Concrete has become increasingly popular in many decorative applications like floors and countertops. It can be polished, colored and textured with decorative aggregates. It is durable, cost effective ...

QUESTION: I want to rip out the old carpeting in one room in my house to create a craft workshop for my wife. How can I make sure it’s a clean concrete surface that will require very little ...

CAN-DO ATTITUDE: Jennifer Vitagliano has great faith in her husband's renovation skills. She likes to come up with ideas and persuade him to make them happen. "Ric will tell me, 'I can't do this. I've ...

The visual warmth of a spectacular sunburst and slender crescent moon emanates from the entryway floor in Bonnie Wyatt’s home in Seattle. The design is carved into a rock-hard canvas awash in golden ...

When properly maintained, polished concrete floors are a work of art. Taking a proactive approach to sweeping, mopping and rinsing concrete floors on a regular basis will help to maintain the ...

The flatness and levelness of concrete floors has become a big deal. If you've ever sat at a restaurant table that rocked up and down, slopping wine out of your glass and causing you to launch a ...

When Patrick Egan came to redo the flooring of his Tucson ranch home, polished concrete was the last thing on his mind. The 1960s home had a brick floor, and Egan's thought was to add travertine tile ...

Text description provided by the architects. The red house is designed as a repetitive building kit of insulated concrete elements. The load-bearing elements are arranged independently of the inner ...