Are you looking to create an elegant and practical stone walkway in your garden, yard or property? Choosing a natural stone walkway is a wonderful choice. Whether you want a simple stone path or prefer a pathway of grass stepping stones, there’s a wide range of options available to you. To help you find the right choice for your home that will captivate visitors and take your home to the next level, we’ve created the ultimate guide to choosing a natural stone for your stone walkway.
Why Choose Natural Stone?
Natural stone is a wonderful choice of material for both internal and external home applications. Thanks to its luxurious look yet durable quality, you can just as easily use stones in a garden walkway as you can incorporate it in a kitchen or bathroom.
In fact, there are many stepping stone ideas for walkways thanks to the wide range of stone slab and tile options available. From paver stones to stepping stones, and a whole lot more, there’s a ton of versatility in beautiful, functional natural stone walkways.
Natural Stone Walkway Ideas
Simple, Square and Smooth
Sometimes less is more when it comes to your stone walkway. There are few patterns and styles of walkways that are more iconic than classic stone-grey coloured square stone slabs. Whether you choose to incorporate the square stones in and amongst grass, pebbles or even gravel, there’s something elegant about this simple choice in stone walkway design.
Rocky Path
On the other end of the smooth, square stone slab walkway spectrum is a rocky stone path leading up to your front door or garden gate. These stones are roughly cut into uneven shapes and styles to emulate and encapsulate the randomness and asymmetry of nature. Despite their rough look, these stone walkways are still practical and comfortable for traversing over. Plus, with some grass or moss grown between the stones you’ll really create a natural looking walkway.
Scattered, Circular Stones
For another classic stone idea you can choose a series of randomly scattered circular stones set among long, thick green grass. This aesthetic is particularly well suited to cottages or country-style homes and brings a homely quality to your outdoor area.
Flowering Garden Path
Whether you choose sleek, square stones for your walkway or circular stones, or even the rough stone idea, you can choose to pepper the area with a series of flowers to add a bit of colour and more vibrancy to the steps. Particularly stunning for walkways that lead to front entrances or wider stone walkways, flowers can be a wonderful additional element.
Mixed Stone Walkway
If you’re unsure which type of stone to include in your walkway, a mixed stepping stone pattern might be just for you. Varying more than just shape and size, an assortment of different types of natural stone will add a depth of textures, colours and designs to your walkway for maximum effect. It’s all about embracing imperfect beauty and natural asymmetry.
Natural Stone Options for Walkways
There are plenty of options in not just style but actual type of natural stone for your outdoor walkway. While all of the options below are practical and stunning in different ways, they each offer specific advantages and benefits.
Limestone
A limestone walkway is an excellent choice. With earthy tones and a wide variety of shades, this durable material makes for more than just a stunning aesthetic. Limestone slabs can be cut into just about any size or shape so you can choose any of the patterns or styles outlined above. Additionally, limestone offers a non-slip surface so whether there’s dew on the ground or it’s raining, you won’t slip trying to walk your way up the garden path.
Granite
Granite is another very popular stone for use in both interior flooring and exterior walkways. As one of the hardest minerals and stones available, this highly durable stone is excellent for use in garden stone walkways as it is highly resistant to the natural elements and the abrasion of general wear and tear. But don’t worry – the appeal of granite is not just in its practical functionality. Whether polished to a true shine or not, granite looks spectacular nestled amongst grass and flower beds. With an iconic granular structure adding depth and flair, a granite stone walkway will help you make the most of your stone path.
Travertine
Travertine is similar to limestone in terms of its earthy shades and tones, but this soft natural stone exudes a unique beauty and sophisticated texture and feel. Particularly popular for use around pools thanks to its effective non-slip properties, travertine also makes for excellent use in stone walkways. In addition to being non-slip, travertine is unique for being both resistant to high levels of foot traffic, exposure to outdoor elements and weather, and even manages to stay cool to the touch under the hot sun.
Marble
Marble might be more commonly associated with use in staircases, kitchen benchtops and inside applications but this stunning natural stone also makes for an excellent choice for your courtyard or garden. More than just beautiful and iconic, marble is highly durable which is why it’s becoming more and more popular for use in stone walkways, pool decks and outdoor flooring. Plus, with non-slip marble solutions, there’s a ton of reasons to opt for marble!
Let the Euro Marble Team Walk You Through the Perfect Walkway Today
As you can tell by now, natural stone offers all the visual appeal, practical functionality and range of options you need for your stone walkway. From style and pattern of stones, to the actual choice of natural stone material, the choice is yours!
But if you would like a little bit of help, we’re always here for you. The Euro Marble team are experts in all things natural stone and we’d love to help you find the perfect stepping stone walkway to suit your home. So contact us today!
