Project Description
The owner wanted to feel pebbles underfoot while doing dishes, so the
pattern starts out wide at the sink and matches the flow of the
kitchen.
Quintana Wagoner and her assistant drew the design on
the existing concrete subfloor; then subcontractor Todd Seaboch, of
concrete coating company Life Deck, used spray adhesive to place a semi-rigid foam strip on the edges of the design before pouring the new concrete floor.
The designers carefully placed the mesh sheets of pebbles to avoid
straight seams, selecting individual pebbles to maintain the tapered
shape at the ends. Seaboch stained the concrete, then coated the entire
floor with epoxy, and then a sealant.
The homeowners wanted an
Asian-inspired kitchen remodel that incorporated pebbles and swirled
patterns similar to those found in Zen gardens.
Sol Quintana Wagoner, senior designer at Jackson Design & Remodeling,
in San Diego, proposed a concrete floor with a pebble path. She chose
concrete as the background material for its contemporary look and
because, unlike tile, it has no seams, which would have distracted from
the pebbles.
Robert Kraft, owner of Kraft Custom Construction,
in Salem, Ore., worked with tile contractor Bob Goodwill to create this
bathroom floor accent, which Kraft describes as a perfect example of
the marriage of design and craftsmanship.
Though the glass
pebbles in this bathroom are custom made by an artist, remodelers can
achieve a similar look using pebbles on mesh sheets. “You can spice it
up a little bit and still be budget-conscious,” Kraft says.
Cut It Out
Glass was a design theme in this condominium remodel, and the interior designer specified glass pebbles for the bathroom floor.
The designer glued the pebbles to heavy paper, and the tile contractor
lifted and placed each pebble per that pattern. The contractor cut the
tile around the curves of the pebbles and grouted the whole floor. —Nina Patel, senior editor, REMODELING.
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