Driveway Color Ideas

Patterns

• Redo your driveway with a patterned design. Choose from a host of colorful brick, cobblestone or paver settings, inlaid in various geographical shapes. You can also pick such materials as stamped concrete or colored asphalt. Most companies offer muted colors of these items, focusing on earth-tone shades such as slate gray, maroon or goldenrod.

Paint

• Many hardware stores sell a variety of driveway paints and coatings. Homeowners can use the paints to cover such materials as asphalt, brick, concrete and stone. Contents range from water-, oil- and acrylic-based paints and coatings and include such colorful options as dark green, rustic red and burnt sienna.

Flowers

• Add color to any driveway by planting flowers along the edge. Make certain to choose low-growing flowers, such as hardy geraniums, or a colorful ground cover, like creeping thyme. Potted flowers offer versatility and mobility, giving homeowners the opportunity to rearrange the colorful flowers on a whim. Hedge-lined driveways add a dash of greenery as well. Keep in mind, in regions where it snows, that sprinkling rock salt on snow-covered driveways might result in poisonous runoff that can kill plants and flowers.

Lights

• Line the driveway with a set of lights. Most hardware stores offer a variety of outdoor lanterns, many of which come in such colors as forest green, dark red or white. For a truly bold look, paint the white lanterns colors such as pink, yellow or peach, or replace the light bulbs with multicolored bulbs. Homeowners interested in a flashy look can line the driveway with wooden stakes, each embedded with nails. Hang small colorful or white lights from the stake's nails.