The distinct features of sandstone and bluestone pavers

If you are keen on adding a touch of nature to your home, you can never go wrong with a cottage-style garden. Cottage-style gardens have a calm, serene beauty that makes them immensely popular among ardent aficionados of fabulous home décor. The brightly colored orchids and bulbs, pastel flower beds and the meandering paths can add a quintessential old world charm to the most well developed neighborhoods. But there is one aspect of gardening that requires special mention. No matter what landscaping style you prefer, you need to add appropriate paved areas to your cottage-style garden. Paths, flowerbed boundaries and pond surrounds are an essential part of cottage gardens, and you can choose from a wide array of pavers that can be both attractive and visually appealing as well as economic and long lasting. In this article, we will discuss the distinct advantages of using sandstone and bluestone pavers. 

Sandstone Pavers

These low priced pavers come in a wide array of sizes, patterns and colors. Sandstone pavers should be laid on a firm, concrete slab with mortar base. The process is slightly more expensive and time consuming. They can be easily cut by using a diamond blade. However, sandstone pavers are rather porous and so they can easily pick up grime and dirt. This issue can be solved by using a good paving sealer material. There are numerous suppliers of sandstone pavers Melbourne that can provide you with great sandstone paving options. 

Bluestone Pavers

These medium to high-priced pavers generally come in three grades – natural, semi-honed and honed, which indicate the quality of polish on the paver surface. The natural bluestone paver lacks any polish and as such carries a gray or bluish hue; the semi-honed pavers carrying some limited polish, have a dark gray appearance, and the honed pavers with the most polish looks almost black. They are far harder than sandstone pavers, but can be cut with diamond blades. Bluestone pavers come in numerous interesting patterns, and any retail or online seller of bluestone pavers Melbourne can offer you high quality pavers in different sizes.