With every passing decade, landscaping trends evolve into something fresh and new. These days, every element of a home’s frontage exists in harmony: your plants and flowers are carefully curated to evoke a certain vibe, your windows are customized down to the color of their trim, and a driveway is no longer just a strip of asphalt. It’s a beautifully designed centerpiece of your landscape design.

Today, we’ll be exploring designs that extend far beyond traditional asphalt, highlighting the hottest driveway design trends of 2021, and showcasing 8 driveway paving stones you can use to incorporate these trends into your landscaping. With so many driveway pavers on offer these days, it’s easy to make your stone driveway dreams a reality – no matter your vision.

Elevating with clean lines

As a pillar of modern design, clean lines create an elevated look that will catch the eye of visitors and passersby alike. If you’re looking to create an effortlessly contemporary driveway, our Sleek paver checks every single box. Its hyper-smooth surface texture and nearly imperceptible pores create a look that’s porcelain-perfect, and its large slabs limit joint space for subtle seams and a unified layout.

Sleek is available in six colorways that can be mixed and matched if you so choose – but the ultimate modern look will either be monochrome or two-toned at most. Lay these driveway pavers in a completely linear pattern for a minimalist look, or experiment with a herringbone pattern to blend contemporary and timeless vibes.

If you’re looking for similarly clean lines with a little bit of variation, the Blu 80 polished paver comes in three different sizes to create patterns with exceptional visual interest. Whether you choose to go the modular or linear route, Blu 80 is a luxurious choice that can withstand harsh climates, resist de-icing salt damage, and accommodate significant vehicular traffic. 

Product featured: Sleek pavers in Greyed Nickel

Playing with color

Push the boundaries of traditional driveway design by incorporating a little bit of color. You don’t need to get too splashy or wild – dabbling in subtle auburns and beiges is enough to make your driveway stand out from every other home on your street.

Patio stones like our Pure paver will transform the front of your house into a charming French-inspired courtyard: colorways “champlain grey,” “chestnut brown,” “shale grey” and “sandlewood” divert from the trend of using greys, slates, and blacks for driveway applications. If your home features wooden accents on its exterior, our rustic Pure stone is the perfect complement, and using a brown or beige-toned colorway will visually tie the two elements together.

For the bold, our Squadra paver’s “merlot” shade is the same hue as its namesake wine. While an entire “merlot” driveway might be a little too much for the eye to handle, blending it in with more traditional colorways is a great way to add a pop of vitality and ramp up your curb appeal.

Using an ultra-minimalist paver like the Industria, you can leverage its simple style to go big on color and uniqueness. Forget everything you know about traditional design and geometry: arrange Industria’s versatile stones in a seemingly “random” yet highly intentional way, like this gorgeous modern driveway. For the ultimate exercise in creativity, try an “ombre” look with three different colorways that slowly “fade” into each other as you make your way down the driveway. You’re guaranteed to have the most spectacular, head-turning outdoor living space on the block! 

Product featured: Pure pavers in Champlain Grey and Chestnut Brown

Experimenting with texture

When it comes to design, the texture is the spice of life. If you prefer a more subtle colorway for your driveway paving stones, experimenting with texture is the perfect way to provide a sophisticated edge without going overboard.

Blue 80 Slate is the best-selling paver in our entire collection, and for a good reason: its natural stone look suits all kinds of different frontages, from ultra-modern new builds to mid-century cottages. Available in eight different color variations – from warm “shale grey” to cooled-down “shale grey” – this paver’s rocky façade can add exceptional richness and dimension to your driveway design.

Go for rustic perfection with the Mika paver, an elegant option that radiates warmth and tradition. Whether you choose to arrange Mika in a soldier course pattern or create a gorgeous mosaic with its adaptable stones, its micro-textured surface exudes all the sophistication of a European cobblestone road. 

Inspired by classic clay bricks, the Mika paver doubles down on texture: not only does it feature dramatic etchings on its surface, but it also leaves room for large void spaces between each stone. Combined with the installation method, these spaces allow water to trickle between them, so you can use Mika as a stylish permeable paver that looks just like reclaimed brick.

Product featured: Blu 80 Slate pavers in Shale Grey

Trust the pros to bring your vision to life

Once you decide on your dream driveway paving stones, it will be time to put your renovation in motion. At Techo-Bloc, we are here to make sure your outdoor landscaping project turns out even more beautifully than you could have imagined, so we have put together a number of helpful resources to facilitate your success.

Start by finding an authorized Techo-Bloc dealer near you, so that you can experience our products in-person (trust us – seeing is believing!). Then, browse through our list of recommended contractors to find a collaborator you can trust. If you need a little inspiration to get started, you can always flip through our 2020 Landscaping Lookbook, or discover your new favorite design trends based on your own personal style. Happy landscaping!