I have some gargantuan front steps that are concrete. About 7 steps 8 ft wide. The first 5 or so steps were lined with awful hedges that were garbage magnets. So I dug them up yesterday with the intention of replanting something fancy and putting down some mulch.
Well, now that I have dug them up I have exposed a pretty large gap under one of the concrete steps. I'm not concerned about structural issues. I think it's just how they were designed and poured. I'll probably fill in the gap a bit with the dirt I dug out.
What I want to do is cover the god awful ugly concrete steps. Sides and top.
Any ideas on covering material? I'd like to do wood on the sides, but wood touching concrete is never a good idea. I considered composite decking, but that seems a tad overkill. The last thing I considered is covering it with stones or brick on the side then pavers on top. Massive slate slabs are super expensive and i'd like to keep this cost controlled.
Any ideas, or has anybody seen anything that they think looks good? I seem to have writers block, or landscapers block (hah) on this.
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