Concrete Countertops Austin Texas

We are Artisans in the ancient art of sculpting & staining concrete. Providing custom decorative concrete projects in and around Austin, Texas & the Central Texas Hill Country.

If you are longing for something solid, something that will last forever, concrete is your answer.

Concrete's mass can not be duplicated by synthetic plastics, Marble in the same mass would be prohibitively expensive.

If you like the distinctive and variegated nature of leather. If you want to have something unique, something with your own flare and custom built to match your decor and color scheme, concrete might be for you.

Concrete is the "greenest" building material.

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512-971-7017
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Located in Austin, Texas

(By Appointment Only - East Austin Art Studio)
1406 Smith Rd
Austin, TX 78721

Concrete Countertops Austin, Texas

The Artisans at Ancient Art Concrete are trained in the Buddy Rhodes system of Decorative Interior (& Exterior) Concrete. Buddy Rhodes has been producing concrete countertops longer than any other manufacturer. He is not only a pioneer in the field, he has perfected the system to ensure consistent results in both form and function. Your investment in Ancient Art Concrete will eternally grace your home. - It's the Buddy Rhodes system.

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This customer wanted an apothecary look. We suggested the Buddy Rhodes Bone White color with a hard troweled finish.

We designed and installed everything, including the medicine cabinets, lighting and towel fixtures. We also stained and modified two 36 inch “off the shelf”, red oak kitchen cabinets, making them reminiscent of the era. Tapered furniture legs were used instead of spacers to bridge the cabinets. Therefore, making it appear like a piece of furniture in which the 2” thick countertop was done cast in place.

The customer also specified needing more storage space. So we used kitchen cabinets at 24” depth, and the taller height is actually proving to be more ergonomic for these average height customers.

To squeeze even more storage space out of the area, we used American Standard vessel sinks that were half above and half below the countertop. This left just enough room to run the drain pipe and supply lines right between the two drawers on each cabinet. Therefore, all 4 drawers are fully functional

Bring us your ideas, we'll make them a reality

Pricing - By Greg Bright - VP Sales and Marketing / Artisan

The following is a general guideline. The beauty and art of crafting any shape or element with concrete is that the possibilities are endless. Endless shapes, endless colors, endless textures / surface finishes.

We get calls everyday that go something like this: "We were looking to save some money over granite and want to get pricing on Concrete - I mean it's just concrete right?"

Folks, the bottom line is that concrete is double the price of granite.

So why would someone pay twice the price, when they can get perfectly good granite, mined by child labor and shipped half way around the world on diesel powered boats and trucks? Click here to see why concrete is one of the greenest options: Environmentally friendly countertops

I trained under Buddy Rhodes and he taught me early on that the concrete countertop client is looking for something unique. They are not out comparing various countertops options. They are are bored with the choices of granite, they want something unique and they like the environmental aspect of concrete. Nothing else will do - except concrete.

We have found this to be so true over the years.

In fact, I probably "un-sell" more clients than I sell. Actually, I do not try to "sell" anyone on concrete. In my opinion, even if I was successful at "up" selling someone on concrete, because it's so unique, they probably will not be happy and could have been just fine with something at half the price. We want happy clients.

We're passionate about concrete and find that our best clients are passionate about it as well.

About 90% of the time we do a 1.75" thick countertop (thicker is an up charge). At 1.75" thick our current price is $85 per square foot. You can get good granite for about $50 per square foot. (the appeal of concrete is its mass, 1.75" is a nice massive edge) A typical kitchen is about 45 square feet. Doing the math: 45 x $85 = $3825.

We typically do an under mount sink - therefore exposing and finishing the edge mass of the concrete around the sink. That's a $250 up charge.

About half the time we'll do a concrete back splash - 1" x 4" at $25 per lineal foot.

* The above prices are complete (sealed and installed - local Austin area - (assuming a readily accessible area with electricity and water), and requires that the subsurface / cabinets are ready to place the concrete on. (we can bid to demo old countertops and construct substructures.)

* We use an industrial grade sealer (by a local Austin company - based on Nanotechnology and costing us $300 per gallon - it's an amazing sealer.)

The expense of concrete blows most residential budgets unfortunately.

We have seen concrete companies out there doing it cheaper - they are usually flatwork concrete companies, excited to get in on the action of concrete countertops. All we have to say is - check their work. After all - you don't want to end up with an elevated sidewalk in your kitchen!

We are proud of our art. Many installations are in public spaces - and we stand behind our work.

If our prices fit your budget, we would be happy to come out and show you color samples, take measurements and give you a formal bid.

You can also schedule an appointment to visit our East Austin art studio.

*Note - Honing - Grinding and some colors (esp Blues - greens and including bone white) incur and up charge

Thanks for visiting our website,

Greg Bright

512-971-7017