Fabulous concrete
I saw Concrete Blond at the recent Design Interiors exhibition in Birmingham, England and was impressed by their 'Walled Paper' range of fine cast concrete. 
Walled Paper captures the graphics, texture and colours of wallpaper with all the benefits of concrete. There were damasks, geometric patterns and florals. 
The finishes were quite stencillish apart from Amorphic which looked like ripples of water in moonlight. I had to stroke it. A lot.
Concrete Blond offer design options to incorporate your own photography, artwork, logos etcetera into the concrete surface.
Another company that do wonderful things with concrete is Modello Concrete in California, US. Creative director Melanie Royals writes a blog called Design Amour and many of her stencil and Modello projects are featured there. 
Some of their floors are amazing and like Concrete Blond they can incorporate your artwork and logo into the finished piece. I asked Melanie to send a picture of her favourite floor project.
It is her kimono inspired floor which she created years ago and still loves. Melanie says that the swirls were carved into the concrete by hand using two girls and a grinder! Here is another of her faves. This floor combines graphic simplicity with yummy ice cream colours. 
Melanie and I both teach at the annual SALI convention. This year it will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, US. To see more about the convention and SALI, visit their site. Click on the links to see more of Modello Concrete or Melanie's blog. H.
We are Helen, Chips and Rachel, partners in The Stencil Library. We design, make and sell stencils. We also teach, decorate with, eat, breathe and live with stencils. Inspiration comes from many places for us. We would like to share our inspiration and projects with you. All our stencils are designed and made in Northumberland, England. They are sent to customers worldwide.
Ooh, what a clever company to find a way to combine the delicacy of lace with the strength of concrete. Very cool! Thanks so much for including my decorative concrete work in your post and for your support and friendship over the years. Cheers!
Posted by: Melanie | February 22, 2008 at 04:01 PM
My pleasure, I think that floor that you have just posted is beyond amazing. So much work, but should give pleasure for years to come.
Posted by: Stencil Helen | February 22, 2008 at 04:44 PM
All very beautiful but where is the one you did in London?
Posted by: Di Overton | February 22, 2008 at 07:35 PM
Hello Di, Mine was a marble plaster wall. Thank you for reminding me, I will find a picture and blog it.
Posted by: Stencil Helen | February 23, 2008 at 11:34 AM