Outdoor Spaces

Concrete is the ideal material to use to transform outdoor spaces into outdoor rooms surrounded by stunning hardscapes and equipped with all the comforts of home.

Transitioning Your Concrete Business into Pool Construction

Outdoor Spaces Business & Technology Vol. 14 No. 8 - November/December 2014 by Doug Carlton Comments are Disabled

The success of your decorative concrete future hinges on one word: anticipation. The ability to anticipate where to find the potential buyers of services over the next year or two is one few professionals even consider.

Outdoor Patio Complete With Stained Hummingbird, Flower and Vine Design

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Art Staining & Coloring Concrete Online Exclusives by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Rick Lobdell of Concrete Mystique Engraving in Nashville, Tennessee, is an artist, not a decorative concrete contractor. Still, in his career he has become known as a guy who can take concrete and turn it into an artistic canvas. He did just that for the Perkins home in Franklin, Tennessee.

Concrete Project Puts Columbus on the Map in Memphis

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Concrete Art Vol. 18 No. 7 - October 2018 by Joe Maty Comments are Disabled

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue under the flag of Spain, a country ruled in the 15th century by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. But do you know what nation Columbus called home?

Not that tough on the scale of trivia challenges, right? Columbus hailed from Genoa, now part of Italy.

Construction Firm Creates a Tranquil Backyard with Full Outdoor Kitchen

Outdoor Spaces Vol. 16 No. 5 - July 2016 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

In Los Angeles, and in particular the Beverly Hills area of the city, there are many OMG backyards. This one, though, created by Scott Cohen’s company, Green Scene Landscaping & Swimming Pools, was over-the-top enough to have been featured last summer on the television show “OMG Backyards.”

ASCC Council Honors Winners of 2017 Decorative Concrete Awards

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Events & Recognition Bridges, Roads & Highways Concrete Countertops Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 17 No. 2 - February/March 2017 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, recognized the winners of its ninth annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition Jan. 17 at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas.

Glow-in-the-dark Patio: Way Cool for School

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Concrete Placing Vol. 17 No. 5 - July 2017 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

Jason Geiser, owner of Deco-Crete Supply in Orrville, Ohio, thought a broad, sloping hill at his three children’s new school needed something to transform it from a virtually unusable space to an inviting outdoor classroom. He and the school officials came up with a project that revolved around Geiser building an amphitheater.

Designing Scrolling Art for a Sprawling Concrete Patio

Outdoor Spaces Tips & How-Tos Concrete Art Vol. 17 No. 7 - October 2017 by Rick Lobdell Comments are Disabled

For the first time in this series, I’m basing my article on a current job I just finished. In the last one, I introduced scrollwork as a design element. I was still focused on symmetry and using scrollwork as a larger medallion in a room.

Special Considerations for Outdoor Cast Concrete

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Countertops Vol. 11 No. 4 - May/June 2011 by Jeffrey Girard, P.E. Comments are Disabled

Outdoor kitchens are becoming more and more popular, and special considerations must be made in order to ensure concrete’s durability, longevity and aesthetics in these applications.

Remember Watergate? Check out their Swimming Pool

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Repair & Restoration Stamping & Texturing Concrete Vol. 11 No. 8 - November/December 2011 by Natasha Chilingerian Comments are Disabled

About four decades ago, the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the most talked-about political scandals in American history. The hotel is also home to a newly resurfaced decorative concrete pool deck that is reportedly sometimes mistaken for real stone.

Modern Mosaic Artwork Livens San Diego’s Landscape

Outdoor Spaces Concrete Art Bridges, Roads & Highways Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 16 No. 6 - August/September 2016 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

About 15 years ago while Robin Brailsford was installing public art mosaics at the Ed Pastor Transit Mall in Phoenix, her body screamed there had to be a better way to create vast mosaics in the ground. Her brain listened. “It was back-breaking work,” says the owner of Brailsford Public […]