floors

Why Polished Concrete and Acid Stained Concrete Floors?

by Alison Moore Smith on May 11, 2011 · 5 comments

When people visit our new home, they are often surprised that we have concrete floors throughout the house. The main floor has polished concrete and the basement has acid washed concrete (the upstairs has dragon board (another post all together) and the stairs are stained/sealed wood). Given the popularity of wood, carpet, and tile, we [...]

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Main Floor Concrete Poured

by Alison Moore Smith on April 14, 2010 · 3 comments

After trying most flooring surfaces known to man, including carpet, laminate, ceramic tile, natural stone tile, and hardwood, we decided our new custom home would have polished concrete on the main floor and stained concrete in the basement. After extensive discussion and comparing, we chose Stewart Specialty Services to lay and polish the main floor [...]

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Flooring Choices

by Alison Moore Smith on February 9, 2010 · 17 comments

A few weeks ago I was at a service project with some women in my neighborhood. One of them asked what kind of floors we were going to have in the new house. “Concrete,” I replied. “Oh, are you going to cover it with carpet?” “No.” “Wood?” “No, just stained, polished concrete.” Silence. “Oh. Uh…won’t [...]

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