Ideas and Inspirations
Helpful articles and images from the Pine Hall Brick blog.
New Home Ideas
White Brick. Selecting the right white brick for your home.
White Brick. It is the most commonly request color when perspective homeowners walk into our showroom. Some are looking for almost entirely white brick to go on a Modern Farmhouse. Some are searching for a more creamy white that works for an elegant Tudor. Others are...
The Lake at Lissara by Sonoma Building Company featuring Chesapeake Pearl
There's no question that our gray and cream colored bricks have been taking the world by storm. In fact, some of our favorite projects featured in recent years have used either our Oyster Pearl or Chesapeake Pearl face bricks. That's why it was no surprise that this...
Stratford Rose French Country Courtyard home by Hood Herring Architecture
Hood Herring Architecture is a Wilmington-based firm featuring the talents of T. Tilgham Herring and John C. Hood. According to Hood Herring, this French Country Courtyard home was inspired by 18th century French hotel plan. That style of architecture often featured...
Hardscapes and Paving
Pavers and Thin Brick for a generational home project on This Old House
A generational home project in Glen Ridge, NJ, uses pavers and Thin Brick supplied by Pine Hall Brick Company for the PBS series This Old House. This time, it’s a impressive makeover of a family home that includes replacing a concrete walkway with pavers and refaces porch piers with Old School 8s, our retro Thin Brick product.
The Brick Kid helps Portsmouth set a standard for streetscapes with Pathway Full Range
Pathway Full Range clay pavers bring continuity to a scenic seaport, and it looks like it’s becoming the look to have, up and down the New England coast. Above image: Brick Market, Portsmouth, NH. All photos: Ben Cyr.The Brick Kid figures he’s installed about a...
Clay pavers create attractive, functional speed tables in Lawrenceville, Georgia
As suburban towns evolve, residential development emerges in central business districts, bringing more vehicles and pedestrians. Lawrenceville, Georgia, is one such suburb, 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, where you can see this happening. And forward-thinking urban...
Planning and Design
Going green? Bricks can help you reduce your carbon footprint.
Unlike other construction materials, brick are made from all-natural ingredients. They're comprised of shale and clay, two substances found abundantly on our planet. This is why brick are both natural and sustainable—they don't add anything unwelcome to our...
DIY Corner
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Project Spotlight
Florida town’s permeable paver installation wins national recognition
Sutton Park, the centerpiece of Palmetto, Florida, has earned a Gold Award from the Brick Industry Association’s annual Bricks In Architecture competition. The prestigious award recognizes architecture firm Moore2Design LLC, landscape architect Allison-Gause, builder...
Custom clay pavers emulate historic streets in Panama
Clay brick pavers from Pine Hall Brick Company have been used in a number of different preservation projects, from the Colonial-era historic district of Annapolis, Maryland, where the surrounding neighborhood saw the beginnings of a new nation, to the campus of...
Wake Forest University goes water permeable with local clay pavers
For some, September marked the beginning of a new school year. For Pine Hall Brick Company, it also marked the beginning of a makeover at the neighbor’s place. Students returning to Wake Forest University, which is close to Pine Hall Brick’s headquarters in...