Project Finished...

When we purchased this house it had a drainage problem in the back yard – a couple days after a good rain, ... patio area being a mess I finished the project. I poured 3-4 yards of concrete, stamped, & colored ... experience with stamping and coloring concrete. It’s not great but it’s only concrete. Take a look [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 14:02:31

Blog posts (436) | Videos (208)
 

City plans salty, sandy solution to surface slips in city center

As attractive as the downtown streetscape improvements have been here in our Bull City, the crosswalks have raised their fair share of grumblings, ... situations in the wintertime when the stamped concrete pavers themselves got iced over ... that incorporates the stamped concrete downtown. General Services will also respond and will place sand [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 16:00:20

Stamped Concrete

I love the look of stamped concrete. I think it would be fun to have in a front or back yard someday! They can make it look like stone, tile, wood, and some other popular designs. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 15:43:30

Stamping a pattern

There was no sewing this weekend. Only stamping - concrete stamping. _6450 Here's a picture of the finished slab. _6442 Saturday was spent mixing concrete and pouring it (I actually was just the water/food girl ... on the top of the concrete. _6452 Yesterday we saw the Dark Knight. It was good - and long [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 18:34:26

Improve your driveway with R.Smith Paving Contractor Inc.

Improve the value and appearance of your driveway as well as that of your home! ... you just can’t get with real brick, stone, stamped concrete or pavers:   No cracking and lifting No water ... it is substantially less than the cost of stamped concrete or hand laid brick … about ½ the price of a brick o [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 22:08:34

Get attention.

Get attention. By admin | October 31, 2008 I own a concrete business and I am shopping around for a digital marketing agency to produce a new ... and get back to me within a few days with some ideas. They came up with a catcy phrase Concrete, stamped concrete and exposed agrigate we lay it all. As provocative as it sounds it will definitely [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 21:14:18

oot and aboot

G'day all! The last few days have been mildly interesting. We have lost faith in the US health-care "system ... Jose Textiles and Quilt museum. (In wandering around the area I was bemused to find pavement stamped with the contractor's name and year the concrete was laid. 1956. The concrete that was stamped [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 23:30:14

Patio Stamping, Sebastian, Florida

December 9, 2008 Patio Stamping, Sebastian, FL At “Designer Concrete Counters LLC Florida” we specialize in custom one of a kind Concrete Countertop, indoor and outdoor kitchen creations, along with all facets of decorative concrete coatings, flooring overlays, fireplace surrounds, driveways, patio stamping, furniture, epoxy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:00:36

Construction update

Aug 28, 2008 Construction   Since my last construction related post, a lot has happened ... leave pouring the concrete patio, but we’ve decided to go for decorative stamped concrete ... and installing a pump, putting a security cage around the generator slab, making the concrete drainage trench [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 18:49:55

Materiality: Concrete Solutions

Concrete is one of those amazingly malleable and adaptable materials ... . :: images via Arch Daily An interesting variation on this theme, patterning concrete via stamping ... . I've mentioned the concept of air purifying concrete, permable features, as well as interesting [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 06:35:05

disappointment

It looks like I may have my work cut out for me again this Spring/Summer.I know I said no more remodeling, at least nothing expensive, this year ... yesterday from a concrete place to pour a patio. I asked them to give me two options. I wanted stamped concrete so it would look like pavers or brick, and the two options were based on color and design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:34:00

only 9 weeks and 5 days later...

not that I was counting or anything. See anything new??? Or here? (actually to the left of the stove you will see there is still a hole ... . It is stamped concrete and it is two shades of gray. The first one in the cement is the lighter ... , but we now have a workable patio. (better known as huge and ready for entertaining!) This was completely Randy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 17:46:00

2008 — 06 :: 58 Saugus St., Portland, Maine

Located in the quiet neighborhood of North Deering, ... space. The property is beautifully landscaped and sits on a corner lot and has stamped concrete ... Color: gray Exterior:   vinyl siding Roof: shingle Floor: concrete , partially carpeted [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 16:18:48

Fall visit from Scott's parents

This fall has been fairly mild so far, which has allowed the grass to get a chance to get established, though it may need to be reseeded in Spring. You can also see the final look of the steps and the porch that Dean finished. We are going to wait until spring to paint.Here's a great photo on the new stamped concrete patio. Coca couldn't [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 18:18:00

I have a special fondness for Loreto Bay construction hats. Wear these trusty things everytime we are out on the construction site.. ... that these are "tiles" that are layed down, not stamped concrete. _6756 Pathways are now nice and winding ... on the terrace floor. At first Clint and I thought this was an option we missed. Jesus explained [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 15:59:20

Having Trouble Starting Up?

