A15) @Dara Cooke: If you can't afford a quartz or granite worktop from day one then I would recommend using a laminate worktop as a temporary solution. If you don't put tiles up as a backsplash then replacing the worktops can be relatively easy in a couple of years.

I would follow the curving line of the lovely brick sett edging to the beds and have the same brick edging whatever flag stone you choose . This way you can continue the lovely curve and have your patio wider/ deeper on whichever side you choose to have the table and bbq. Grass the rest...I 'very just seen the date on this question. You'very probably done it by now, lol

Every year we present the Best of Houzz winners for Design, Customer Service and Design Photography. The prestigious award highlights the top-rated home improvement professionals and the most popular home designs. To see this year's Irish design winners, have a look here. As you know, we love polls here at Houzz and we thought it'd be fun to do a 'best of the best' of the poll. We've selected a few images from companies who've won the Design award, and now we want you to vote for your favourite. All of these images have been saved to hundreds and thousands of Houzzers' ideabooks worldwide - very impressive! So while we celebrate their design, we also want to know - which design rocks your boat?

Hi Looking for advise on any garden design software which can be used to visualize a garden design , where I can pick and choose paving stones, lawn layout , garden edges etc .. We have a small back garden of around 70 sq m in desperate need to a redesign and I cant really afford to pay $$ to the pros for a redesign ..