MIXING PAVED AND GRASSED AREAS

It can be hard coming up with the perfect design for your backyard, with many people split between the merits of maintaining a lawn or opting for paved areas instead. The best solution seems to be to create a mix of paved and grassed areas in your yard, because this way you can enjoy the best of both worlds. The following is an examination of some of the main reasons why you should create a mix of paved and grassed areas in your backyard design.

Pavers are practical

Whether you have a backyard garden or just a yard with a lot of grass, for practical purposes it is a good idea to have some sort of path of outdoor pavers leading around your yard. After all, if you get a lot of rain and the ground becomes soaked, you are best to stay off the grass to avoid chopping it up too much. It is also handy to have a hard flat area in your yard for setting up that barbecue, table or outdoor furniture, making it a wise move to pave at least a small area somewhere in your backyard.

Deal with the heat

When the summer starts to heat up, all of those wonderful paved areas of yours are going to get extremely hot unless you use travertine which is a really good insulator. So if you are someone who likes to go barefoot around your backyard in the summer, break up your paved and grass areas. This way you’ll avoid burning your feet and still be able to enjoy not having to wear shoes.

Better-looking yards

Diversity is always better, especially when it comes to the way your house and yard look, so rather than go for just grass or entirely paving your yard, mixing it up is sure to create a far better overall effect. There are countless home and landscape design magazines as well as blogs online, so do some research into how other people are setting up their yards, because the right mix of pavers and grass can look absolutely stunning.

Comfort

A lot of people really like the feeling of walking on grass barefoot, and if you are someone who likes to hang out and relax in your backyard regularly, grass will be far more comfortable to lay on than pavers. If you don’t have some sort of outdoor furniture on which to relax, or just prefer the feel of laying around on the grass, make sure you at least keep enough of a lawn to be able to stretch out on.

The more time and effort you put into your backyard areas, the more enjoyment you are sure to get out of them, so think carefully about exactly what you want to be able to do out there and plan your features and surfaces accordingly. The perfect setup will be different for each person, but don’t rest until you find that perfect combination to suit you, because nothing compares to having your own little paradise right there in your backyard.