Are you procrastinating about getting your Registered Architect license? Try thinking about your license in terms of concrete tasks. Instead of the more abstract legal right to “practice architecture”, consider the future concrete task of “stamping drawings”. Citing the concept of psychological distance, Wray Herbert explains [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 19:39:02

Raytown/Walmart Landfill Controversy

The company hired by Walmart to clear land for their new store on 350 Highway has been dumping the debris one mile east of the new location on ... with stamped concrete) would be built to support he roadway.The design cost less to build ... . You will not need directions to find it once you are there.The dump is made up of earth, concrete [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 02:56:00

when times are tough

Update on my last post.I emailed the guy who gave me the bid and flat out said "thank you so much for your time but that's way out of our budget. I'll have to come up with a new plan, sorry".He called me yesterday and said he could work out an idea for me using cobblestones instead of stamped concrete and get the price much farther down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 14:41:00

Construction update

Nov 22, 2008 Construction   I’m delighted, dear readers, to announce that this will be one of my last “construction update” posts! ... above our stamped concrete patio or our polished floors indoors) and applying colour stain to those ... our patio, burying the footer, smoothing out the piles of fill and generally making the area [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 14:41:31

'We need slaves to build monuments'

Don't know if this was already posted here, but... It is already home to the world's glitziest buildings, ... next to the labour camp's toilets. Others queue for their turn. One man stands stamping his feet ... , concrete barracks, corrugated iron, chicken-mesh walls, barbed wire, scrap metal, empty paint cans, rusted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 08:26:23

DiSabatino Landscaping & Tree Service in Wilmington, DE

Protecting your property investment is one of the most prudent choices homeowners can make ... Kitchens/Fireplace Contractor Hardscape Contractor / Commercial & Residential Decorative Stamped Concrete Belgium Block Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios Outdoor Seasonal Holiday Lighting Tree and Shrub [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 20:02:15

Another Challenge completed!

Well we have been at the renovating thing again or is it the demolishion thing? There is such a fine line! ... for the new carpet to be laid is the 4 of Feb so Tech class next month will be on bare concrete floors unless ... stamp set and used sponge daubers to colour the flowers and then a little blender pen. Card 2 I’ve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:22:52

A random shuffle of events

I took this snap during a walkabout in August (one of those missing months). As near as I can tell this is a rare and obviously wrong concrete stamping effort that some one had to have done in a dyslexic moment or grins and giggles. Have I mentioned that I love my suite [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 07:53:51

The Shop!

Since the shop is going to start to get framed today I thought I would post a before picture ... a smoker out of it, but I am not sure how that will work yet. We are going to pour some stamped concrete around it with a grey border so don't think we are finished yet! [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 09:20:00

Tea Timing Knitters: It’s a Cozy World

I belong to the Association of Knitwear Designers. One of our members, designer Dawn Brocco, ... . Today they got the stamped stained concrete porch done. I have no idea what is on the agenda ... has some really great patterns for tea cozies on her site. I love tea. I never used to be much [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 21:13:59

Yard Remodeling Solution for Old House

Have old house such as this Williamsburg-style home in Indian Hill built in 1977? And you have a plan to make outdoors for relaxing area? ... was installed using brown buff stamped concrete to mimic natural stone. The tree was removed, the brick ... along with the formality of the boxwood hedges. Decorative [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 16:52:01

DiSabatino Landscaping & Tree Service Inc. has experienced arborists to provide knowledge and recommendations

