The approach to your front door is a relatively small but very important facet of your home and landscape. Making this front walkway feel welcoming, serene, and tasteful to those that visit your home is first done by making a remarkable ground surface. Flagstone has been a favorite in walkway and patio applications for many years, and it continues to be a stunning and useful stone option. Here are six reasons to choose the look of flagstone for a walkway in Rochester Hills and Canton, MI.
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Timeless Beauty
Flagstone is well-renowned in landscapes because of its simple appearance and natural beauty. With an array of warm earth-tone colors, from light tan to yellow to pink to dark magenta, you’ll be able to find the right tone for your home and landscape. The beauty of this stone or the pavers that are made to look just like it will elevate any part of your landscape and add a visual appeal that is decidedly not cookie-cutter.
Complete Uniqueness
Whether you choose uncut flagstone or flagstone that has been precisely cut to specific shapes, you’re assured a unique surface.
No two flagstone arrangements are alike. In fact, not a single flagstone piece is like another. It doesn’t matter where the flagstone came from. They will likely have a similar tone if quarried from the same batch, but each piece will have individual markings, veining, patterns, and especially the texture. This sort of unpredictability is great for spaces that evoke a more artistic and rustic approach in front yard landscape design. The process of arranging uncut flagstone is sometimes challenging, but the reward is so great once it takes shape. Your guests will really admire what an interesting walkway you have.
Highlighting Beauty of Stone
The layering properties that make up flagstone enable the beautiful flat surfaces, which can be replicated in flagstone-like pavers. A flagstone walkway is built to stand up to foot traffic and stun with its natural appearance. The walkers on your landscape may find themselves looking down to admire your walkway, rather than straight ahead.
Non-Slip Texture
One of the greatest assets of flagstone is the rough sandpaper-like texture. This allows for a safer walking surface during rain and snow. You’ll find that the look of flagstone can even be a great non-slip paver application around pools and hot tubs. The slightly uneven surface will help those walking to better grip the walkway, no matter if they are wearing hiking boots or dancing shoes—or no shoes at all.
Adaptability
Since each stone is so different in size and shape, it may be relatively easy to replace a damaged flagstone in your walkway. If you choose to use sand or gravel as the set for your random (natural) flagstone walkway, you can replace the stone with one that has a similar shape. Or, you can fill the space with a smaller stone.
Long-Lasting Beauty
Whether you opt for natural stone or pavers, your walkway choice will set the mood for many years to come. When built to last, this walkway will resist harmful freeze-thaw cycles.
