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Stepping Stones Introduction | Installation | Colors | Patterns
ABOUT STEPPING STONES AND THEIR MANY COLORS...
Introduction to Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones are a great feature for your garden and landscape area. They can be placed as an entrance to your home, to help visitors enter your home smoothly without having to walk through the grass, and dragging dirt throughout your home. They are also a great idea to cover up grass where heavy foot traffic and cars have worn out patches over time.
Many products are used to create Stepping Stones, such as: |
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- Brick Pavers
- Concrete Pavers
- Cast Iron
- Recycled Rubber
- Stone Cut Off’s
- River Rocks
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You can purchase Stepping Stones from a manufacturer or you can try to do-it-yourself. You can easily create your own unique designs, patterns, shapes, and combination of colors.
A dash of color and a creative choice of patterns are just about all you need to rejuvenate your garden or entrance to your home.
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Range Of Colors
There is an endless amount of colors varieties available, when choosing Stepping Stones. Particularly when using materials like natural stone pavers, concrete pavers or brick pavers. Here are some of the colors you can select from:
- Brown Brick
- Red Brick
- Camel
- Charcoal
- Tan/ Beige
- Rusty Red/Orange
- Terracotta
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Concrete pavers are also used as stepping stones. They can be colored to suit any type of surroundings by using liquid stains and adding color pigment when mixing the concrete.
River rocks being naturally found embedded in rivers, produce a range of unique colors. The great thing about river rocks is that the colors will always differ from stone to stone. This is due to the fact that they are a natural stone, and each has their own coloring.
Sandstone, bluestone, flagstone, rubber, and slate pavers also contain some naturally classical colors, which can be used to create your own exclusive Stepping Stone walkway.
Selecting Stepping Stone Colors
Some points to remember when choosing colors for your Stepping Stone Pathway are:
- Keep within the Color schemes used throughout your landscape.
- Match and complement Colors used throughout your garden e.g. plants, flowers, trees and shrubs.
- Consider the area where they will be placed
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Combination of Colors
Many combinations of colors can be used. This is due to the fact that many types of pavers contain various types of colors, and can be found and used as Stepping Stones.
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Blue, green, black, white, orange, yellow any color you may desire can be used together. That’s the beauty of using Stepping Stones; any type of paver and color can be combined and used to create brilliant individual effects. |
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