Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

Posted on | May 25, 2010 | 12 Comments

I’ve been brainstorming driveway ideas over the past few weeks. We would love to put in a cobblestone driveway but we still have major work to do on the back side of the house. We need a temporary fix. I want to get outside and enjoy summer. The inside of the house is such a mess and unmanageable for guests. I really need a space we can entertain and bbq.

First off, we don’t have a backyard. We have a large driveway that could fit three cars but we only have one (The garage in the photo is our neighbors). We can park the car out in the street in the summertime but in the winter we have a parking ban. I would love to turn the driveway into a patio space for the summer and then back to a driveway in the winter.

We don’t have much storage in the house or room for a shed so furniture needs to be able to collapse or stay outside year around. Some of my readers have recommended a floating deck. I live in a historic district and a floating deck to me feels too modern.

So what about a peagravel driveway for now? Peagravel is patio-esque? My favorite inspiration is below. Love the driveway tripped with granite, a pretty fence, and peagravel in the middle. I could line the space with containers in the summer to soften up the lines. I think it would be a great inexpensive temporary fix. Maybe we will even end up keeping it?

Below more driveway inspiration from around Marblehead including cobble and brick driveways.

peagravel driveway Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

cobble driveway in marblehead Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

brick herringbone driveway Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

brick patio garden Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

brick driveway patio Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

peagravel patio Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

stone brick driveway Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

cobble driveway with granite steps Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

cobble and brick mix driveway1 Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

brick driveway Cobble, Brick, and Peagravel Driveways

Category: marblehead, outdoor

Painted House Number

Posted on | May 18, 2010 | 10 Comments

Have you ever walk by a house a hundred times but never notice a beautiful little detail? Last week on the news; I must have saw the entrance of 10 Downing Street in London (residence and office of the Prime Minister ) a hundred times. I kept fixating on the painted 10 on the front door. That night I walked by a similar door in Marblehead. Suddenly I realized I love glossy black front doors with painted white house numbers. How great would 39 look on my front door? Love it!

10 downing street entrance Painted House Number

painted number on door in marblehead Painted House Number

7 painted on front door Painted House Number

Category: marblehead, outdoor, paint colors

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