Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambiance, and increases the value of your home. This complete DIY guide for homeowners provides all the information you need to integrate popular hardscape designs into your overall home landscape! Included are dozens of design ideas with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for a variety of landscape projects, including brick, mortar, and concrete walks and patios, flagstone and tile patios, brick and mortared stone walls, and more. Lavish color photographs provide design inspiration, while the extensive how-to section provides easy-to-follow information. With hundreds of building tips and construction drawings for projects, Ultimate Guide to Walks, Patios & Walls contains all the design and technical information you need to enhance your landscape and outdoor living areas with walkways, patios, and garden walls. Also included in this updated edition is new content on hardscaping design and materials, choices to consider that combat climate change, pervious versus impervious surfaces, terracing, and other elements that influence stormwater runoff and site planning, and more. Learn how to set pavers in a sand-and-gravel base, create a new patio with tile or stone atop a mortar base, build a wall that will stand the test of time, and so much more, with Ultimate Guide to Walks, Patios & Walls, Updated 2nd Edition!