5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Home's Value with Concrete

Aug. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- There are many ways you can use concrete to boost your home's value and make it stand apart from similar properties in your area. These five enhancements, in particular, will give you the maximum return on your investment while transforming the look of your home.

Dress Up Your Landscape
With its durability, weather resistance and design versatility, concrete is the perfect material for sprucing up the exterior of your home and improving its curb appeal. See these
concrete ideas (http://www.concretenetwork.com/landscape.html) for using concrete in your outdoor design plans, from patios and walkways to outdoor kitchens and entertainment areas.

Put Something Solid Underfoot
If you have an existing concrete slab in your home that's hidden beneath a worn carpet or other floor covering, you have the canvas for a spectacular floor surface that can be embellished by stains, dyes, stencils or decorative overlays. Concrete floors (http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/interiorfloors/) are much easier to maintain than carpet and they will last a lifetime. Another option is to cover your floors with decorative concrete tile.

Create a Welcoming Entryway
The entryway to your home should welcome people like open arms. There are many ways to create this warm embrace with concrete, both underfoot and as an architectural accent. Through the use of color, texture, shape and pattern, concrete can create inviting entryways that will beckon visitors to your door. See these 10 entryway ideas (http://www.concretenetwork.com/entryways.html).

Upgrade Your Kitchen and Bath
Do you have visions of clean, gleaming countertop surfaces in your kitchen or bathroom to replace the ugly stained or scratched surfaces you currently have? In addition to the natural virtues of durability and ease of maintenance, concrete countertops can be personalized with shape, color and texture. What's more, you can install a matching concrete sink, bathtub or backsplash to create a harmonious look.

Give Your Garage Floor a Facelift
A garage floor coating can transform a drab gray floor slab into an extension of your living area. These heavy-duty epoxy-based systems not only upgrade the look of the floor, they also increase resiliency to stains and tire marks and hide minor imperfections. They can also be enhanced by decorative quartz or color chips to give you an array of design options.

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