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Paver Patterns - Choosing a Paver Pattern for My Paver Patio Design
or borders, the choice to use pavers is going to make your concrete paver patio look good; we want it to look great. As I mentioned in the article "Three Questions to Ask Yourself When Designing a Brick Paver Patio", the more time you invest at the front end of your paver patio project, the easier and more enjoyable the installation and end product will be.
When we talk about paver patterns we are also going to include two very important components of a pattern; brick paver size and borders. Now that we have that established, we are going to focus on the purpose of paver patterns and why they are important to the patio design. Paver patterns have primarily 1 of 2 purposes and sometimes both. They can be used to identify space within the patio and/or to compliment your home and its surrounding landscape. Each of these purposes works hand-in-hand with paver size and borders.
How do I choose a paver size for my pattern? It's all relative to size of space you are working with. A basic design guideline is "larger pavers for larger spaces and smaller pavers for smaller spaces". The size of your pavers should be proportionate to the size of the space you are working in for no other reason than that it looks better.
An example, let's say you are installing a 10' x 10' paver patio and decided to use 24" x 24" pavers in a pattern with pavers slightly smaller. You would never be able to appreciate the patio design because the pattern is too large for the space it is contained in. Concrete patio pavers in the size range of 6" x 9" or 6" x 6" would be much better suited for this size of patio.
On the flip side of this strictly using 4" x 8" pavers would very busy in a 20' x 30' paver patio. These small pavers would almost get lost in this size of patio. The smallest paver you would probably want to use in this size patio is a 9" x 9" paver. The only exception to this would be if you lived in an older home and you were trying to capture that era by using brick size 4" x 8" pavers.
A well selected paver pattern can turn your brick patio design into a concrete paver patio that properly accents your home and landscape. Unfortunately this is not one that is randomly chosen, but one that uses imagination and sound design techniques. Following the below guidelines will help you develop a paver pattern that you can incorporate into your brick patio design that has bragging rights.
Before we get too far we need to clarify one fact. Irrelevant of paver pattern, sizes
Example A
random and natural appeal. In Example A, we used a tumbled paver with a 3 paver pattern and a border or soldier color the same as the field paver color. The result is a natural looking paver walkway in the midst of an informal or natural landscaping theme.
Patterns combining 2 or fewer different size paver will reflect a more traditional or even modern appeal. In Example B, we also used a tumble paver, but we laid a single paver in a running bond pattern with different color inset
Example B
border or sailor. The tumbled paver still provides a natural feel, but the different color sailor and running bond pattern adds a more formal taste to the walkway.
How do I use patterns and borders to identify space? This is a great way to add flare to your patio design. Whether you are trying to identify different rooms on larger patios or simply trying to identify where you might place your patio table or fire pit. In Example C, not only did the contractor use a circular paver pattern to identify where the patio table would sit, but he also altered the color and style of paver. Also notice his border or soldier course is the same paver style and color as the circle pattern he used
To make this paver patio more subtle, change the circle pattern to the same color as the field pavers, but add a border around it that is the same color as the patio border.
There are many variations of patterns, sizes, colors and border that can change the way a that can change the way a paver patio look and functions. Feel free to browse our patio design library to get ideas on using paver patterns with borders and colors.
Remember, do your homework and enjoy your patio!
Example C
Another item to consider when selecting a paver size is whether the siding on your home is brick or another type of siding. If your home has brick siding then you probably want to go with pavers larger than your brick itself. This will give you a nice contrast between the brick siding and the paver patio.
How do I select a paver pattern for my patio? MyPatioDesign.com's definition of a paver pattern; a single or group of
pavers the same size or different that form a consistent arrangement. With that being said, we always work with patterns in our patio design whether it is a single paver pattern or a pattern combining of two or more different size pavers.pavers will reflect a more