Protecting your property investment is one of the most important choices homeowners can make ... Kitchens/Fireplace Contractor Hardscape Contractor / Commercial & Residential Decorative Stamped Concrete Belgium Block Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios Outdoor Seasonal Holiday Lighting Tree and Shrub [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 19:13:55

The Debate: Ole Miss, Old Man, and Obama

Oxford, Mississippi? Both men are there. All I hear is Bob Dylan. In my mind's eye I see the red-faced Republicans, the angry ROTC gits. We've come a long way. McCain's ruined the bailout, so he won't have to discuss that in concrete ... with McCain stamped on em. Let 'er rip. Hit reload for updates throughout the debate [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 00:59:43

Do

He mumbles it softly so I ask him to spell it and he scrawls it in thin graphite across the top of the lined paper smudged with math scratch work ... windows of this upper story Salvation Army building, out at Regent Park, with its postage stamp yards ... because it’s entirely monochrome, grey concrete, flat bricks? Or is it because of the loneliness [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 13:19:27

The In-Law's House

We had a lovely time in Little Rock visiting Sean's parents. They were exhausted and bless their hearts, not completely moved into their new (huge) ... . I really like the stained wood ceiling and stamped concrete floor.As you may have guessed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 15:30:00

Campus Landscaping

This week we finished a two month renovation of our landscaping here at Ambassador Baptist. Which included a new two-directional monument sign, a fountain, new stamped concrete, custom porch railings, grass, an entirely new sprinkler system, custom brickwork and quite a few new queen palm [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 21:03:51

Northwest Santa Rosa Three Bedroom House

This adorable (Pre-Foreclosure)3 bedroom 2 bath Wine Country Retreat offers unique charm and appeal ... colors brighten up the home. Big 7,000+ sq. ft. lot with HUGE backyard with custom stamped concrete patio. Updated designer tile in the kitchen, attached 2-car garage and upgraded dual-paned windows [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 19:08:57

Day 122- To My Best Friend

I always knew that this time would come, but I thought it would be different. I don’t quite know how–but different ... that this is the right thing to do, but I really can’t believe it. I just need one more weekend. We stamped her paw in a small concrete stepping stone and in some cards that we will give the girls when she is gone [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 20:30:31

A Word From our Sponsor The Jonville Team

759 Leeward Avenue, San Elijo Hills - Mariners Landing. An incredible property w/ panoramic ocean & mountain views! ... entertainers’ outdoor w/ lush landscaping, lawn, stamped concrete patio, stone work, firepit, bbq & fountain. NOT A SHORT SALE or REO but PRICED TO SELL! VR $599,000 - $639,000.MULTIPLE PICTURES LINK [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 00:41:27

Real Estate Video Presentation Taken To a New Level

Real Estate Video Presentation Taken To a New Level Wow! I want it! Santa Baby, will you get it for me? ... with hottub on the deck, a screened in porch and so much more. Items like stamped concrete floors ... , a separate hay barn, a 4-car garage with office overhead boasting Brazilian cherry floors, a garden [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 19:00:28

Former US Homes Model in El Dorado Hills

Brittany Way, El Dorado Hills, CA - Wow! US Homes builds and excellent home and this former Reagan model is exquisite ... wood but it is amazingly stamped concrete. The home has approximately 3996 square feet with 4 bedrooms ... you'll find such things as granite counters, travertine floors, a butler's panty, and two [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 22:17:00

Luxury Horse Farm, Temple, New Hampshire

Luxury Horse Farm, Temple, New Hampshire Wow! I want it! Santa Baby, will you get it for me? ... with hottub on the deck, a screened in porch and so much more. Items like stamped concrete floors ... , a separate hay barn, a 4-car garage with office overhead boasting Brazilian cherry floors, a garden [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 19:00:28

Potsy Anyone?

