Cohills Stained Concrete Flooring Video
Photo Courtesy of Concrete Ideas Stained concrete flooring is a big market ... preparation, stain application and sealing. Cohills is a manufacturer and distribitor of Decorative ... . You’ve probably seen it and walked on it maybe not realizing it’s concrete. I’m starting to see [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 16:43:42
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My brother arrives today. In less than 6 hours. Meanwhile, I spent most of the long holiday weekend sleeping and working on the basement ... . I wonder if Andrew likes drywall...After that, I'll be refinishing the basement floor by acid etching the concrete (looks like stain, but penetrates better than regular concrete staining). Thanks [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 20:26:00
Staining Your Concrete Floor for a Great Look
The technique of acid staining can transform typical concrete flooring into the look of natural stone ... that have radiant floor heating, this system works best when insulating materials like tile ... of staining a concrete floor is not especially complex, but it can be tricky to get the results you want [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 06:12:44
How To Deep Fry A Turkey
Well turkey week has arrived and your wondering how to cook that ‘ol bird you have stuck back in your freezer ... , or wooden porch. Stay away from overhanging trees or bushes. Remember if you put this on a concrete surface, splashing oil will stain the concrete. Keep away from house, it will melt your vinyl siding [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 06:08:13
Studio Installment # 6
Well we found a great electrician he came and ran the wires and put the boxes in and a new breaker box panel ... . But first we need to do the floor, I’m planning on staining the concrete and if it doesn’t turn out good then we may use tile or wood flooring. I have wanted to stain concrete for a very long time. Lets [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 18:47:00
2009
I'm so glad the new year is here! Did everyone make resolutions? I don't really call them resolutions, more like goals for the year I suppose ... )Plus a cazillion house goals - pull up the disgusting purple carpet downstairs, do stained concrete floors, install concrete counter tops, paint downstairs, paint the hallway upstairs, etc etc etc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:54:00
Monster buildings and monster people
I just came across a piece by Alice the Architect (a recent discovery for me) about an attempt to make Robin Hood Gardens ... .. ... to now: The British weather is not kind to concrete, and it is stained with dark streaks from rain ... off the concrete cover, causing more damage. The gardens, maintained for only a couple of years [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 20:48:00
Interior Design :: RE: Garden Cottage Refurbishment
Author: kuntrygal Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:34 pm (GMT 0) Welcome to the Stew from east Texas! I think Eileen's suggestions are right on. As far as the concrete floor, there is a stain for concrete that might help add some color. You could replace the clear window with a frosted type glass, but there is a spray that frosts the glass [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 06:01:22
Kitchens in the Parade of (Pretentious) Homes
Huge spec homes feature more kitchen that anyone needs and minimal green featuresA friend and I recently went to the Parade of Homes, ... when you can just as easily have two? Countertops: Granite is fading as stained and textured concrete ... , "Although pricey — concrete costs from $70 to $150 per square foot, almost twice as much as granite — [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 01:02:00
A DIY guide to staining concrete
There are many ways to make a drab old grey slab of concrete more attractive, even beautiful to the eye ... -based concrete stains that are nothing more than a water-based paint. All stains come with detailed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 01:05:56
Champagne Wishes and Concrete Dreams
Every single day I live in this house I find more and more projects I want to do or have done as I slowly accept the fact that our 1 year ... for wanting stained concrete in the family room and concrete kitchen counters as well. This house ... , the stone floor and any number of vessel sinks would make me happy. Yet, day after day goes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 05:00:25
A Report from Jeddah
We've been told that Jeddah, an ancient port city and gateway to the holy city of Mecca, sits on the Red Sea. We wouldn't know. We haven't seen it [ ... . The desert is there, buried beneath cheap concrete. Dirty white and beige desert colors stain the buildings ... of decaying concrete, haphazard signage and exposed electrical wiring, the center has a [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 19:11:07
White Out
Well, white on. Trim that is. I have now put a couple of coats of white stain on the trim of the Shop/Garage. It was just too cold to use paint ... a rethink on the floor and am waiting to get an estimate on concrete. It looks like the concrete may ... . But the stain looks pretty decent.Today I am going to spend an hour touching up ladder marks etc [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 10:15:00
Maintaining Your Polished Concretes Quality
