by JudyA on September 1, 2010
Lisa and Larry Nuorala didn’t make-over old concrete for their Minnesota home; rather, they took new, plain grey concrete and made it into a beautiful, colorful flagstone pattern. They used the Concrete Makeover Kit which contains the necessities to create the flagstone pattern.
The kit contains a Piranha engraving tool, reusable templates to make the flagstone layout, reactive acid stain (choice of color from 8 options), sprayer, small supplies, training videos. Larry said ” My brother and neighbors were totally unprepared for the transformation from plain grey to beautiful flagstone.”
And, ya know what? They will NEVER have to worry about the flagstones buckling in freeze/thaw weather, or floating up of there is lots of rain. OR weeds growing between the cracks because these abstract cracks are engraved into solid concrete.
by JudyA on September 1, 2010
In case you thought from the enthusiastic writing here that decorative concrete was a new idea, I’m about to burst that bubble.
Palimpest, a post this week at Michelle’s Misadventures in Procrastination, tells of an online trek around the Big Apple traveling with Ephemeral New York
“Every brick and every manhole cover has a story to tell. The views of one city inspired Michelle to be more observant in her own city of Cambridge where she found a building with a concrete facade bearing the CADILLAC lettering. Nothing easily investigated tells whether this sign represented a car dealership, although some of the building’s shape would fit that description. The sign was revealed when signage for a children’s bookstore was removed. Michelle snapped a picture of the lettering because she could already see work beginning that would cover it with the next sign. At least it will rest under the sign and be there for a future snapshot. Read more about the building and the possibility that parts will be discarded .
And watch around your community for historic decorative concrete that you haven’t really observed.
The kit contains a Piranha engraving tool, reusable templates to make the flagstone layout, reactive acid stain (choice of color from 8 options), sprayer, small supplies, training videos. Larry said ” My brother and neighbors were totally unprepared for the transformation from plain grey to beautiful flagstone.”