Gaye Goodman discusses a collaboration with artist Roy Snowball
Staining & Coloring Concrete
Concrete’s natural color can be altered with powder or liquid stains, dyes and colored hardeners, as well as aggregates such as ground glass and stone.
How One Artisan Designs Decorative Concrete Installations
This article breaks down three different jobs and how one artistan developed the designs for each project, stage by stage.
A Collaborative, Driven Company: Lonestar Concrete Systems
It’s hard to picture a slow day at Lonestar Concrete Systems — the decorative concrete installation company completes an average of 2,500 projects per year, has anywhere from 70 to 100 projects going at all times and works regularly for big-name clients.
Freeman Justice Center Historical Mural
Even a tropical storm couldn’t stop these master craftsmen from lending their artistic touch to the entryway of a new courthouse.
Achieving the Look of Acid Stain With a Water-based Alternative
Tucked into the stadium that houses the Detroit Tigers, this sports bar features a lush decorative concrete floor.
Medical Lobby Decorative Concrete Makeover – Modesto, California
In two weeks’ time, Julio A. Hallack and his crew of four transformed what he calls a "mail lobby" – a ho-hum, run-of-the-mill 1,500-square-foot space – into a warm and inviting receiving area that everyone who sees it can’t help but admire.
An Orange and Brown High-sheen Acid-stained Concrete Garage Floor
In 2005, race-car driver Dan Wheldon received the first-place title at the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (also known as the Indy 500) and, along with it, the 2005 Indy 500 Pace Car, a new Corvette convertible.
Dyed Concrete Floor Celebrates Earth Day
There was plenty of flooring to do before Alfalfa’s Market, a new natural foods store, could open on Earth Day in a former Whole Foods space in Boulder, Colo.
Small Stamped Concrete Project Turned Large
What began as the customer’s modest plan for a concrete slab to go under a jumbo-sized hot tub morphed into a three-tier, 2,700-square-foot stamped concrete patio that integrates a spa with two other focal points: an eating area with wood pergola to house an outdoor kitchen, and a recessed fire-pit area with sitting wall.
Los Angeles Apartment Buildings Receive Decorative Concrete Improvements
Decorative concrete doesn’t come on a bigger scale than this. Developer Geoff Palmer has built more apartments in downtown Los Angeles than anyone else — more than 3,000 — all in the same faux-Italian style.
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