Hardscapes
Designing Your Perfect Hardscapes
With years of experience delivering quality hardscapes to customers all around Southeast Louisiana, Stepping on Stones is your local outdoor living and landscape specialist for patios, paths, and more. Our passion for design stems from the idea that everyone deserves to have access to their lawn in the most beautiful ways possible.
What Does 'Hardscapes' Mean?
Hardscaping is often thought to mean the opposite of landscaping, but this is not the case.
Also known as 'hard landscaping,' this area of home improvement involves creating man-made features that can be used in landscaping. Implementing these designs in your yard will show off an area's natural beauty, plants, and theming.
First and foremost, hardscapes should always be an enhancement to your landscaping, never a distraction. It's important to add value, not detract from what already exists.
Types of Hardscape Additions
Patios and paths are instrumental for creating optimal environments for relaxation and gathering. Many can be further enhanced through the addition of an outdoor firepit, brick kiln, or seating area.
Not only are paved driveways vital to the protection of your lawn and soil, but they are often the first impression that many visitors will have of your home.
Sidewalks leading to and from the many corners of your property give the eye a chance to wander over the many scenic vistas and landscapes you've worked so hard to create.
To protect against flooding, soil erosion, and other common Louisiana flooding concerns, retaining walls offer a safe way to display your garden plants and add some vertical space to the yard.
The homeowner with a pool will greatly benefit from having a custom brick or stone pool deck, which provides a safe and comfortable environment in which to relax.
Hardscapes with a Personalized Touch
The hardscapes of today require intensive planning, foresight, and knowledge of your outdoor space.
Ranging from patios and paths to irrigation and lighting, the way you choose to present your home and lawn is entirely dependent on the character attributes of your unique location. In order to bring out the most from your landscaping, personalize your lawn with special touches from the heart.
Best Practices for Outstanding Natural Hardscapes
Theming your lawn is the perfect way to draw a connection between your home and the outdoors. Use a similar style and color pattern to the interior of the home, followed by a path or patio that reflects your style. From boho ragged edges to elegant herringbone angles, choose a flavor that brings out the best of your lawn.
Using focal points like trees, fountains, or pools provide a great place to begin your planning. Start from a centralized location and build your designs in an outward pattern.
Consider the amount of maintenance you want to do on a regular basis. Using flat surfaces such as brick or stone pavers in your hardscapes can quickly cut down on the necessary yard work you might have to accomplish during your already packed summer months.
Some forms of hardscapes such as retaining walls can be used to prevent erosion and allow plants and grasses to grow more abundantly. These work hand-in-hand with your landscaping efforts and are excellent additions to the smaller backyard space.
No matter how you choose to showcase your home with hardscapes, find the perfect solution for you by scheduling a home visit today.
Hardscapes for the Small Backyard
Smaller backyards often prove to be an interesting challenge, presenting a finite amount of space with infinite creative possibilities. Small scale hardscapes are often colorful, idyllic, and even dramatic additions to lawns no matter the size, and can even help to add a significant amount of property value. Providing areas for visitors to gather outdoors expands the size and feel of your property, and ultimately gives you more reasons to smile.
Delivering Quality Hardscaping to Quality Customers
Stepping on Stones is a small, family owned company that emphasizes quality over quantity. Taking on one project at a time, each contract is individually worked on until satisfactorily completed. Each of the individual hardscapes are handcrafted with the unique needs of the project in mind, not juggled around with dozens of other contracts. At Stepping on Stones, we pride ourselves on our ability to serve our customers with speed, skill, and a friendly smile. No job is too small, no dream is too big.
Stepping on Stones Hardscapes Service Areas
Designing hardscapes with the customer in mind, Stepping on Stones is proud to serve the residents of:
New Orleans
Chalmette
Metairie
Kenner
LaPlace
Hammond
Covington
Mandeville
Madisonville
Slidell
Baton Rouge
To schedule a hardscapes consultation with us today, reach out to our office directly or contact our professionals immediately at (504) 494-9964. For us, it's more than just designing a hardscape: it's designing your life.