Author(s): Ellen Frankel

Architecture/Interiors

Concrete, granite, marble, travertine, and various other strains of natural and engineered stone are shown and described in a comprehensive new book, Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone, which presents homeowners with the clearest and most creative ways to embellish their own decorating scheme. Concrete, especially, has emerged as an eminently practical and decorative product, as suitable to use as elegant sinks and countertops as to walls and floors. Color impregnation, a fillip of modern-day technology, adds to this material's enormous versatility in defiance of its traditional image as a flat, gray substance best suited to poured foundations and road pavings. New imaginatively formulated engineered products can either mimic natural materials or project a look that is entirely original. All of these materials have come into their own as handsome and durable decorative products, as demonstrated in this new book. Includes a comprehensive Resource Guide.