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Comments (13)We have one section of our yard where there are six different types of paver within a small area, due to some quirks in the layout. None of them is brick, but the circle is in a brick tone. The Roman pavers (large area, right forefront) are a brownish tone. How they go together might give you some perspective. It won't surprise you to hear that I think you will be fine with the combination. The fact that the different colour will be making a different shape means that the difference will look deliberate, and designerish. It's actually a very clever solution for combining materials and differentiating areas. And yes, everything fades and is subject to other colour-changing influences, from dirt brought down with the rain and leaves that fall and leave marks (this is when you remember that dyes are often made from leaves!) to sun bleaching. It's called "weathering," and everything does it! KarinL...See MoreDesigning an outdoor kitchen
Comments (7)A low-budget answer here - we stacked up cinder blocks and use doubled, 1 x 6" x 8 foot long cedar planks to form counter tops and hold an hibachi. The advantages - if you don't get it right, it takes an hour to rearrange, you can shift a block or two for windbreaks and creating specialized stuff like holding up a big pot of something over a propane, electric, or charcoal heat source. Then we have a big charcoal smoker/grill off to the side, which has wheels. Re prepping food out doors, practically speaking, that doesn't happen all that often - flies/wasps/neighbors dog. But the planks form a sturdy enough surface for holding quantities of stuff prepped indoors. We have running water and a big, double laundry sink in our greenhouse, which is maybe 40 feet away from the outdoor cooking stuff. The drain runs out into a flower bed - that works fine, no need to hook it up to the septic, as long as its just bits of vegetable scraps. All this is on a concrete slab, which helps. Disadvantages; well, it looks like somebody stacked up a bunch of cinderblocks on the cheap. And all that smoke stains the blocks. But generally, in the yin-yang of outdoor cooking, if the food is good, nobody cares if your cinderblocks have smoke stains....See MoreLooking for designs 4 patio pavers
Comments (3)Did a google search and found some on craftsayings.com~~but not many. Gal's name was Linda and her work was fantastic! I think she has published a book,but not enuf info on that site. I just want something that is not seasonal that I can use in my butterfly garden all summer. Any help is appreciated! Ginger...See MoreMax slope for paver patio / need help with design
Comments (5)Your drawing more or less shows drainage running parallel to the house so this would be a flaw in grading that needs to be rectified. The drainage should run away from the house for a few feet, at least, and then run off in a direction that coordinates with the overall lay of land. The grading could direct water straight away from the house or somewhat at a diagonal. It could be a slightly warped surface that begins shedding water straightaway and gradually transitions to a diagonal, skewed toward the direction of overall flow. (A subtly warped surface would appear flat and the warping would not be perceptible to the eye. A possibility might look along these lines... I'm wondering why you would leave the gravel bed between the deck and patio. It seems like it would be better to widen the steps. They/it could be the entire width of the deck, if desired. The wider they are, the more of a direct connection from one space to the other and the better the visual and traffic flow. The step(s) also add the possibility of temporary, impromptu, extra seating facing the patio area. If the gravel space remains it seems to divide the two spaces for no good reason. It would be better to bring the patio all the way to the deck, even if the steps are less than the full deck width. If for some reason you are creating two separate "rooms" to be divided with a screen/wall so there is less interaction between the spaces, then you might leave the gravel bed/potential planting space. Note, what happens with grading is dependent on what the grading is doing in the rest of the yard. We have no information about that so I'm speculating in the above drawing....See MoreRelated Professionals
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