit.ly/1Jrkn29