I wasn't familiar with 'Box Ball,' but Big Joe thought it might be like a game he played as a kid called 'Four Square ... will recognize, the potsy refers to the piece of tin can, doubled and redoubled and stamped flat ... ") around the concrete define the court; the seam between the two squares is the imaginary net. Players [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 20:32:00

A trip to the Getty

We took a bunch of pics! We never have whole family pictures ... who came running out of a bldg and told them to not touch the sculpture! *There was tiny notice stamped in the concrete about 8 inches big that said "do not touch sculpture." Um...yeah we go around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 03:23:00

Everyday Sidwalk

A few months ago Mom found a poetry contest going on in St. Paul and encouraged me to enter. The day before the deadline ... guidelines on length: no more than 300 characters including spaces. Winners' poems would be stamped ... whimsical, unsigned poem embedded in the concrete. This hadn't been scrawled by a vandal with a stick [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 13:24:00

An Outdoor Oasis of Calm in Manhattan Beach.

So, we have some crazy ice coating everything out here in New England today.  It's turned my driveway into a downhill ice skating rink ( ... cabinetry.  Remarkable!  Note the slate colored concrete counter tops, stucco walls, and stamped cement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:32:59

Ahh...summer vacation

We spent four days last week (the middle of July, mind you) on the shores of beautiful Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville Louisiana ... . The floors are stamped concrete which are nice an cool underfoot. The living room is very comfortable [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 23:42:32

Caylee Anthony Update 13 January

There is some disturbing new video connected to the murder case of Caylee Anthony ... there -- and at a nearby abandoned house. At both locations, he was focused on groupings of concrete stones.This chilling ... and date stamps on this videotape and Casey's cell phone records.22-year-old Casey Anthony is jailed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:00

A Clean Sweep: Fifty years of urban renewal in black area of San Francisco erased its history

Holding her cane and shuffling carefully down the sidewalk in the city’s Jazz Preservation District, 88-year-old Leola King stopped and looked at the words stamped in concrete: Leola King’s Birdcage, 1505 Fillmore. Today, the site of King’s 1960s nightclub is a Starbucks on the ground floor [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 16:00:57

House For Sale in Clearwater ($199,900.00)

Clearwater, Clearwater - 3 bed, 2 bath Single Family Home Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 3 bed, 2 bath Single Family Home 3 bedroom, ... the verdant lawn in front, where the stamped concrete driveway flows from an oversized garage with attic ... lot, while a brick paver front entry grants access to the cheerful interior. Sleek terrazzo flooring [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 20:23:41

Condos For Sale in Lexington, KY!

Condos For Sale in Lexington, KY! Dana Gentry | Commonwealth GMAC Real Estate | 859.396 ... features include new stamped concrete patio, new fencing for whole complex plus individual units, ceramic ... Balcony, Deck, or Patio Swimming pool COMMUNITY FEATURES Guest parking Swimming pool [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 16:42:18

Get That New Roof That You Deserve

Make that run down home look brand new after Quality by Craig Roofing is done with it ... / Wainscoting / Trim Custom Flooring / Ceramic / Hardwood / Laminet Concrete Contractor/ Side Walks / Patio / Colored Stamped Property Management Vinyl Siding / Aluminum Capping / Vinyl Soffit & Facia [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:50:44

SUINKWWC7--Hoot Me? Late?

Vervesept08_018 Weeeeeeellll, maybe just a tad late, but it's just stamping, right? Don't mean to get anybody's panties in a wad! I'm sure ya'll can relate to having a few things get in the way of stamping--piles of laundry ... and concrete--can I just tell you how dusty they get--and to think all that accumulates DAILY [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 02:04:28

Stamped and Colored Concrete Patio in Waconia, MN

Bill and Cathy have a great home on a small lake in Waconia, MN ... from decorative concrete, but were unhappy with the results they got from using a contractor inexperienced with decorative/stamped & colored concrete.  Their landscaping plans in the back included [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:00:16

2 BR Condo For Sale - Great Location in Lexington, KY!

Dana Gentry | Commonwealth GMAC Real Estate | 859.396 ... features include new stamped concrete patio, new fencing for whole complex plus individual units, ceramic ... Balcony, Deck, or Patio Swimming pool COMMUNITY FEATURES Guest parking Swimming pool [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 23:25:14

1 - 50 of 436 Posts
Page: First | < Preceding | Next >
0 | 1 | 2