Three alumni of The Concrete Countertop Institute (CCI) created a concrete countertop featured in a recent episode of the television show “Love It or List It.”
"Love It or List It" airs on the Canadian channels W Network and OWN Canada and the U.S. channel HGTV. In the U.S., "Love It or List It" is produced by Big Coat Productions, with whom CCI and alumni coordinated.
According to the Big Coat Productions website, “’Love It or List It’ is a primetime reality series about homeowners faced with the toughest decisions of their life. Will they Stay or will they Go? How far will they go to get their ultimate dream home? Each episode is filled with the stress of major renovations, the temptation of beautiful new real estate, and the fierce rivalry between our designer and our real estate agent; both of them willing to go to any length for the homeowner’s allegiance. In the end, the homeowners must decide do we Love It enough to stay or is it time to move and List It?”
The episode that CCI alumni participated in was: “Dave and Sonya have spent 8 years battling a never-ending to do list in their mid-century home. Graphic designer Dave loves the feel of the house but Sonya is fed up with the issues that constantly appear. Will David find them a functioning home without the to do list or will Hilary make them fall in love all over again by reinventing many of the home’s hotly debated spaces?”
The team was as follows: Nathan Smith of Rock Solid Concrete Artisans in Huntersville, North Carolina, Rob Martins of Onyx Castings in Okanagan, British Columbia, and Carl Zunker of Arthouse Custom Concrete in Miamisburg, Ohio. They traveled to CCI’s headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they created 80 square feet of countertop and backsplash for the kitchen, in a natural gray color, in only 6 days.
Jeff Girard, president of The Concrete Countertop Institute who organized and assisted with the project, states, “It was a privilege to be involved with this project, and I’m so proud of my alumni for the great job they did on the concrete countertops! The comaraderie of working with experienced concrete countertop professionals made the project even more fun.”
Photos of the team in action, as well as the inside story of the project, are available at www.ConcreteCountertopInstitute.com/HGTV.
The Concrete Countertop Institute’s mission is to raise the standard for concrete countertops. The Institute provides engineering-based training via hands-on and self-study classes, using from-scratch mixes.
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