Landscape Remodels
Concrete Overlays, Chemical Staining & Concrete Countertops
Concrete Overlayments –
This is a thin layer of polymer modified cement based material that is applied directly to your existing concrete. This material can be hand troweled smooth, broomed or done in many other light textured finishes. The material can also be stamped to give you a natural stone finish or the effect of tile, bricks, slate, flagstone and more. Once the desired texture is achieved, the material is chemically stained to add color and then sealed to lock in lasting beauty. This process is a cost effective way to improve your concrete without the hassle of tearing out and repouring it.
Chemical Staining –If your concrete is in good shape, fairly uniform in color and just needs a little something extra to make it look sensational, staining is a good option. Stains are applied directly to your concrete and are translucent in appearance; they can be single or multicolored. Once stained a clear sealer is applied to keep the colors vibrate.
Concrete Countertops –We also creates awesome poured in place countertops. These countertops, unlike precast concrete counters, are completely seamless. These countertops are not only functional and durable but they are truly one of a kind works of More >
On the cover – Home Improvement & Remodeling Magazine – April 2010
When you walk or drive through a neighborhood, what catches your eye? Beautiful blooms in complementary colors, gorgeous greenery, a water fountain or pond, a welcoming walkway, a balance of shade trees and shrubs? Certainly, that type of landscaping is attractive and appears to be skillfully created to enhance the home and its style of architecture.
Contrast that with a house where plants are haphazardly placed with out any pattern or plan. Or the one that appears to lack care with flowers that are fading, colors that clash or trees that are gasping for water. The first home is like a painting done by a professional artist. Every detail is picture perfect. The latter is like an unfinished or unframed canvas. (more…)
Home Improvement & Remodeling Magazine
by: Julie DeVorss
After years of waiting to remodel the interior and exterior of their home, an El Dorado Hiill’s couple decided it was time to take advantage of the slower economy and use their saved up funds to invest in remodeling their front and backyards. Five years ago the homeowners got a bid on replastering and re-tiling their pool and decided to wait. A year ago they’re neighbors across the street got a front yard “facelift” for their yard, which inspired them get a quote to remodel their own outdoor spaces. They knew that they could take advantage of lower pricing and probably get more for the same amount of money they would have spent five years ago on their pool. For example the cost of two-colored stamped colored concrete in 2005 was anywhere from $9-12 per sq. foot. You can now find that same quality concrete $6.50-$7.50 per sq. ft.
The homeowners started by contacting the neighbors’ landscape contractor, Don DeVorss of Green Valley Nursery & Landscape (“Green Valley”). Green Valley set up a meeting with their landscape designer, Jill Hardesty of Beyond the Gate Landscape Design, to create a plan for their front and back yards that would solve their More >
