I didn’t have anything to say yesterday. I was wondering why you cared if the back and front of the house match. I think having different design themes in back/front is kind of cool.
I like your brick. It’s nice. I also don’t think that having concrete in the back precludes having some brick in the back as well.
Anyway, I was just thinking about your project last night and thought you could just do a brick border around your existing concrete and/or cut some patterns into the existing concrete and drop brick in there. Would save alot of money because you wouldn’t have to pour a new slab or do all that in brick.
So, put in a concrete sidewalk around the side, line it with brick, and extend the brick/concrete theme to the back by adding some brick trim to the back slab.
Maybe add some brick-colored trim or redwood trim to the house as well.
Just another option.
P.S. I’d go for hiring out the gutters, too. Those machines that form a seamless gutter from sheet metal are so cool.
