| Imagine a beautiful pattern of paving stones as the | | | | homeowners find the prospect of creating a natural |
| central focus of your new patio. Stone circle kits are | | | | flagstone patio a challenge, and a well-made patio an |
| one of the most popular new products offered by | | | | accomplishment in which they can take pride for |
| suppliers of flagstones and pavers for patios. Stone | | | | years to come. The homeowner who wants to try |
| pavers, such as sandstone paving slabs offer a wide | | | | his or her hand at creating a unique patio floor will |
| range of beautiful styles and colors and can be the | | | | find plenty of information on how to lay paving |
| basis of an inviting and classic patio that is one of the | | | | stones, as well as patterns for some of the more |
| most-used areas of your home.Traditionally, the | | | | popular accents and styles at many manufacturers' |
| paving stones used in the construction of patios, | | | | and DIY web sites.Choosing a Pattern for Your |
| drives and walkways have been York stone - stone | | | | Stonework |
| cut from the quarries in York - granite, slate and | | | | The pattern you choose should be one that makes |
| sandstone. The increasing availability of imported | | | | the most of the space that is to be paved. A narrow |
| stones from markets in India, China and Brazil have | | | | walkway or path through a garden, for instance, |
| added some intriguing and stunning patterns and | | | | won't display the intricate beauty of a sweeping fan |
| colors to the tried and true and still popular native | | | | as well as the wider expanse of a full patio, while a |
| stones. Because of the low cost of labor to quarry | | | | patio can be as simple as an evenly spaced coursed |
| those stones, natural stone paving is as affordable as | | | | pattern or as intricate as a tiled mosaic circle set into |
| concrete and aggregate paving slabs, and natural | | | | a squared frame.The pattern you choose should also |
| stone patios have been rising in popularity over the | | | | take into account the color and style of stone that |
| past two decades.Laying a stonework patio has | | | | you've chosen. The top surface of your stones may |
| become a popular do-it-yourself weekend project for | | | | be sawn, riven or naturally domed. A polished sawn |
| homeowners. While patios made of concrete paving | | | | stone lends itself naturally to more intricate patterns |
| stone are as easy as assembling a jigsaw puzzle (and | | | | that rely as much on color as laying pattern. A riven |
| a not very challenging one at that), working with | | | | stone lends a more rustic look to your patterns, and |
| natural stone flags and slabs is far more challenging. | | | | reclaimed stones offer the time-worn look of casual |
| The irregular thicknesses and rough edges of natural | | | | elegance.Whether you choose newly quarried stones |
| stone don't come with pre-set spacer bars to help | | | | or reclaimed, cobbles, flags or sets, limestone, |
| you determine how far apart to lay stones, or | | | | sandstone, slate or York stone, nothing compares |
| pre-stamped with a symmetrical pattern.Rather than | | | | with the timeless beauty of real stone. |
| this being a discouragement, though, many | | | | |