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Driveway Pavers & Some Special Design Features


Many of us have seen driveway pavers as part of the driveway hardscape design. I am referring to a driveway made of concrete pavers.
They may be installed for just the driveway apron. Perhaps they serve only as driveway edgings. Then again, often they comprise the entire driveway.

No matter how they are used, driveway concrete pavers usually dress up the drive.

So what do you think? Has there been one that you think looks the best? Most likely the ones that stand out and look great have been designed in a creative way.

I am going to discuss some ways to achieve that creative look.

Driveway Pavers For the Entire Driveway

There has to be some thought put into a concrete paver driveway. Think about how large most driveways are. And then imagine the entire surface made of pavers, without any breaks or interest. Unless some creativity is added, it can be pretty monotonous....just a "sea of pavers".

Here are some creative ideas:

Create a border along the driveway edges. If you have mixed sizes in your driveway paver design, take one of the sizes and lay it in a row along the driveway edges.

You can also make the edge more dramatic and add a double or triple row. The border can also be a different color which blends well with the field.

Create a circle design in the paving. This can be located either towards street entry area or up further. It might be adjacent to the sidewalk entry. If you have a circular driveway or a courtyard, it can be located near the front door. The circle should be large enough to make a statement, yet also have enough room beyond it so that it look spacious. Once again this design element can be either the same color a a different colored paver.

If the driveway is a circular or courtyard design, the area near the front door can be made important. The border can be installed here alone, without it being part of the rest of the driveway, or it might be different, by being a wider border. For example, the main part of the drive can have a single border, while the front entry area border might be two rows.

Visit my page on driveway designs for various design and style options or driveway paving for other paving ideas.

The Driveway Apron

Sometimes it is just enough use pavers in the driveway apron area only. This is elegant and understated. The apron area might simply be pavers or the apron pavers might have a border. The apron can have just a circle design within the pavers. It might have the border and the circle kit together. It all depends on how intricate you would like the design to be. All of these options work well and look great.

Driveway Edgings

Consider a simple asphalt driveway edged with pavers. This dresses it up quite a bit and adds some creativity and interest without having driveway pavers make up the entire drive. The edging can be single, double, or triple. There are other driveway edgings though that you can use also.

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