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Greetings!
Last year, concrete contractors from across the country submitted dozens of their most creative decorative countertop and vanity projects for us to share with Concrete Network visitors. You can find descriptions and photos of all these projects on our website, but those profiled here are a few of our favorites. They are stellar examples of what you can accomplish by combining skill and ingenuity, from a countertop with a 9-foot free span to a gleaming white kitchen island for a New York loft. As you transform your clients' homes this year with concrete, be sure to share your work with us (see details). Who knows? Your project may make our list of favorites for 2010.
Jim Peterson,
The Concrete Network
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1. Concrete Island Warms Up a Contemporary Kitchen
Dave Grech of Trueform Concrete, Denville, N.J., custom built this 8x4-foot concrete island for homeowners who wanted to add a touch of warmth to their contemporary kitchen. They also wanted to retain the oval "racetrack"
shape of their existing kitchen island, while giving it more drama. Grech precast all of the
pieces at his shop and gave them a hand-troweled finish to impart a
natural look with texture and color variations.
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2. Kitchen Countertop Free-Spans 9 Feet
Unlike typical concrete countertops, which rest squarely on the cabinetry below, this charcoal-colored countertop for an ultra-modern kitchen has a free span of 9 feet from the cabinet to
the vertical leg. The island was poured
on site in a precast mold. "We precast it upside down, then we rolled it into
place using the beams above to hoist it up," says Chris Frazer of DC Custom Concrete, San Diego.
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3. Bathroom Remodel Uses GFRC
In this 12x17-foot residential bathroom, walls were moved and plans were made for a double-trough concrete sink, a walk-in shower, and an oversized two-person tub with a concrete surround. "Because we were in a 3-story home with a very narrow staircase, to get the
concrete pieces up to the bathroom we decided to create everything with
glass-fiber-reinforced concrete," says Derek Ellison of Artwork Surfaces, Riverside, Calif. Blending a wet-cast technique with sprayed GFRC, Ellison was able to create unique color
movement in the concrete.
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4. Concrete Satisfies 'Lofty' Design Goals
Armed with an ambitious wish list of design needs, the owners of this loft-style apartment in New York turned to concrete to create both horizontal and vertical finishes that are refined, monolithic, and
minimalist. In addition, the concrete could be customized in color
and texture to suit their tastes. Concrete was used extensively throughout the space, including cast-in-place
countertops and a kitchen island custom colored a brilliant white by Get Real Surfaces of New
York.
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5. Acid-Stained Countertops Add Character
Innovative Concrete Systems of Little Rock, Ark., spiced up this cozy country-style kitchen with acid-stained concrete countertops, diamond polished to a matte finish. The 1.5 inch thick countertops were cast in place with no seams.
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