CONCRETE IDEAS

I assume the original owner of my home thought that the river rock mixed in with concrete was an innovative alternative to plain old concrete. Maybe it was in the 1960's -- but now it looked tired and felt very harsh on my bare feet. Additionally, the wood between the concrete squares had rotted out, leaving large gaps between the squares. Ugly. After removing the way-too-expensive to operate hot tub, I was searching for a solution to my ugly patio. Cool-Concrete.com web site showed me there was a difference between "decorative concrete" and "concrete decoration" -- and there was hope for my patio! I didn't know what I wanted done and left it to Gary's imagination. He coated the whole patio with a concrete micro-coating and then decorated it with concrete stains & etching --We didn't like how the first effort came out...so he kept working with it & the design seemed to keep growing from his imagination. We almost toned down the blue, but I said...no, let's go for it! You can see by the attached images it was much more than I had hoped for & he surprised himself as well -- my guests' first glimpse of it from the family room has them believing that I have a reflecting pool in my back yard. It's gorgeous! However, it took quite a bit longer than originally expected...of course. Gary is also a funny guy so it was a pleasure working with him throughout the longer-than-expected process.