Entries from June 2008

June 26, 2008

New mixes from scratch. New color inspiration!

There was a cloud of dread at Fab-Slab-Studio… that all the colors we would see emanated from a medium gray bagged concrete base.
Even our most fabulous chocolate brownie slabs for David K, in the end… came out looking cocoa gray. Don’t get me wrong… they are elegant and beautiful… as David would say “dressy”, but [...]

June 17, 2008

480 pounds of chocolate brownies!

Jim and I just finished casting Harry Brown, and David Kanis’s master bath counters and bath tub surround…
Here’s a picture from Slab-Lab (my basement laboratory of Fab-Slab).

The picture does not convey the chocolate brownie look of the concrete…truly… they look tasty!
We brewed up 480 pounds of chocolate fudge brownie concrete!
Good enough to eat!
We also seeded [...]

June 12, 2008

We are the guinea pigs….New concrete countertops for our home.

Fab-Slab remodeled our own kitchen with new polished aggregate concrete countertops.
Here are some pictures….

The finishes and fitment are really looking good!
Jim Ojamaa and I are very jazzed about the outcome, and Marie is wild about the new kitchen!
Special thanks to Jeff Dorstan for the assist!
Hopefully ya’ll can see them in person soon!
These counters are perfect [...]