Our general style choice is modern, and our yard is no exception. However, a good design still takes into account the local materials and the existing design queues, so we wanted to make it fit with the house, while improving it at the same time. Flagstone is quite common in Colorado as a material, so for the front yard we decided to keep and use as much flagstone as made sense. It also looked good with the brick, so why not re-use an expensive material?