Concrete patios are every bit as enduring as concrete motorcourts and driveways. The advantages to having contiguous hardscape design throughout your property are obvious. Aesthetically, it lends continuity to the landscape master plan. A well-laid slab that is properly designed will last for years without deteriorating in quality.
Some of the old concrete structures built by the Romans two thousand years ago are still partly intact today. Having such a durable material as the primary material for your hardscapes adds value to your investment in landscape design in the form of features that do not require maintenance.
Concrete patios can be built anywhere in the yard. Most commonly, they function as transition areas from the living room or indoor kitchen into the exterior world of the back yard. Because concrete is poured into a mold, a patio made from concrete is very easy to customize to the rear exterior of a home.
Any number of geometric themes can be selected to function as the primary motif for a patio. Quadrilateral designs can be used to compliment the linear movement of home architecture, then extend it in specific directions into the yard.
Radial-based designs add flair and sophistication to home exits. Imagine stepping out onto an ornamental, concrete surface whose outer edge sweeps from left to right in a circular movement. This provides all sorts of custom garden design opportunities, along with many options in adjunct masonry design and walkway construction.
Decorative effects can be added to concrete to make it highly aesthetic. Sometimes something as simple as brushing its surface can create a rich and vibrant texture that adds a subtle, extra dimension to its presentation. The added functional benefit you gain from such a surface is amazing traction when the concrete gets wet.
Another way to make any concrete patio aesthetic is to stamp it with highly ornamental designs, then color its surface. Colors can now be mixed to emulate anything from pure, natural stone, to sandstone, and even the fine colors and textures of wood.
Imagine having a wood patio that is actually made of something far more durable than wood. Such a surface is ideal for the rainy Houston landscape and heavy humidity content of our air.
Concrete hardscapes can also be rendered superbly aesthetic by combining aggregate with geometric shapes and patterns made through our stamping and coloring process. Patios built in this manner can be used to establish the entire aesthetic of a contemporary landscape design by creating strong, metallic colored circles and radiating lines that shoot out from central focal points.
Often a contemporary fountain is placed in the center in order to lend vertical impact and to act as a focal point.
The value of a concrete patio is not limited to contemporary design. It can be used to enhance any home architecture or residential landscaping master plan. The reason for this, again, is the ability to render the surface into any texture and color necessary to support surrounding aesthetics.
A very strong that decorative concrete offers over other building materials is the ability to be cost-effectively rendered into any form needed to compliment surrounding geometry, scale, and form. While we by no means claim that all colored concrete patios, driveways, and hardscapes are by any means “cheap” by the cliché definition, they are certainly less expensive than high-end luxury stone materials or rare masonry supplies that by their very nature represent an enormous investment in front in material costs alone.
With concrete patios, you essentially pay for the base cost of concrete, and then pay your landscape designer for his or her time in developing its shape and color.
For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Concrete patio design transforms one simple material into a myriad of forms and colors. Every style of home architecture, and every type of Houston landscaping plan, can be augmented with a patio built of concrete. Concrete is a durable substance that has lasted, in some cases, for thousands of ye...
Concrete landscaping combines cost effectiveness with creative choice. Concrete can look like many things to the eye. It can look like concrete as we normally visualize it, or it can take the form of a finely polished slab made of decorative stone. It can also be molded into blocks that look like...
Throughout Houston, concrete patios have added to the curb appeal of homes in neighborhoods ranging from West Memorial to the heart of River Oaks. Concrete is one of the best materials to use in patio design. It is far more cost effective than stone. It can also be used to create a surface of any...
A cut stone patio is a patio constructed out of stones cut into recognizable geometric shapes.
Depending on the style of hardscape design, these stones may or may be equal in size, or they may vary greatly from small to large. There is always some kind of recognizable pattern, regardless.
Many assume that a decorative stone landscape is one built only of natural stones where the presence of rocks dominates the scene. When we take a more decorative approach to planning a landscape theme, however, the principle of less applies more often than not as the forms we create are primarily u...
If you have a smaller property, for example, a premier location for such a hardscape is around your swimming pool. Many lots in neighborhoods like West University, parts of Rice Village, Bellaire, and Upper Kirby are relatively small. Pools here have to be built smaller to appear proportional to t...
Concrete, as we all know, is an enduring substance that often lasts longer than houses themselves. However, its rather drab appearance can often be the one spot on a landscape that looks like it needs work. By adding color and design to its surface, landscaping professionals can transform it into ...
Concrete patios are every bit as enduring as concrete motorcourts and driveways. The advantages to having contiguous hardscape design throughout your property are obvious. Aesthetically, it lends continuity to the landscape master plan. A well-laid slab that is properly designed will last for years without deteriorating in quality.
