Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone [Paperback]

Ellen Frankel (Author), Mervyn Kaufman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2006 | Series: Design Ideas

Concrete, granite, marble, travertine and various other strains of natural
and engineered stone are shown and described in a comprehensive new book, Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone, which presents homeowners with the clearest and most creative ways to embellish their own decorating scheme.

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Book Description

Concrete, granite, marble, travertine and various other strains of natural and engineered stone are shown and described in a comprehensive new book, Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone. Concrete, especially, has emerged as an eminently practical decorative product, as suitable to use as elegant sinks and counters as to walls and floors. Color impregnation, a fillip of modern-day technology, adds to this material's enormous versatility in defiance of its traditional image as a flat, gray substance best suited to poured foundations and road pavings. New imaginatively formulated engineered products can either mimic natural materials or project a look that's entirely original. All these materials have come into their own as handsome, durable decorative products, as demonstrated in this book. Homeowners will learn the clearest and most creative ways to embellish their own decorating scheme.

From the Back Cover

Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete & Stone

Embellish your decorating scheme with rich details formed of concrete, granite, marble, travertine, or other various other strains of natural and engineered stone.

IMAGINE

Make your home elegant and entirely original with creative stone applications.

DISTINGUISH

Find out the different characteristics of various popular stones, then decide what ones are best for your projects

POUR IT ON

Rethink concrete. Find out how versatile and decorative this material can be.

CUT DOWN ON CARE

Learn how to keep your new stone and concrete surfaces looking great—they’re easy to maintain. Also, check out today’s engineered stone.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner; 1st edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580113125
• ISBN-13: 978-1580113120
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Floors
  • #67 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Masonry

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book, January 10, 2008

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K. Peterson "K Peterson" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone (Paperback)

I bought this book looking for decorative concrete ideas. It has very little material on that subject and the ideas are tailored for ultra expensive houses making this book worthless for the average homeowner. Anyone who can afford the ideas in this book would have an interior decorator and thus wouldn't need it. I am returning the book

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book with amazing ideas, July 17, 2011

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C. Symington "millenium reader" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone (Paperback)

The ideas offered in this book are unique and innovative, the pictures are phenomenal, and there's even a resource guide in the back to help you find materials. Unlike another reviewer, I don't believe you have to be super wealthy at all to incorporate them. If you hire a designer, yes, you'll pay more, but if you simply show the photos to a skilled craftsman, it's highly likely that most of the ideas in this book can be reproduced at a reasonable cost. With a little imagination and some creativity, alternate materials can even be used to lower the costs even more. I found this book to be not only inspiring but invaluable when trying to come up with ideas for a long overdue remodel of our decrepit kitchen and bath. Love it.