Decorative Concrete (Sunset)

• Concrete Countertops: Design, Form, and Finishes for the New Kitchen and Bath
• Concrete at Home
• Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture & More
• Making Concrete Countertops (Schiffer Book)
• Bob Harris's Guide to Stained Concrete Interior Floors

I bought this book in conjunction with another book so I wasn't really expecting it to be very detailed. If you've ever read a more detailed step-by-step book and then you read this book you'll see that this book leaves out a lot of detail but it does serve as a good book for concrete project ideas and works great in conjunction with other more detail material on working with concrete. What this book does for me is offer a lot of ideas with great pictures and some steps to achieving the end result.

This book was great. A must have. It has all the necessary information needed for making stepping stones and other neat projects, including types of cement and sand and stuff needed for those projects.

This author really helps those who want to "Do It Yourself" or gives outstanding examples and ideas. We used this as a resourseguide and by trial and error ( as the book states ) have successfully updated our exterior, interior flooring, kitchen/bathcountertops and sinks to model home quality for pennies on the dollar.

Just purchased a home with painted concrete countertops and wanted to learn more. Gave me the information I was looking for in expanding the use of concrete into other parts of my home and garden. Lots of pictures and information on how to start outdoor and indoor projects. I don't know if it is quite detailed enough for doing your own countertops but lots of pix and ideas for someone interested in the subject.

There are enough step by step instructions to make it possible to do projects from the book as you learn the techniques. It has excellent discussions of different techniques and materials, something that other books lacked. I've purchased other books on decorative concrete, but this is the first one that I think is worth what I paid. And, since they are not promoting some specific product, they provide information about products that are not as expensive as some of the systems that are being sold. I highly recommend it. The pictures are not as detailed as would be helpful on some pages, but that is a minor issue.