Showing posts with label pavers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pavers. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Ideas to Brighten Your Tulsa Landscape Design This Spring

Do you want to give your Tulsa landscape a little touch-up for spring? There are many easy ways to spruce up your Tulsa landscape design while adding valuable curb appeal.

A pathway of pavers.
 
Pavers are a great way to give your landscape added charm. Pavers come in a wide array of sizes, shapes, textures, colors, and materials, which makes them a favorite when it comes to Tulsa landscape design. Create an elegant walkway to invite guests to your home’s entrance or a patio in the backyard to entertain or even a distinctive driveway design.
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Tulsa pavers are also great for landscaping because they can endure severe weather conditions much better than their asphalt or concrete counterparts. They are also much easier to replace than concrete if they do get damaged.

Add more color to your garden.
 
You can add a dash of color to your Tulsa landscape with an interesting mix of colorful annuals. Do you want to plant brighter hues closer to the home to direct attention there, or do you want to spread the color purposefully throughout your garden landscape? The choice is yours, so have fun with your living paintbrush. Container plants are also an easy and fun way to decorate your landscape and home.

Many are replacing much of their lawn with colorful native plants and ornamental grasses that require less water and maintenance while creating an interesting visual diversity in their yard.
Pruning any overgrown trees or shrubs can also be an easy way to give your landscape a more manicured look.

Renew the mulch.
 
A new layer of mulch added around trees and flowers bring a more polished look to the landscape and provide needed contrast.

Go for organic.

Planting a vegetable garden can give your landscape an added dimension while providing healthy food for your family. You could simply section off a spot for your garden or make a raised garden bed. Organic gardens offer not only great food, but also provide more color and interest for your landscape.

Build an outdoor environment.
 
tulsa outdoor environmentsIf you really want to liven up your Tulsa landscape design, building an outdoor environment with an outdoor kitchen, fire pit, outdoor fireplace, pool, or simply just an outdoor living area will create an entirely new dimension for your landscape and home. Good planning and preparation is needed though to build a successful and efficient outdoor environment that your family can enjoy for years to come. The Tulsa landscape designers and architects at Oklahoma Landscape can help design and build the perfect outdoor environment for your home.

Sprucing up your landscape can be as simple or extensive as you want, but either route you take, there are plenty of ways to enliven your landscape and give it a fresh start for a new season.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Tulsa Hardscapes - Creating Elegant Outdoor Environments


Often we hear the words “hardscape” and “hardscaping” used by Tulsa landscaping companies, but what are hardscapes and how can they be used in your outdoor environment?

Hardscape materials become the basis of a great Tulsa landscape. They are the inanimate, permanent features in your landscape – those made with pavers, stone, stone, wood, or brick. Used to build permanent structures, they help to stabilize your landscape and frequently provide the foundation for an outdoor environment like an outdoor kitchen or fireplace. In a small outdoor living space, hardscaping can provide the extra seating, dining, and cooking prep space you need to stylishly entertain guests.

With an almost infinite variety of shapes, textures, and colors, Tulsa hardscape materials can really set the tone for your Tulsa outdoor environment – from romantically elegant to modern urban designs. These materials can enhance and change the look of you property.

Tulsa Hardscapes such as pavers can easily expand your outdoor space creating a paver patio. These patios can become an addition of the home itself. That’s why it’s vital to consider the architecture and feel of your home when installing hardscapes so that the feel and tone of the hardscape complements that of the home and the rest of the landscape.

Hardscape materials help you visually divide a landscape. A pergola or other outdoor structure can aid in separating an outdoor kitchen or dining area from the rest of the outdoor living space while providing some much-needed shade. Permanent outdoor seating can be built to encircle an outdoor fireplace. Retaining walls can divide various sections of a property, even creating different levels for a landscape. Stone walls add charm and character while providing privacy.


Water features help to create a beautiful focal point for your landscape. Built using a variety of textured hardscape materials, water features bring color and interest to your Tulsa outdoor environment.

And, of course, a walkway or path of hardscape materials like stone or concrete pads kindly welcomes guests to your home or guides them to your backyard.

The Tulsa hardscape experts at Oklahoma Landscape are adept at designing and building the right hardscapes for your landscape to perfectly complement your home, the topography of your land, and how you want to use your outdoor environment.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Patios and Pavers for Tulsa Homes - Spring Home Improvement Projects


Spring is almost here! And thoughts of home improvement are in the air for Tulsa homeowners. Spring brings with it a sense of renewal and regeneration – it’s a fresh start. Home improvement and landscaping projects naturally follow. 

tulsa paver patiosIn the area of home improvement, patios make a great addition to just about any home. They become the basis for an outdoor environment and serve to extend the boundaries of your home. Even a simple patio can add noteworthy value to your property and home. 

Building a Tulsa patio with interlocking pavers is ideal. Pavers not only add charm and definition to the outdoor space but they are also extremely practical. Paver stones are very strong and versatile. Pavers are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and materials. These hardscapes are also easy to install and easy to replace if they do get damaged. 

Interlocking pavers create a sophisticated look for any landscape by providing a seamless transition from inside to outside.  Our Tulsa paver patio designers and installers are certified by the Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute to create quality paver and patio designs that highlight your personal style.

Natural stone pavers like flagstone offer another incredible patio look. Flagstone offers a unique beauty and style with a natural look and feel. These hardscapes also add depth and character to the landscape and come in a variety of shapes and colors. Flagstone is also a very durable material. 

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For a more classic patio with a modern twist, decorative concrete patios provide an upscale patio look for typically a lower cost than some of the other hardscape materials. Concrete can be stained, adding a variety of different colors and hues, as well as various designs or border accents. Stamped concrete mimics the look and feel of other hardscape materials like pavers, tile, and natural stones. This imprinted or textured concrete offers a wide array of color and pattern options to create a chic outdoor living area. 

As the base for your outdoor environment, patios bring versatility and charm to your Tulsa home and outdoor living space and are a great start to your spring home improvement plans.