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Decorative concrete used as flooring The techniques used today with Decorative Concrete offer architects, interior designers and landscape architects an infinite variety of design, color and texture. The use of this material indoors in countertops and sinks, and outdoors in barbeque areas, water features and conversation pits is already well documented. Flooring however is just as striking in this medium. When one says 'concrete floors' it immediately conjures up a mental image picture of a gray, oil stained workshop floor or a cold warehouse with rows of metal shelves. Decorative Concrete flooring or "flatwork" as it is known, has been elevated to a sought after fashion item in multimillion dollar homes or top flight restaurants because of the amazing effects one can create with color and texture. There is a whole list of techniques involved in creating these effects for example, staining, scoring, etching, stamping, stenciling, and overlays. The resulting effects leave even the most avid skeptics at a loss for words when the finished product is viewed for the first time. In fact it is not uncommon for someone to refuse to accept that what he or she is looking at is concrete. --More on Concrete Flooring--

Posted By Site Admin on 2005-11-29 22:02:08.623 | Topic (Flooring)