I’ve been seeing lots of concrete projects around lately. While I haven’t decided yet if I love it for *my* home or not, I do know that I love how creative people are getting with using the rough material in unlikely projects in their homes and gardens. If you love the industrial look, concrete fits perfectly with the rough metal, pipes, and chains that are really popular for the grungy/factory look right now. And, it is inexpensive and fairly easy to work with, so even if you have to try a project twice, you’re still not hurting your wallet much. A DIYers dream, right?
What do you think — love the concrete look or prefer something more classic? Either way, check out the ingenuity of these ten home projects and five craft ideas I’ve rounded up for you! And then come browse and join the party — love to see what you’ve been up to!
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Concrete Projects and Crafts
for Your Home and Garden
Create and Install a Floating Shelf | The Gardener
Quick Concrete Countertops by Covering Existing Counters | Design Stocker on Remodelaholic
Build and Install Concrete Countertops | Imperfectly Polished on Remodelaholic
Build an Industrial Coffee Table | DIY My Homes
Cinder Block Planter and Table | Hunted Interior
DIY Concrete Accent Wall | Kara Paslay Designs
$5 Bucket Stool | Homemade Modern
Hypertufa Cement Planters | 33 Shades of Green on Remodelaholic
DIY Cement Pendant Lamp in Two Styles | Homemade Modern
Concrete Bedside Tables | borganic
And then 5 craft projects if you’d prefer to try the cement on smaller scale…
Cement Lamp | Instructables
Votive Candle Holder | SignePling
Cement Bookend | The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Concrete Monogram Lamp | Funkytime
Faceted Cement Hooks or Mini Shelves | Homemade Modern
Remodelaholic’s Anonymous Party
Thanks so much for linking up! Last week we had so many great links — go check them out! The most popular links are all amazing projects, and went right along with our mudroom top ten from last week:
Mudroom Built-ins | Twice Lovely
LOVE the painted herringbone pattern!
Mudroom in the Laundry Room | Somerset Lane
Amazing transformation and I love the bench!
Garage Mudroom Cubbies | Dixie Delights
Wow. Just wow. And I love the color of the garage door!
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I like concrete counters (though that’s funny as there’s a concrete truck outside my neighbors house right now and it’s barely 7 am and I’m not liking it so much at this exact moment), but I think it has it’s place like a loft space. For my Craftsman Pacific Northwest House, it probably would look a bit out of place.
I think it could work, but you might need a professional to do it right! When they know what they are doing it looks amazing!
Thank you for hosting! I always enjoy my weekends browsing through the posts everyone links here!
XO
I just bought a Concrete Table from Mecox Gardens. I how easy they are to maintain and they look so beautiful. Mecox had a great selection of dining tables, in so many styles, but I knew that concrete was the best choice for my home.
I love anything concrete and work with it all day long. I love these links and ideas to fun concrete DIY projects. Thanks for sharing!