30 Easy Front Walkway Ideas That'll Boost Your Curb Appeal

The front of interiors photographer Sarah Winchester's house is completely charming thanks to the happy yellow color, but the hedge-lined walkway takes it up another notch. It makes the smaller front yard feel intentionally landscaped.

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Designer Elizabeth Hay’s English cottage owes much of its curb appeal to the stone pathway that leads to the front door. But you don’t need a 16th-century home to embrace the cottagecore aesthetic—this style of front walkway can bring that same storybook vibe to just about any house.

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The Spanish Colonial vibe of this house by Trish Becker deserved a stylish walkway, so instead of a basic brick or stone that could look out of place, the designer chose a laid pattern for the path leading to the home. The alternating style adds a touch of visual interest without stealing anything away from the gorgeous exterior.

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One way to add style to your walkway is with a gate. Designer Cynthia Collins wanted her house to revolve around the gorgeous outdoor space, so every little detail around this fairy-tale cottage mattered. While the wooden gate doesn’t do much at all for security, it adds a charming layer to the overall design.

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On the other side of Cynthia Collins’s home, she has a wide-open outdoor space with a walkway that leads to a covered patio. Both the walkway and patio are laid in brick, creating a cohesive and elevated look.

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If your home is surrounded by greenery, you don’t want a walkway that feels out of place—you want to blend in. So rather than pour a concrete walkway, choose natural, flat stones to work with as designer Elspeth Benoit did here. When she moved into this house on a hillside in Los Angeles, the steepness made the landscape design difficult, but she appreciated having the extra space in the front and back yards during the pandemic.

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Porcelain tiles look extremely chic inside or outside, so using them for a walkway sets a luxe precedent before any guest enters your home. Designer Susannah Charbin chose soft fountain grass to frame this porcelain tile walkway, adding movement to the entry.

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There’s no need to choose just one walkway material—you can easily go with two to create an interesting pathway. Designer Kathryn M. Ireland used both pebbles and pavers to redo the path up to her Santa Monica guesthouse where a driveway had been.

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Elevate your walkway in both the literal and stylistic sense by building several different levels into the lead-up to your house. Architect Gil Schafer was inspired by Japanese water gardens when designing this Maine property. “It was a great way to make the transition from the lower to the upper level feel more seamless,” he explains.

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Pam and Don Schneider wanted their home to be a tranquil garden oasis, so they included beautiful greenery and fragrant flowers in every aspect of the outdoor design with the help of their friend and Pamela Pospisil, president at Pospisil & Brown Architects. The hydrangeas framing the paver-and-gravel walkway add stunning pops of color and set a calming vibe.

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Arched hedges are like nature’s doorways—they define two separate spaces. Once you get past the ficus plant, you’re welcomed into this Palm Beach home. Designer Jeff Lincoln wanted to draw visitors to the entrance, so he added a few potted plants right by the door to say, “People live here. Come in!” as he puts it.

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Add a bit of whimsy to stone pavers by placing them in a fun pattern. On this Palm Beach property, Kemble Interiors situated the stones in the lush landscaping in a hopscotch-like pattern, creating a much more playful walkway than a straight line would’ve been.

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Sometimes forgetting about uniformity can be so freeing—so forget about having a super-manicured walkway and let your plants grow onto it a little . As long as they aren’t ruining the stone or brick, do as designer Katie Ridder did at her own home and allow the flowers spill over onto the surface. It sets a beautiful scene.

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The borders of yard amenities like a pool or fire pit can be pretty narrow. If that’s the case in your yard, lay a few pavers along the existing stone to create a wider walkway. Leia T. Ward of LTW Design did so on this Connecticut property, allowing the grass to peek through between the spaced-out pavers and creating a more interesting design.

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Don’t immediately remove the existing plants in your yard if they don’t match your vision—instead, work with your landscape designer to plan a walkway that incorporates the native species. The sway of the long grass in the breeze makes the yard of this Nantucket home designed by Michael Ellison even more inviting.

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Nothing beats a garden maze, but those oversize hedges are a serious commitment to maintain. Capture the same energy with a mini maze for your walkway made of mini hedges and fragrant flowers. Designer Podge Bune crafted this stunning walkway with pebbles and added a wooden fence to one of the exits, really embracing the cottagecore energy.

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Lead your walkway up to an entrance completely covered in ivy, as pillow maker Rebecca Vizard did at her Louisiana home. With pavers (laid diagonally for extra interest) and pebbles for the actual walkway and long flowers and grass for the yard, the lush fig ivy framing the front door makes this entryway enchanting.

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Lay down a limestone walkway for a lighter, more neutral color palette. If everything else inside and outside of your home is light in color, like it is at this Southern California house by Rob Diaz, then you’ll want a walkway to match.

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