Posts Tagged ‘Patio Concrete’
Stamped Concrete Patios
Stamped concrete and patios go together like bacon and eggs. You can choose your color, your stamp, and borders if you like. Patios can get a little complex on hillsides. Retaining walls and steps can add costs to your patio. What we did here, is try and keep it as simple as possible without wasting…
Read MoreStamped Concrete Ashlar Slate
I try to take good pictures for my blogs. Keep in mind, I enjoy photography and shooting, but I have to shoot 10 to get 1. This patio was done about 3 months ago. The homeowner chose the Ashlar Slate pattern. The pattern and color really fit in well with their house and lay out.…
Read MoreStamped Concrete Pictures
I think this is a pretty good combination. We used the running bond brick as the border and the cobble in the field. Colors are Hayfield with a “brown” release. The brick matches the release color. Cobble is kind of a busy pattern as is the…
Read MoreRed Brick Stamped Sidewalk Time Lapse
[wp_lightbox_prettyPhoto_video link=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CXvNOHAg3k” width=640 height=360 description=”Red Brick Stamped Sidewalk Time Lapse” source=”https://549701.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SidewalkTimeLapse-550.jpg” title=”Red Brick Stamped Sidewalk Time Lapse”] This brick stamped sidewalk fits in very well. We changed up the colors and finish from the patio, but it still works. A lot of times I will suggest to change things up a bit. When you have…
Read MoreStamped Concrete Ideas/ Upclose and Personal
I wanted to post this picture so you can get a better view of stamped concrete. This is a large slate pattern. As you can see the texture is pretty realistic. I remember that we decided to use a light color release so as to not have very dark grout lines and gradients. Being that…
Read MoreColoring the Wall-Patio Ideas
When I write my blogs I get carried away thinking that you have been reading my earlier posts. Well in most circumstances I do not think that is the case. Silly me for thinking that way. So let me start out by explaning to you what we are illustrating. The sitting wall you see is 100% concrete. We…
Read MoreSalt & Pepper Stamped Concrete
What is old is new. That is said quite often for clothes or architectural designs among other things. The same can be said for stamped concrete finishes. I don’t know how many of you have seen or even noticed concrete that looked like this. Being that I am a concrete guy and am always observing concrete finishes, I have…
Read MorePatio Ideas/Stamped Concrete
Basically it’s gray on gray. It’s a very popular color combination. It looks natural and the highlights of the dark gray release become part of the ashlar slate. This all started with a blank slate. The owners steps came down to the Earth like so many do. They wanted a change. This is what we…
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