Decorative Concrete - high fashion and most versatile material

12/03/2005

In California alone there are 1,400,000 pages of Google's Internet space dedicated to Decorative Concrete with many more search engines indexing the popularity of this remarkable material. The reason for its popularity is logical. It is easily molded to any shape with any texture in any color. It is easily available and does not destroy our natural resources. Wood is so widely used as a building material today that vast tracts of land have become denuded, wild life has suffered and erosion has taken effect in areas that were once natural treasures.

Decorative Concrete, as the name implies, can be used for all sorts of aesthetic projects like countertops, sinks, barbeque areas, fireplace surrounds, conversation pits, decorative flooring and water features to name just a few. It is extremely durable and has become more and more popular as a material and highly recommended by architects, landscapers and interior decorators.

"It is very exciting when one of these people come to us with some new application," said Blayde Penza founder and CEO of Ace Concrete Inc. from his studio workshop in Sun Valley California. "The development of new products and new applications of Decorative Concrete are never ending, and that is half the fun of working with this amazing material. I have been working with concrete for 30 years but the new technologies that have been developed make it much more versatile than it used to be a few years ago."

Even California can get bitterly cold in winter so this time of year, fireplace surrounds often are the focus of attention for families. There is little that can beat gathering around a fire in winter especially in preparation for the arrival of Santa Clause where his gifts fill stockings hanging from the mantel piece and a sense of peace and goodwill pervade the atmosphere. A decorative concrete fireplace surround can be molded to suit any décor from Renaissance to Modern in plain or rich colors and textures to imitate wood, stone or anything else an imagination can dream up. If you are planning a home makeover, there is no need to look any further than your Decorative Concrete expert.