CREATING THE IDEAL DRIVEWAY DESIGN FOR YOUR PALO ALTO HOME
Palo Alto is one of the most beautiful cities in the greater San Francisco Bay area. There are some absolutely beautiful, homes, and one of the traits they all share that helps defines their style is the perfect driveway!
Many potentially stunning homes are held back by dull, unsightly, or boring driveways. For many of us, the driveway is utilitarian. It’s where we park our car when we get home from work. But when it comes to curb appeal, the pride of ownership, and value, the perfect driveway is about much more than a place to park your car.
Your driveway is the space that welcomes guests to your home. It gives your home curb appeal. A perfect driveway gives guests and passers-by an idea of what the rest of your home looks like. It’s a visual focal point in your exterior design that can help define your style, and it’s one element that helps to make a beautiful home, well… gorgeous!
Your driveway should be functional, beautiful, durable, easy to maintain, and long-lasting. Here are some tips for designing the perfect driveway for your Palo Alto home.
TO START, THINK PRACTICALITY OVER STYLE
While style is an essential element in any hardscaping project when it comes to designing your driveway, start by thinking about practicality and functionality. Many people who choose to focus on style over substance can end up with a couple of problems.
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The first is that you end up with a driveway that doesn’t properly serve its purpose. For instance, you may make your driveway too small to handle your car, your wife’s can, and now that your son is driving, you have another vehicle to worry about! While it might look beautiful, and even serve you well for a short time, if it doesn’t serve its intended purpose, now and into the future, it’s a bad design.
Another problem is that it’s too different than the rest of your landscape. Maybe it’s too ornate, or the wrong color or material. While the perfect driveway is beautiful, it also should fit in with the existing elements of your home and landscaping, like the colors and style of your home, your yard, and your property’s overall aesthetic.
The point is, while style is essential, your driveway should first be functional. Let the style follow the functionality.
MAKE A STATEMENT WITH AN ELEGANT GATE
Want to take your driveway design to the next level of sophistication and elegance? Consider adding a beautiful gate! A gate will not only add a feeling of class and luxury, but they’re also aesthetically pleasing, practical, and functional.
A driveway gate provides homeowners with several significant benefits. A beautiful gate does more than add a focal point to your design; it increases security, increases privacy, and can also help to protect your driveway. By having a gate, you ensure that unwanted or unexpected vehicles don’t make their way into your driveway. This means a lot less wear and tear. It’s also a great way to make a statement and distinguish your home from the others in your neighborhood.
FOR THE PERFECT DRIVEWAY, ALWAYS USE HIGH-QUALITY MATERIALS
High-quality materials often perform better than cheaper, poorly made materials. Again, many homeowners will look at a product for its aesthetics as opposed to its durability and functionality. Today, thanks to modern manufacturing techniques, you have many great choices of materials that are functional, durable, and aesthetically beautiful.
Back in the day, you had just a few choices; gravel, concrete, or asphalt. While they’re functional, they’re not attractive. Today, one of the most functional driveway materials available are pavers. Pavers are durable and, when properly installed, can last a lifetime. They come in a wide variety of materials from brick and concrete, to natural stone and even porcelain. Pavers are also aesthetically beautiful, coming in a wide range of colors, textures, patterns, sizes, and shapes.
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Not only that, they come in many different finishes, including smooth, textured, or tumbled. Pavers are a low-maintenance surface that will give your home an elegant look and offer the durability to stand up to everyday wear and tear, plus a quick sweep leaves them looking like they did the day they were installed.
Pavers give your home a classy, elegant look that you just won’t get with many other driveway materials. If you’re looking to create the perfect driveway, consider driveway pavers.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE GREATER BAY AREA. GIVE THE EXPERTS AT BAYSIDE PAVERS A CALL
Bayside Pavers has been providing San Francisco Bay Area homeowners with high-quality hardscape since 2009. Our crews are known for their professionalism, highly-skilled craftsmanship, and top quality work. We’ve built our reputation by completing projects on time and on budget. We warranty all of our work for a full 5-years.
Whether you’re looking to add curb appeal, value, or functionality to your residence or business, we’re always happy to talk to you. We offer a free consultation to provide you with cost-effective solutions for achieving your creative vision, whether it’s a patio, courtyard, retaining wall, driveway, or any hardscaping project.
If you’d like to learn more, give one of our knowledgeable team members a call at (866) 287-2837 today! Or, if you live in the greater San Francisco Bay area, visit one of two locations.
Our Concord, CA location, at 2455 Bates Ave, Ste K, serves East Bay and South Bay homeowners.
Our Santa Rosa, CA location, is at 1619 4th Street Ste 12 can help you with your North Bay hardscaping projects.