Thursday 31 July 2014

Benefits of using Crazy Paving's?

We always find ways to make our indoor and outdoor surfaces more beautiful and attractive. Paving is one of the ways of making it more elegant yet amazing. Paving refers to an arrangement of stones on a surface in a pattern, which you can use for both indoor and outdoor surfaces.

You can easily get a wide range of paving stones made up of travertine, limestone, marble, bluestone, granite, sandstone and quartz. Crazy paving is now a day's very popular amongst the people, who are willing to make their house more decorative and beautiful. You can see the work of crazy paving on walls, waking surface both inside and outside the house, in a irregularly connected patch of stones. It is considered as the most innovative and creative idea in today's time. Using crazy paving can bring more sophisticated yet elegant look in your home that too within your budget, it doesn't require a lot of spending.

There is no material in the market which can match with the quality of stone pavers, as these Crazy paving provides you the look at the front of your house making it more charming and attractive whereas using any other product might result in giving you a dull and unattractive look after some time. But these crazy paving lasts for years and they doesn't require a lot of maintenance from your side.

Some of the benefits of using crazy paving's:
  • It has long lasting durability, it will not crack, fade, chip, expand, shrink. 
  • They provide flexibility and that too for permanent usage.
  • It is easy to repair, in case any stone is broken you just have to replace the broken one with a new one  and you have your paving back.
  • It requires very less maintenance and can be clean very easily.
  • You will be getting a large number of colors, patterns and designs in stone paving and you can also select the type of your stone from the wide variety of stones which are used for paving now a days.

Whereas if you are using any other paving materials like concrete, bricks, asphalt or gravel, you will be getting few benefits only. As most of them have poor in durability, requires a lot of maintenance and even the it costs a lot for their repairing and has a limited collection for your selection.

Wednesday 30 July 2014

Different types of stepping stones and their uses

If you want to do something new and different in your garden area or landscape area making it more beautiful and amazing, then you should use stepping stones. Stepping stones provides altogether a new look to your garden or landscape area.

You can use stepping stones in through your entrance area, providing your guests a clean, smooth, grass free and dirt free passage to enter your home. While coming through those stepping stones, your guests won't bring any dirt into the home as well. They can be used to cover the large patches on the grass or area due to foot traffic or cars.

Different types of stepping stones can be created by using various products like:

•    Brick pavers
•    concrete pavers
•    Cast iron
•    Stone Cut off's
•    River rocks
•    Rubber

You can purchase these stepping stones from a manufacturer or if you want to make your own stepping stone, you can try to make it on your own. You can make your own patterns, designs and shapes of stepping stones that too in different colours. Your creativity may give a new look to your entrance or your garden area, making it more alive and beautiful.

While creating a stepping stone you have to follow these steps:

•    Select your choice of colour as there is a large variety of color available for your usage. You can choose colors like brown brick, red brick, camel, charcoal, tan, beige, rusty red, orange, terracotta, etc. In case you care making concrete pavers then you can use liquid stains to colour it or you can add color pigments in the concrete mixture and then create the stepping stones. 
•    Choose the same color scheme throughout while creating the landscape.
•    You can choose colors which can match with the surroundings and compliment them
•    You can use a pattern or combination of shades too, to have a new look. You can select your choice of colors to showcase your creativity and have an original effect.
•    You will be needing products to create a stepping stone which includes precast concrete, different tiles and pieces you want to use in your pattern, think mortar and grout.
•    Then you can use the concrete to build your choice of pattern, shape and size and then you can use them where ever you like them to place.

Thursday 24 July 2014

Benefits of using travertine tiles



While constructing a house we invest a lot of money and ensure that whatever material we are using in its construction is worth it. Whether it is related to the outer appearance or inner appearance. We select the best construction materials so that is remains strong for years and stay new always.
Similarly when it comes to building inner flooring or outer flooring we select those tiles which are best, durable and long lasting. Travertine tiles are one of those types which can be used for both indoor and outdoor purposes. These tiles are a form of limestones, formed by depositing at the mineral springs. It mainly appears in white, tan, rusty or cream colors. It is formed due to the precipitation of calcium carbonate, found in the ground surface or in water surface. 

Travertine tiles are mainly used for building purposes, previously in Italy but now it is being used worldwide. You can find a variety of travertine tiles or travertine pavers which are beautiful as well as durable. Travertine flooring not only provides you the beauty but it requires the minimum maintenance in order to keep them alive and new as always. You will be getting three varieties of travertine tiles which includes the cinnamon travertine, silver travertine and noce travertine.

They are available in different colors which not only enhance the beauty of your home or the space outside it but also provides the long lasting services. You can use these naturally find travertine tiles for flooring purposes and it will never fade even if it is been exposed to sunlight for years. That is the reason travertine flooring can be used inside the house as well as outside the house. These tiles are also best suitable for using in the kitchens as backsplashes or in the garden areas which are exposed to the harsh weather conditions, where the question of durability is not even possible. But in that condition also travertine tiles stays for long and without fading. 

That is the reason construction consultants and professionals always advice to use travertine tiles at the places where flooring should be more durable and long lasting and also where people don't have to waste their time and money in order to maintain the flooring. Travertine flooring is being very useful at those places and provide quality service.

