Ideas and Inspirations
Helpful articles and images from the Pine Hall Brick blog.
New Home Ideas
Tufts House with Ashton Court brick accents help define a modern Tudor home in an established neighborhood
The treelined Starmount neighborhood in Greensboro has a new home with old world charm. Custom builder Tammy Roberts, owner of Homes Built By Design, worked with her client to achieve a modern Tudor home using primarily Tufts House, one of our artisanal style bricks,...
This builder’s personal choice? Chesapeake Pearl
When Scott Naylor of Naylor Custom Homes built his new home, he selected Chesapeake Pearl brick with white mortar using white sand. Great choice! Chesapeake Pearl is whiter than its sister brick Oyster Pearl and it works especially well with the dark stone and dark...
White brick, dark trim and stone set this show home apart
With a white brick Villa Chase, dark trim, wood features, and stone create solid and beautiful curb appeal. Ray Bullins Construction entered this stately lodge in Greensboro's Parade of Homes last fall. Bullins, keeping with homeowner trends toward lighter colored...
Hardscapes and Paving
Forever home gets a forever patio
The owners call this 1933 classic in Concord, Massachusetts their “forever home.” So landscape designer Dan Gladu of Roots & Rocks Landscape Artisans designed the outdoor living space with our Rumbled Full Range brick pavers to stand the test of time and...
An artful pattern of clay pavers welcomes patrons to a new cultural center
Cain Center for the Arts in Cornelius, North Carolina was built with brick as both cladding and as an expansive entrance plaza and patio. Pine Hall Brick clay pavers are laid in an intricate pattern of sizes and colors that form an elliptical design that befits the...
Rumbled Cocoa clay pavers help repurpose and revive a historic estate as a beautiful public park
An 1870-era mansion in Lancaster, Pennsylvania has a storied history, but its latest iteration wasn’t working well, so some changes needed to be made. Clay pavers made a big difference and enhanced the park's first impression. (All photos: Donovan Lefever)Stauffer...
Planning and Design
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It or List It,” builds a new energy efficient home using brick and radiant barrier house wrap
Pine Hall Brick played a role in this season’s premiere episode of the “Love It or List It” television series by providing Barker House facebrick and Rumbled Bluffs pavers to a new home project.Old houses are charming. Until they aren’t. Then they can become very...
Lighter colored brick goes with a wide range of accent colors
When building a new home, lighter colored brick gives you a wider range of choices in accent colors and materials, according to builder Brian Disney. He just completed his own home and we spoke with him about how he designs and guides his clients. Brian Disney has...
Brick and Shutter Combinations
Brick and Shutters. In the past brick and shutter combinations were bound to a fairly limited mix of options that stuck with tradition. Red brick with black shutters, white brick with black shutters or earth tone brick with brown shutters. Lately architects have...
DIY Corner
Project Material Estimator
DIY Paver Material Estimator Calculate how many pavers, cubic yards of sand and crushed stone base that you'll need for your DIY project. If you'd like assistance, contact us below. ...
Octogenarian couple installs 25,000-paver driveway
Keep up with the Watsons? Start with 25,000 pavers Wilda Watson can tell you exactly how many Pine Hall Brick Company standard clay pavers it takes to fill a 1990s-vintage Little Tikes wagon. Eighteen. In October, Wilda hauled her last load of 18 pavers in that wagon,...
Transform your interior with a brick floor using PaverTiles
Our new PaverTiles allow homeowners to have a true brick floor in just about any room in your home. In the past if homeowners wanted a brick floor, they had to install full thickness brick or clay pavers, but their size and weight made it next to impossible to remodel...
Project Spotlight
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It Or List It,” earned Hardscape North America award for her paver walkway – one of five Pine Hall Brick winners at HNA
Hilary Farr, host of “Love It Or List It,” designed an award winning entry that won first place recognition for Farr and Pine Hall Brick Company in the Clay Brick – Residential category of the Hardscape North America (HNA) Awards at the organization’s annual...
Pine Hall Brick Company pavers used with “Ask This Old House” as neighbors help neighbors
Roz Pendleton is an anchor and a leader in her neighborhood. When Rebuilding Together Boston teamed up with our friends at "Ask This Old House" we were honored to provide pavers to the worthy project for homeowner Pendleton. Pictured above, L-R, landscaper Jenn...
Urby Harrison hardscape showcases pavers, earns BIA award
A major landscaping project at Urby Harrison, an apartment complex at the center of the renewal of Harrison, New Jersey, has earned a Brick Industry Association design award. The project demonstrates the versatility of Pine Hall Brick Company’s Old Towne and Rumbled...