What's Your Style?
Tips for Choosing the Right Decorative Concrete for
Your Home
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With the unlimited options available for enhancing decorative concrete, it's easy to go wild with the dazzling effects. But keep in mind that decorative concrete, whether indoors or out, should never be a distraction. It should work in concord, not discord, with its surroundings. Below are three basic design rules-of-thumb for keeping your projects in harmony with your home's color scheme, historical character and surroundings.
Jim Peterson,
The Concrete Network
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1. Complement your home's architecture
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Do you live in a stately English Tudor home or a quaint brick bungalow? Let the distinct character of your home's architecture be
your guide when formulating your design plans.
Here are ideas for using decorative concrete to complement 11 different home styles.
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2. Choose a theme
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Concrete is flexible enough to mimic nearly any material, pattern or color, allowing you to go with a themed look that reflects the surroundings and creates a unified appearance. For examples, see these three homes, one with rustic stained concrete floors that enhance an Old World style, another with ultra-modern cantilevered concrete countertops throughout, and a spectacular log home accented with stone-patterned exterior concrete.
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3. Don't go overboard
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The great thing about colored concrete, beyond the vast palette of options, is that the color is permanent and won't wear away. But that also means you need to choose your hues carefully, especially if you decide to sell your home someday. It's tempting to go with a bold, trendy color scheme, but generally you're better off sticking with neutral shades.
Get these tips for selecting colors wisely.
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