Your outdoor space is one of the most essential spaces of your home where you can relax and de-stress in the upcoming hot weather. So whether your landscape design and construction is for just adding more accurate dimension and character or you have an incline, steps and stairs are a great addition to your outdoor space for ease of access to go from one level to another level and serve as a passageway also.
You may need to organize several things if your yard is on an incline or slant, and stairs are an outstanding and timeless solution which provides design opportunity. You can build stairs from different materials composition that involves rustic wood, concrete blocks, bricks and railway sleepers, or oftentimes we use stone to construct extraordinary attractive garden steps.
Stone can transform homely and simple garden steps into a broad range of different styles and designs. Stone can vary from rugged and raw to delicately cut and polished. Stone can be a simple unfussy design– a homely, healty, sleek look. It can also look rustic and natural when surrounded with a wild plants and creeping moss. Stone that is exactly cut and well arranged can have a majestic and magnificent look— perfect with well-kept creeping plants and vines.
- Castle-like stone steps. The adjoining walls are covered in well-kept vines and climbing plants like Climbing Hydrangea and Virginia Creeperwhich add to the royal and glorious Walking across these regal steps you will feel incredible.
- Uneven cut asymmetric stone and wild plants– This stone step design is one of the ultimate combinations you can have for genuine natural looking stone steps. These stone steps are obsolute when covered with moss and wild plants, offering a magnificent natural look.
- Rugged and naturalistic–Shrubs and bushes across the borders of the uneven and rough surface of these stone steps will perfectly blend into the surrounding nature. However, be reminded that before planting perennials along the steps, you should carefully pick plants suitable for the width of the step’s tread—plants should be at least slow growing or creeping, sized appropriately and of course sturdy to withstand some foot traffic.
- Small set of stone steps. Instead of beingbuilt out of individual stones, alternatively these stone steps are cut and carved from large boulders. The stones are moderately covered by moss which blend perfectly with the landscape design.
- Light and bright stone steps.Stones come in various colors and styles. Planting perennials like ferns, Lily of the Valley and Brunnera along the sides and borders of the light and bright stone steps will make the feature more appealing.
- Fine cut stone steps plus rugged retaining walls– These are well carved and beautifully designed stone steps with rugged and rustic large boulder retaining walls covered in moss. These two designs are characteristically different, but they exactly
There are tons of ideas and designs for your backyard stone steps and stairs that will perfectly complement your outdoor living design & construction. Choosing the material and size that suitable to your tastes and landscape design and theme allows you to optimize them perfectly for your space.
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