Tuesday 22 July 2014

Enhance the beauty of your house with stone floorings


Stone has an ethereal quality about it which makes it possible for a person to integrate it with any design or interior theme for a building. It can even be used be outside for decorations around the garden or porch area. They can also be used to decorate walls by creating colorful mosaics which cover an area of the wall whether it is inside the building or house or outside. But, the most appealing use of stone is done in the form of stone tiles and stone floorings. When used in this form, they can make a room come alive or brighten the overall look of a room. The advantage that one gets with this type of flooring is that there are many different types of stone floorings from which one can choose the type of stone that they want.

Each type of stone tiles has its own set of characteristics and qualities which make them unique. You would find them in different colors and textures and also with different smoothness, brightness of shades, strength etc. The best part about stone is that it is very durable. No matter which type of stone you choose for your house, you will be able to see that it sustains without assistance from any chemical or agent for a long period of time. When it comes to selecting stone tiles you can choose from between travertine tiles, cobblestones, sandstone blocks or tiles, marble or even granite. Each of these tiles can be used for different purposes and they give a very good and grand look to the house. Marble is a universal type of stone flooring that is used
across the world.
 
You can get stone in every part of your house whether it is the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room or even for the staircase. It can also be used outside for the porch or as paving stones. Because of this diverse nature of stones, they are very popular. They are also easily available and you can order the type of stone that you want. They blend in well with themes for residential areas as well as for commercial buildings. In Sydney, the best suppliers for all kinds of stones are All Stone. They would be able to supply premium quality stones at very good and competitive rates to you for your home or office.

Wednesday 16 July 2014

Innovative ideas for decoration of your walls

Sometimes, no matter how many artifacts you have at home or in your living room, if your walls are left bare, you will not be able to get the type of appeal you want for your room. This is especially true of the outdoor walls where there is not much scope for decoration or additions. If you want to do something very innovative and get your walls to become eye catchers then you can try and implement the stone wall cladding method. This is a very popular method to get your exterior walls to look beautiful and let the people walking into your home see that you are indeed very creative. You can cover a large part of the wall with such designs. You can make designs with a variety of materials but mostly people make use of stone because it gives a very earthy look.

In places where you have a large garden area, stone cladding looks very
 good because you can match it up with the landscape design that you have selected for your garden. You can use the same type and color of stone or you can mix up different types and colors to create a kind of mosaic. It would also blend in very well with the plants and trees that you get in your garden and the overall effect would be very charming. Some people make use of this design to cover the wall where they would be making some arrangements for sitting. Whatever might be your personal design, you have a lot of flexibility with this kind of work. Some people also make use of this kind of design inside the house like near the pool area or even inside the bathroom. Some other materials that are used to create the cladding designs are wood, limestone or even travertine.

Another idea that is very popular is to make use of wall cladding to cover up a wall that might have been damaged. The advantage of this method is that it is purely for decoration and the design does not impact the structure at all. However, since mainly composite materials are used for creating of the cladding designs it reinforces the durability of the structure. If you have find that this can work for your house then you can contact All Stone for supply of the types of stones that you want for your design.

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Why people use paving?


Introduction

Let's start with the word paving, what does it mean? Paving simply means a surface made up of several flat stones in a certain pattern. These stones or blocks or bricks are generally termed ad pavers. These paving blocks are available in a wide variety of range and can be used for various purposes as they are durable, affordable, and are available in different shapes, colours, patterns, etc.

Uses of Paving
As per their characteristic they can used for various purposes like:
  •  To create driveways
  • To build patios and walkways and for their enhancement too
  •  In Retaining walls
  •  In raising beds
  •  For enhancing yard features
  • To enhance the beauty both outside and inside the house
All these can be done with the use of paving blocks, different blocks can be used for different proposes as per their features.

There are several materials available in the market, so you have to first decide which type of paver you are looking for and accordingly you have to choose the material. Most popular, easily available and affordable paving materials are natural stone pavers, day brick pavers, concrete pavers, rubber pavers, grass pavers, etc., all these are used for both residential as well as commercial purposes.
 
Crazy paving is also a kind of paving which people are using now a days. Crazy paving can be made by using materials like Granite, Limestone, Bluestone, Quartz, Sandstone, Marble, Travertine, etc. This is the reason crazy paving is used both inside and outside the areas of your home. 
You can identify yourself the crazy paving just by viewing them as they are arranged in a pattern but with irregular stones connected together to form a shape. You can see these stones on the walkway, on the walls and even on the flooring of your house, porch, yard, etc. Crazy paving is used to deliver the most innovative and creative designs.  Using them brings the elegance and sophistication to the place and it looks more beautiful. People are hiring professionals now to get crazy paving for their apartment, which not only enhances the beauty of the apartment but also spread positivity around it.
Commonly used paving blocks for Crazy paving are
  •  Mooloo bluestone
  • Pianura bluestone
  • Azucar Quartz
  •  Alona Quartz
  • Sydney Sandstone Sawn finish crazy
  • Antique Pacific marble
  • Sydney Sandstone flagging