by Mikkan Drane Yes, you’ve done it! Your floor looks amazing! But wait, are you not forgetting something? ... , not only fills the gaps and cracks of the floor, it also helps prevent staining and keeps the concrete ... Although concrete polished floor are said to be highly durable and strong, it will still need [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 15:24:12
Taking Care of Your Polished Concrete’s Quality
by Mikkan Drane So, you’ve done it! You have finally converted your concrete floor to a polished one and now it looks amazing. What are you forgetting? You see, although it had been known that concrete polished floors ... , it also helps prevent staining and keeps the concrete looking good for many years to come. You don’t need [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 15:23:07
Keeping Your Polished Concrete’s Quality
by Mikkan DraneSo, you’ve done it! You have finally converted your concrete floor to a polished one and now it looks amazing. What are you forgetting? You see, although it had been known that concrete polished floors ... , it also helps prevent staining and keeps the concrete looking good for many years to come. You don’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 16:19:12
We're Expanding the Ant House
Ibis has two days off and yesterday he returned from running errands with supplies to build our concrete counter top ... for Michigan we talked about colors (you can stain the concrete) in case he was able to have someone ... yesterday he hauled concrete, metal caging, and all sorts of trowels, up the stairs. He ripped off part [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 10:07:00
How To Stain A Concrete Floor
This is a surprisingly easy task, so anyone with a garage, sunroom, ... s unfinished looking concrete floors a warm wash of honey-gold color: The semi-transparent stain ... basement or porch with a concrete floor should seriously consider this super simple process [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 17:13:40
Applying Concrete Sealer and Stain
If you have recently completed a project using concrete, you may need to seal the surface to prevent water and other seepage. Additionally, some concrete projects will receive an aesthetic "lift" if stained properly. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 09:16:47
Time to Start Finalizing Finishes - To Do List
Now that construction is moving along and our target end date can be measured in weeks, it’s time to get down to the details ... ? Misc fixtures & storage (towel rods, toilet paper holder…) General Interior Concrete stain? (I think we may go for the natural grey) Concrete sealant Stairway wall design Stairway design Light [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 03:32:37
How To Paint A Floor
Our recent sunroom floor staining debacle led us away from semi-transparent floor finishes ( ... sunroom. And not only is it great for concrete floors, it can also be used on wood floors and primed metal ... which are fabulous for raw concrete but don’t work as well over previously stained concrete [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 14:22:39
Concrete-Beautiful
Concrete has been showing up all over the place, counter tops, kitchen islands, sinks, showers and of course flooring, indoor as well as outdoor. There are so many ways to treat concrete, the floor in Zinnias is concrete that has been stained and sealed, stop by and check it out. I think that etching and painting on concrete is a wonderful [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 03:53:04
Hybrid Homes are on the rise in Austin!
Okay, you have heard of hybrid cars but hybrid homes? And of course, there is no better place to find them than in Austin, Texas! ... , tankless hot water heaters, scored and stained concrete floors and sometimes concrete counter tops along [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 15:40:31
1000+ Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets
Hundreds of thousands of incredible Adobe Photoshop brush sets are all over the web ... resolution grungy concrete stains inspired by all the cracks, stains, and spots on the sidewalk ... of dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artworks and photos to give them an aged [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 13:29:37
Missed it by *that* much
I was so going to participate in NaBloPoMo in January, and I completely and totally messed up already by missing yesterday’s post ... in a tile floor or a stained concrete floor, and I’d also like to install a concrete countertop ... , so I think I could install the flooring without too much trouble. Painting will require some help since [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 01:48:52
Concrete Acid Staining Polished Concrete
Today, gone are the days where you thought of concrete as a mere gray cement you pour on and wait till it dries. Concrete no longer is confined to the thought of being a building or a homes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 05:42:42
Light and Space
If I were 20 now, if I had the chance to do it all over, to start all over again, I would probably go into architecture school ... . Light rain on whitewashed wood. I like the pure solidity of reinforced concrete, but also the aesthetic of chaotic weathering. A rust stain below a steel pipe on a concrete wall has spirit. Skin [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 00:12:00
Clean and rust-free patio all the time!
