I am looking for some ideas to help design a front drive?

at the moment i am having a extension built and the front garden has been hard cored the size is 40ft x50ft and there is 2 dropped kerbs ready for a in and out i am worried that if i have it all paved it will look like a car park

I am looking for some ideas to help design a front drive?
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Reply:consider laying a circle pack with the paving or leave a section and gravel it to add more shape. have a look at plaspave or marshalls for ideas on products available
Reply:Go to a company which sells slabs, block paving etc., and get some free booklets. These are full of illustrated designs, materials and prices. You will be spoilt for choice.
Reply:Design it on your PC first and see how it looks, that way you can change it around and try new ideas before actually doing the work. For a good program for this, check out http://www.buddyandoscars.com/computer_e... I use these programs myself, and I have no complaints. In fact, using them helped me avoid a very costly mistake re-locating the toilet when I remodeled our master bath by being able to look at the finished room in 3D before I did any of the actual work.