Stone Paving, Pool Coping and Caps for Millburn, NJ

Millburn’s terrain calls for a site-specific approach. Old Short Hills includes small hills, mature landscaping and winding streets that follow land contours; Glenwood has narrower, more grid-like streets and ground that slopes southeast before becoming relatively flat. White Oak Ridge includes both steep rises and flatter sections. On a sloping property, plan paving, step treads and wall caps together so successive levels share a clear material relationship. On flatter ground, changes in paving direction or a defined border can distinguish a dining area from a garden path without introducing an unnecessary change in level.

The historic houses of Short Hills Park and Wyoming include Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, English Medieval Revival and Craftsman examples, with porches important to many nineteenth-century homes. Those varied façades provide better starting points for a palette than a single township-wide style: compare warm stone with existing masonry and woodwork, or gray paving with cooler exterior details. South Mountain Reservation, which extends through portions of Millburn and neighboring communities, also provides a woodland reference. Beside mature planting, a restrained paving palette can keep attention on the garden while deliberate joints and coordinated caps give the built areas definition.