http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com What we're up to at Countryside Concrete! Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:31:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We don't often like to brag, but it bears sharing that we recently won a First Place award in the 2008 Cemstone Decorative Concrete Awards.  The category was Residential Interiors, we won for a very cool set of concrete countertops we built and installed in North Oaks.  Here's a link ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/countryside-concrete-wins-first-place/ Here's one of the "cooler" projects we worked on this year- an all concrete bar featuring a layered poured wall and concrete countertops with fiber optic lighting.  We built this at Jake's house, here in Belle Plaine MN when we had spare time.  The experts at Countryside Concrete stay pretty ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/fiber-optic-lighting-in-concrete-countertop/ Bill and Cathy have a great home on a small lake in Waconia, MN.  They've been doing a TON of remodeling, including a 3-story addition off the back of the house and additional interior remodeling.  They also added a new front stoop and sidewalk constructed from decorative concrete, but were ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/stamped-and-colored-concrete-patio-in-waconia-mn/ We met Victoria and her brother Floyd as a result of our work with Seth at E & S Mix & Fix.  Victoria and Floyd bought a home in St. Paul and have been working on rehabbing it.  The existing driveway/garage apron and sidewalk were in pretty rough shape, and ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/concrete-work-in-st-paul-mn/ Mark and Cathy found Countryside and brought us a great looking design for a new stamped concrete driveway.  They live in Lakeville and have a beautiful house.  They've been doing a lot of improvements to the landscaping in the back yard, and they then decided it was time to give ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/new-stamped-concrete-driveway-in-lakeville-mn/ We just finished work on a new concrete driveway for a realtor in the Lakeville, MN area.  His old asphalt driveway was sinking and falling apart, and it was time to replace it with new concrete.  We tore out the old asphalt driveway as well as a failing section of ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/new-concrete-driveway-in-lakeville-mn/ Earlier this summer we poured a new stamped concrete patio for Eric and Jessica.  They have a newer home in Watertown and finished building the deck, so it was time to work on the backyard.  The builder left them with just a small gray slab outside the sliding glass door, ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/new-stamped-concrete-patio-in-watertown-mn/ As mentioned earlier, Gary and Mary were so happy with the stamped concrete patio, stoop and sidewalk that Countryside installed for them earlier this year, they decided to replace their worn-out asphalt driveway with brand-new concrete!  You can take a look at the other work we did for them at ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/new-concrete-driveway-in-waconia-mn/ Scott and Liz live in Chaska and they're friends of our buddy Charlie at Carver Brick & Stone.  They have a great backyard, with a pool in the summer and hockey rink in the winter, as well as a nice paver patio and hot tub.  They like to have friends ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/outdoor-kitchen-bar-area-in-chaska-mn/ This stamped concrete patio is definitely one of the highlights of the year for all of us at Countryside Concrete. In a cooperative effort with the Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce that began last fall, we designed and built the stamped concrete patio with concrete sitting benches and a ... http://blog.countrysideconcrete.com/stamped-concrete-patio-for-belle-plaine-public-swimming-pool/