Take 30 minutes to walk through a large home center or even local hardware store and you’ll find a wide array of options for beautifying the concrete floors in and around your home.  From your garage to your patio to your sidewalk…even your concrete counter tops all have many options for making them more attractive while protecting them from wear and tear that happens over time.

With your floors in particular, a good floor paint will most definitely do the trick, but concrete staining can sometimes be a better alternative, although there is more work involved.

If you are going for stone or marble look these flaws will actually add more appeal. Staining cannot hide imperfections. It will most often enhance them. The cost of staining concrete can range from $2 to $15 per square depending how how elaborate you wish to be.

The great thing about staining a concrete floor or other concrete surface is you can make it uniquely yours. You can incorporate any theme or idea you wish. The are so many techniques also that are available. You can etch, sandblast, score or engrave as well. You can make it appear as marble or wood with inlays, it can have pictures, or patterns. The possibilities are virtually endless and only limited by imagination.