Outdoor Spaces

Concrete is the ideal material to use to transform outdoor spaces into outdoor rooms surrounded by stunning hardscapes and equipped with all the comforts of home.

Creating Concrete Outdoor Kitchens in Cold Climates

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Concrete Countertops Vol. 12 No. 3 - April 2012 by Jason Geiser Comments are Disabled

Outdoor kitchens are a popular request no matter where you live, but typically when you read a book or see a television show featuring outdoor kitchens, the contractor is doing them in a warm climate.

Commercial Decorative Concrete Projects Leads to Exponential Growth

Outdoor Spaces Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 8 No. 8 - December 2008/January 2009 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

One of the largest decorative concrete companies in the country is still finding plenty of room to grow.

Skate Park in Santa Cruz Replicates Waves with Concrete

Outdoor Spaces Building with Concrete Vol. 7 No. 3 - May 2007 by Amy Johnson Comments are Disabled

A 16-foot-tall concrete wave? Concrete artists created this and more at a 15,000-square-foot skate park.

11 Proven Concrete Color Recipes

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Tools & Equipment Recipes Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 3 - May 2007 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Step-by-step instructions and useful tips from people in the industry who have experimented enough to know what works.

How to use Shotcrete to Create Artificial Rock

Outdoor Spaces Vol. 6 No. 2 - April/May 2006 by Susan M. Brimo-Cox Comments are Disabled

Contractors are increasingly using shotcrete for making artificial rock. The equipment is expensive, but the results are spectacular.

A Round Concrete Chair Becomes Part of Design

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Furniture Precast Concrete Vol. 16 No. 3 - April 2016 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

Justin Brown, owner of 2Stone Designer Concrete in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, had the idea for Luna Loungers for quite a while. “It’s basically a round take on a square chair,” he says. He finally made the idea into something tangible.

Concrete Tables Include Fiber Optics That Flow And Glow

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Furniture Concrete Countertops Vol. 16 No. 2 - February/March 2016 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

An “outrageous” beach house on the French side of the Caribbean island St. Martin needed an anything-but-usual outdoor table.

Concrete Pool Embedded with LED Lights

Outdoor Spaces Vol. 15 No. 7 - October 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

The pool, then, needed a finish worthy of the rest of the home. Luckily, her contractor-husband, Jeff Barger, handed their concrete contractor, William David Reynolds, a copy of Concrete Decor magazine that featured a patio embedded with fiber optics, providing the elegant touch the pool needed.

Backyard Beach Pool Design

Outdoor Spaces Vol. 6 No. 3 - June/July 2006 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Around the pool is a beach design GLC3 planned for the Dolphin Mall in Miami. He applied an overlay and created an ocean blue both in the pool and around it, using SuperStone integral blue color in the overlay and blue SuperStone dyes on the surface.

Compatibility Issues Between Stained Concrete and Salt Chlorinated Swimming Pools

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Repair & Restoration Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 14 No. 2 - February/March 2014 by Steven H. Miller, CDT Comments are Disabled

Scott Cohen, artisan and construction defect expert witness, whose company The Green Scene makes decorative backyards and pools in Southern California, has observed problems around salt-chlorinated pools too, but he is far from certain that all salt pools are problematic.