Length - 01:49 Fu-Tung Cheng, award-winning home and kitchen designer, shows us one of his projects and how he designed the concrete floors. Cheng designed the Teance Tea Shop in Berkeley, Calif., and decorative concrete plays an important role in the tea shop's appearance and function. The concrete floor in the tea shop is a perfect example of how decorative concrete is used as a design element. There is a contrast between natural stone and the concrete. As you approach the central tea bar, there is an indicator—the floor changes from a Brazilian black slate to an area of poured concrete. This is done to signify the central tea bar as the important space. The concrete used on the floor is an integrally colored self-leveling overlay with a few fossils inlayed in the surface. This floor was not polished. The contrast between the slate and concrete floor is achieved in two ways. One, the texture provides contrast as the slate has grout lines and the concrete is smooth with no grout lines. Second, the contrast is also created in color with one area in black and the central area in an earthy green that matches the actual tea bar. Find a Concrete Contractor 23 Services in 200 Metros -- U.S. and Canada © 2008 ConcreteNetwork.com None of this site may be reproduced without written permission |