A rusty patio can scare off your visitors away and create a bad impression for your self. Rust stains are signs of irresponsibility ... spraying the concrete floor with well water which contains a high iron level. Rust stains can occur ... . However, preventing rust to build up in a concrete patio is almost impossible. When you water [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 16:54:33
Little Brother Saves The Day, Part 2
Well, if the first day of my brother's visit was fun, the second day was a slog ... countertops look great but scratch too easily. Marble gives a formal feeling and stains too easily. Plus ... here. Concrete is very common now and has performance issues (stains). We also gave it low marks [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:26:35
Garage Floor Paint Does Not Have To Peel
Lifting and pealing paint is too often the end product of a homeowner’s efforts to dress up their garage with floor paint. The problem is worse than having no finish at all. Dirty, dusty, and stained concrete is usually ... in flooring, when combined with systems for preparing concrete properly, can now avoid disasters [more...]
Date: 2008-07-20 23:16:06
Just in time
We're protected from the rain. And with the roof shingles comes a complete re-thinking about the colour our house is going to be ... who does acid-staining and other decorateve concrete floors himself so he knows exactly ... for the concrete floors to be poured.The floors look like this right now:Even upstairs has red tubes snaking [more...]
Date: 2008-08-10 05:54:00
FRIGHTFEST 08: Review of THE DISAPPEARED
Year: 2008 Release date: Unknown Director: Johnny Kevorkian Writer: Johnny Kevorkian & Neal Murphy IMDB: link Trailer: link Review by: Mathew F ... , gangs and neighbours too close for comfort, stained concrete and shadowed passageways, killing time ... -destroying in itself, a set of bleak, stained rooms with paper-thin walls, effectively dampening [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 18:29:43
Mint Collection
I could live here. In the heart of San Francisco, the old San Francisco Fire Department firehouse has been turned into 25 luxury residences that ... with exposed concrete walls and plaster finishes, over-sized industrial windows with generous downtown views, acid-stained concrete floors with high-gloss finishes, and oh so much more. Seriously, go check [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 17:58:00
Keeping a cozy home isn't so difficult to do
It's a Saturday afternoon. You're thinking about maybe inviting a few friends to come over for a few cocktails tonight or maybe just keep it laid ... contamination. If you have a concrete floor, keep it clean and stain-free. All rust stains can be easily ... , your tough rust remover, stain cleaners, detergents and the like. Take out also all your [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 06:57:03
Where Women Create
I just finished reading this new magazine this morning--every single word of it--and I've got to say I love it. Fabulous, indeed ... the ceiling and painting it, painting the walls, staining the concrete floor (I was going to put in tile until I saw a slab that had been stained and heard how easy it was--two artists live [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 17:34:35
DECEMBER AGAIN
It's been over a year since we began construction. We are tired and bruised, but love our house ... perfectly into our downstairs den. This picture also shows the stained concrete floors, although not very ... making the countertop substrate out of MDF. Originally we planned on making concrete kitchen [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 19:56:00
leaf stains
Thanksgiving is a time not only to reflect on all that is good but ALSO to tackle cleaning chores requiring extra consideration–say “leaf stains” on the concrete patio for instance. Prior to our final fall clean-up, wet leaves had stood long enough on our concrete-clad patio to produce a series of leaf imprints. Clean+istry believes [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 11:02:05
I seem to have misplaced my cape...
