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Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone (Paperback)

by Ellen Frankel (Author), Mervyn Kaufman (Author)
Key Phrases: undermount sink, engineered stone, penetrating sealer, Indian Rajah, Southern California (more...)
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Product 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, which presents homeowners with the clearest and most creative ways to embellish their own decorating scheme.


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.


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  • 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 (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #447,123 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book, January 10, 2008
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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Full of great ideas / great pictures (LOTS of pictures), April 18, 2009
By Mad Max (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
  
I completely disagree with the other reviewer. We are updating a 100-year old house on a TIGHT, tight budget (an entirely new kitchen for under $500! - my husband is doing most of the work, but it's really not that difficult when you're open to recycled materials & creative ideas).

My husband & I picked up this book for a number of reasons. First, because we tend to like the "Creative Homeowners" book series. They always have great pictures, lots of ideas, and you can always find them pretty cheap.

Also, we have been interested in concrete kitchen counter tops ever since we saw them on an HGTV show. They're durable, anti-microbial, eco-friendly, and they're beautiful.

This book had lots of ideas for us (colors/types/sizes/textures), but we found lots of other unique uses for concrete - in many ways you wouldn't think.

We really like the idea of concrete & stone because they're eco-friendly, non-toxic, safe for pets & children, and it's very inexpensive!

It includes ideas and recommendations of a huge variety of unique materials for every room in the house, as well as outside: concrete, stone, soapstone, slate, granite, marble, & tile. And, they provide a lot of information about the materials - where it's best, how to install, how well it weathers, etc.

For me, I use books like this to inspire me and give me ideas. We never hire home decorators and say "build me this thing I saw in a home decorating book!". So many of these ideas can be built easily, from recycled parts or with existing materials (i.e., you can resurface existing counter tops with concrete, tint it any matching color you wish, and the materials cost just pennies per linear foot!).

I give it a strong recommendation.
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