Decking can create a versatile outdoor living space to link your house with the garden. It might be the right choice where a patio isn’t practicable or where a quicker, easier construction is preferred. Decking has a softer appearance that contrasts harder features and as with other wooden features will age nicely over time. Careful design and proper construction using appropriately treated timber will minimise the requirement for on-going maintenance, although this will inevitably be a requirement over time.

Of course you don’t necessarily need to decide for decking or paving; there are plenty of ways to integrate the precise lines and variety you can achieve with paving directly with the simpler, natural textures and patterns provided by wood.