Today I woke up when Rowen and Elliott came into our room and said, “Superhero!” Normally this would be a cute thing ... , though). Front porch bricks and concrete appear to be stained a permanent shade of blue. As are Rowen ... , the carpets (office, landing, stairs, living room) and dishwasher and cupboards and hardwood floor [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 17:46:37
Midtown North at Reston Town Center
For Midtown North, we envisioned contemporary open spaces with clean architectural lines - the perfect invitation to create your own statement ... including exposed concrete columns, 8’ Stain-grade doors, modern Italian cabinetry, Hansgrohe fixtures and wide-plank hardwood floors. Top it all off with incomparable amenities and the result [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 05:58:41
Leopardo Completes Randy Zweiban’s New Province Restaurant
Eco-Friendly Restaurant Aims to be First in Downtown Chicago to Earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ... , PVC-free vinyl booths, organic concrete stain, floor-to-ceiling windows, highly-efficient heat pump ... )-certified wood that is from this region and formaldehyde free. The kitchen has a poured floor which [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 14:56:51
looky
Not much time to chat, I've been busy: spending money, paying for things like doors, handles and pot-light guts; ... have floors.We're going to polish and/or stain the concrete on the main floor so it has to be protected ... the difference between the top floor here & the one downstairs? This one looks more even [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 05:39:00
Getting Warm > Being Warm
I learned something about myself yesterday. First of all, let me tell you something I (and most of my friends) ... , actually) that is on from November through March. At home, where we have stained concrete floors, my bare feet don't touch the floor except during the hottest part of the summer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 22:32:00
Stained Polished Concrete
by Mikkan Drane Today, gone are the days where you thought of concrete as a mere gray cement you pour on and wait till it dries ... ; it is now an object for style. The easiest and most efficient way of designing concrete polished floor ... is to first know what look you want for your floor. Deep thoughts regarding the color that would [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 07:22:04
Floor time!
On the last progress report we were ready to begin the Acid Stain prep work. Well we cleaned the concrete with plain water then spritzed on the pre stain chemical and scrubbed it with a stiff brush, then rinsed. It went pretty well. Because the floor had to be dry [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 19:24:00
I've Been Tagged
by my Sister-in-Law, Merrianne! I have the hardest time trying to think of weird/random things about myself {that I want to share}. So, here goes.. ... so this makes my job so much easier (esp since most of our house has stained concrete floors - only carpet [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 01:10:45
Eight years and one sledgehammer later....
We have deck demolition! Bubble Boy and I have talked about ripping out the eyesore that was our deck from the day we moved into this house eight years ago. But that conversation inevitably led to What to put in its place. Another deck? A patio? Concrete? Stained? Stone? Pavers? Cover it? How about a pool? A pool would be nice [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 23:44:00
Who doesn't love a good house tour?
Julia has organized a Hooked on Houses Blog Party – a fantasy open house, as it were – and I've decided to participate ... square feet. The floor is stained concrete. I LOVE it because it's indestructible - perfect for ranch ... to dazzle our non-virtual guests. I found the fabric online, used spray adhesive to stick [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 21:01:02
Carpets, part 2
So Lauren's comment got me thinking...yeah, you might be interested to know what these things look like ... to stain the concrete. We tried EVERYTHING to get the glue off, chemicals, hot water, razorblade ... floor grinder) and it just kicked our butts so carpet here we come! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 04:23:00
Donut Stop / Workr
Architects: Workr - Ashton Cates Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Project Year: 2008 Construction Area: 274 sqm Budget: US $722 ... interior. Custom white oak booths, stained and polished concrete floors and a rust colored Eurospan ceiling ... store is the busiest. Clad in stained cedar panels on the exterior, the panels are held off [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:25:54
More framing in the market
The floor has cured for three weeks. The concrete has been stained, sealed, and then astore1.jpg finished with five layers of industrial Mop-N-Glo. (That was last weekend.) (I said I’d do one layer–it’s a very big floor–and ended up doing a lot less than that. It’s much harder than you’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:30:15
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