Klassen Concrete Blog - concept design factory…….and all things cool

Continuing on our theme of how cool heavy timbers look with concrete…. we developed this cool table set in the lab the other day.  Very simple in design, and very functional.  The options are endless with these two items ranging from colour, to stains, to finish treatments.  These are a pretty cheap set that fit anywhere- and make a great gift.

And just so you know, we’ve got pretty big sleeves with lots up them so hang on to your hats folks- more lab works on the way!!!!

I never get tired of the transition from 400-800 after hardening.  That’s what she said……

Also love my Blundstone’s

Last summer you may remember we had fun building these odd and round shaped pods which were to hold pictures and people would sit on them.  The pods were part of the new William Street entrance at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre Hospital.  These suckers are pretty much solid concrete and weigh like… lots.  We poured them in the lab and delivered them on site- then coloured them with a technique I’ll be speaking about at this years World of Concrete Expo in Las Vegas.

view from the lab

Set in an ultra urban loft location, this funky wall was designed and inspired after the uber cool wall found in the therapists office in… you guessed it- The Kings Speech.  Although not as colourful as the Academy Award winning feature film, here we stuck with natural greys and blacks giving this wall had a tremendous amount of layering and depth.  Ultra thin coloured overlays were used with hard troweling to create this european lime plaster type appearance.  In order to stay true to its natural feel, we left a very flat finish on it.

Oh, and it looks sick.

Loving this black concrete counter!!  Here we tried to create a natural look with light grind and deep lustre and shine.  Cool sink for an awsome client….

Recently I strolled through the new Toucan Ridge building we worked on last winter at this time- just to see how everything was looking. Nice to see the plants had a chance to grow in and  all the water ways are flowing and growing algae.  The Ocelot is finally home and getting used to his house.  That place  is just looking better and better.  Still super pumped on that work and my guys.  FYI, this job won an honourable mention for Concrete Construction’s: Job of the Year- and finished first under the heading Theme Park-  and that, is awesome.

This horrible mild weather has allowed us to help out some folks and re seal one of their buildings that has stamped panels.  We developed an interesting process that works quite well in these conditions and gets some spectacular results…….yep!

We just knew this slab of concrete was going to look great on this here fireplace! Just another cool design by our designer Kim.  Natural concrete with a light grind and polish and a single drop section for minimal detail.  Built in our shop and installed in 10 minutes.

Why not?  Anything based on good design has always been what this company is about!!  Solid oak 4×6″ timbers make up this frame, with 4×8″ posts and a 3x 12″ head board.  We can make this  twin style bed for 1750, a queen for 2000 and a king sized bed for 2250.  Lots of cool options here like concrete posts or head board inserts.  And by the way, there is NOTHING like working with solid wood.  There is no place for veneers or laminates.