Paving colour for driveway - To match or not to match?
Hello Houzz Community,
I hope you are all well.
I have a small dilemma on choosing the correct paving colour for my front driveway and was wondering if I could kindly request your feedback on which one to go for. I have narrowed it down to two.
Firstly, let me start off by saying I have just had the front wall built that is a 1:1 copy of my neighbours wall. See some before and afters below;
Before
After
Paving Options
As mentioned about, the colour choices for the driveway are down to two - Killyleagh and Cashel, which I have posted a picture of below:
My neighbour already has his driveway completed and he went for Killyleagh, which you can see in the video here - https://streamable.com/1f8mdd
I like how Killyleagh does not clash with the wall colour however, it also looks a bit greyer/duller. Cashel matches but is it too much of the same colour scheme going on?
Given the colour of the wall and the front of the house being rendered in a predominately white with a rich orange segment, which of the two paving options do you think best suits?
UPDATE - CASHEL IS OUT. NEW VOTE IS BETWEEN KILLYLEAGH AND SLATE
Seems like Cashel has been turfed out but there is a little vote off between Slate and Killy.
I have until tomorrow to make that decision but wanted to open the voting again between the two. Here are a couple of better pics of the two:
KILLYLEAGH AND SLATE
FRONT HOUSE - DIFFERENT ANGLE
FYI, I will be leaving that front space between the two piers open i.e. no gate. This is because it will allow two cars to get in easily. I will however, be getting the black railings. We also have a Midnight blue door on order. I am contemplating grey window frames but undecided on this yet.
To Slate or to Killy?
Thank you again.
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E D
3 years ago
annabellaamy
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rachelmidlands
3 years ago
minnie101
3 years agoJason Digs
3 years agoThank you everyone and thank you Minnie for the photoshopped images.
There have been a few likes regarding this door from the comments above:
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Sonia
3 years agoJason Digs
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoRachel, is this something like what you were thinking.
- Modern Lanterns
- Dark door number 10 with a subtle pattern pane
- Number plate side on the right side under
**forgot to add the letter box.
I like the TRIO lights here - https://www.ideas4lighting.com/shop-outdoor-c21/wall-lights-c27/sensor-lights-c2171#t207:t955annabellaamy
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3 years agoFor what it’s worth, this is my favourite. The one glazed panel appears to compliment existing windows and the height of the glazing looks good. If it was in budget I don’t know whether I’d change the canopy tiles to slate (Back to my normal standard of photoshop 😂)
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3 years agoSorry ED!
Here's a picture that will cheer you up
Back to the Garden Center tomorrow to get that pot and bay tree along with some ??flowers??
Any tips on what to go for here? I'm thinking the following colours will be nice - pink, maroon, green along the vertical stretch..Hopefully these won't grow high or overlap with each other?
At the top of the stretch where there's more space, I need that tree thingy that minnie posted that doesn't grow stupid high but at the same height or just above the wall.
Sonia
3 years agoOne small tree I can suggest is the ornamental apricot Prunus mum’s Beni-Chi-dori - bright pink flowers in spring and only grows to 2 metres (or so they say!). Many other trees, even the dwarf ones, grow to 2-3 metres plus and as wide, so maybe an evergreen shrub would do instead? Something like a Viburnum tinus (whitish pink flowers in winter), Ceanothus (blue flowers in May, Photinia Red Robin (red leaves in spring), Choisya ternata Sundance (yellow leaves, white flowers in May). All are evergreen and don’t mind being cut back a bit if they spread out a bit too much. Smaller plants are Hebe (evergreen with white or purple flowers), Lavender (needs sun), Geranium Rozanne (blue flowers all summer long). There are loads more if you want a list!
This is the tree Prunus mume
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3 years agoThese are my Japanese acers, I selected the shorter varieties since the drive isn't huge. The red one is approximately 10yo, the other two are 6-7 yo. They grow quite slow and stay compact,in my opinion. I tried to take the photos in front of our Cooper so you get the idea of the sizes. They are Garnet (2+ m) Bi Ho (2m) and Winter Flame (1.5m and it grew 50cm during the last three years). Acers can be shaped, I'll be removing some lower branches to add some structure. They are gorgeous in autumn and passers-by often stop to admire.
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