No matter what you like to do outside, there’s a hardscape for you. Here are 8 hardscapes that can add beauty, functionality, and joy to your outdoor living:
1. Sitting Walls
Enhance your patio with extra seating by adding a sitting wall around its perimeter. Not only does it look beautiful, but it also provides a great place to sit. With stone columns on each end of the sitting wall, you have spots to place planters or add lighting to your backyard.
2. Grill Surrounds
Love to grill? A grill surround made of the same stone as the sitting wall can be added to your patio for a cohesive look. A granite countertop around the grill provides more cooking space or a place to set your favorite beverage.
3. Landscaped Walkways
Walkways make your yard functional and easy to navigate. A landscaped walkway made with brick pavers or large flagstone can easily connect your patio to a backdoor, side door, raised garden, or driveway.
4. Retaining Walls
If your yard has a steep slope, retaining walls can level it out, making it flat and functional for adding a patio or other features. Retaining walls can also contain soil on the sides of your yard, enhancing the space’s attractiveness.
5. Water Features
Water features can transform your backyard into an oasis. From simple bubbling boulders or fountains to ornamental fish ponds with waterfalls, water features provide hours of enjoyment.
6. Fire Pits
Adding a fire pit to your backyard, whether included in the patio or separate, is perfect for cool evenings. Fire pits can be wood-burning or have a gas insert, and outdoor fireplaces or wood-burning pizza ovens are also great options.
7. Pergolas
If your backyard is hot and sunny, a pergola can provide much-needed shade. Pergolas can be simple and free-standing or elaborate and attached to your house.
8. Landscape Lighting
The final touch for your outdoor space is landscape lighting, which brings your yard to life after the sun sets. Options include path lights along patios or walkways, downlights on sitting walls, uplights in trees, and underwater lights in ponds.
Add a Hardscape to Your Home
Hardscapes are a great way to connect your home to your yard, significantly enhancing your outdoor space’s usability and enjoyment. They also add substantial resale value to your property, making them a worthy investment.
Contact Alphecca Group today explore how we can transform your yard with beautiful and functional hardscapes.
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