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An Introduction To Brick Patio Designs

The introduction of a well designed patio can provide the opportunity to create contrasts of color and textures in your garden.
For instance, if you choose a bronze colored brick patio this can in daylight show a brilliant intensity of sunlight, and in the evening shade it can look cool and inviting, so much so, that when you come home from a hard days work, It will beckon you to come and sit down with a nice cool drink, and relax from all your days cares.


Brick patio designs.
When it comes to choosing what type of brick patio design you would like to have, there is no lack of choice. There are so many great colorful bricks available in the market place now, with great designers who can show you all the wonderful patio designs from abstract to conventional, there is no limit to what can be achieved with the right patio bricks and a professional patio layer to do the job.

Brick paver patio.
This style of patio is a more traditional type where a flat slab like brick can be used. The paver brick is a wider type of brick, and is easier to lay. Underfoot they give you a strong sense of safety because of their flat wide body. This is a very popular style of patio, but there is no reason why a combination of bricks cannot be used when laying a patio. For example, you can have a cobble stone look in one section and the traditional paver brick in another section, and if you wanted to, you can merge both bricks together in a crazy paving design and it will look absolutely fabulous.

Brick paver patio ideas.
Because as mentioned above, there is a vast selection of paver and brick styles and colors to choose from means the designs that are possible is endless. There is, as mentioned in the above paragraph the merging of both the brick and the paver slab to give a crazy type of design. Or one can go for a round design which will cover a large area that can be used for sitting in. This design would be great if there was a part of the garden that had a suntrap.


The alternative to the above is a paver patio set in a cool shaded area, where one can get out of the intensity of the suns rays to cool down and just chill out.
Before one sets out on a quest for patio bricks and designs, draw out a simple plan that is relative to your ideas, and consult with a patio expert. Fie or she will be only too delighted to help and guide you in the right direction.