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I found a really cool sofa table in Luxe. magazine and changed some things around to better suit my ideas.  We’re using 12×12 douglas fur which is ground with a wire wheel and sealed.  The concrete blocks are in fact keys holding the wood in place.  The concrete is tinted with black dye to darken it to a graphite gray colour- then polished and waxed.  All bug holes are left in tact and not filled.  We love the relationship the wood has with concrete in this plain simple design.  This was a fun project which took a few tries to get to where we wanted.  Through this, I discovered: let Phil frame  and pour, I’ll draw the pictures……….. works pretty good!!

Sofa table dimension: 24″x48″x16″ End table dimension: 12″x12″x24″

If you love them, they are looking for a home…..haha!

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We’re looking forward to finishing this very custom steam shower and bathroom.  It features carved vertical rock details, venetian plaster walls, floor overlay, and concrete benches yo

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Our kick ass r and d team developed this killer raised fire pit.  It is designed to run jelfuel tins and produce a 7″ flame for 3 hours.  Imagine, drop in a match and sit and enjoy a fire, conversation- perhaps a drink- and when done? Pop the lid back on the tin, or just walk away.  No mess, no fuss.  (man I hate that cliche line)  We have another style coming as well- as well as more ideas that will blow the doors off……..well, it’ll be cool.

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Being in the show was a total blast with my buddies from my construction supply house Brock White.  Got to see a lot of great people, talk about some fabulous projects- and made some new friends along the way….Sounds like win win.  This year we had an interesting indoor/outdoor theme with a concrete table, concrete chair, concrete vases- and a water wall designed and built by our very own Randy Mac Klassen ( inspired by his hot girlfriend Alannah…….hot meaning cool, er…..never mind, she’s real nice)  Any who…..What could have been a dull boring mess of blah was given life and colour by the fun kids over at 2e- thanks you. Also, give us a call if you had any unanswered questions or comments you wanted to make- sorry if we missed you! Oh, and sorry about the music, we’re working on a new dance party mix for the 010 homeshow- if they’ll let us back in…..

Like counters, concrete is becoming an increasingly popular product for furniture, tables and the like. Here’s some interesting projects we’ve worked on that fall into this category.