Harvey Residence

Who is not amazed at the exotic opportunities we see today for hard surfaces in our home and commercial environment. This project exemplifies the best in providing unique and attractive hardscapes to enhance the efforts we place in aesthetics for our own homes, whether we consider our entrances, our exteriors or our landscaping.

The decorative concrete hardcape used for this project provides an invitation to come and explore the details in the decorative flatwork; even to examine the blend and theme that the flatwork contributes to this homes entrance. Only real stone surfacing can compete with the effective use of decorative elements in this decorative flatwork, but at a significant cost premium.

The decorative technique to accomplish the final product involved an interesting combination of effort. Integral colored concrete was used throughout, with initial texture provided by the use of seamless Roman Slate texture skins. After initial texturing with the skins, the concrete artists returned to hand cut an Ashlar slate pattern to create random size stones. After curing with non-film forming techniques, the artists returned to provide custom color washing of individual stones for variety and effect.