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Based in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, this father-and-son-led company takes on elaborate polished concrete surfaces as a labor of love.
Troy Lemon, founder and president of Cornerstone Decorative Concrete in Holland, Mich., starts his story with a familiar admission. “I was a concrete guy way before I was a decorative concrete guy,” he says.
You might think that rappelling from cliffs, learning about orangutan habitats and studying the prehistoric skeleton of a triceratops are activities without much relevance to decorative concrete.
Maurer, who has been doing masonry work in Pennsylvania for close to 25 years, specialized in stone patios until rising prices for materials forced him to explore other avenues. About 10 years ago, when he was in his 30s, he discovered the world of decorative concrete.
It took a serious automobile accident to steer these contractors in the right direction for their business. But once they found the way, they were off.
Cary Grant was a laborer, stripping and waxing floors, the first time a boss told him he was going to learn to stain a concrete floor. He wasn’t impressed. “Whatever, dude, just pay me my hourly wage.” In his days of floor maintenance, Grant, who describes his socio-economic background as […]
For artisan Brian Vicari, concrete offers boundless opportunities for color and design.
