Concrete Furniture

Concrete Furniture: Facts and Fiction

Concrete Furniture Types:

• Indoor Concrete Furniture
• Outdoor Concrete Furniture
• Concrete Office Furniture

Tips and Tricks of the Masters

Why Concrete?

Color Choices Abound

Diverse Artisan's Backgrounds Yield Great Ideas

Buddy Rhodes unveils reusable furniture molds for casting concrete planters, stools, and tables.

Design Ideas for Concrete Furniture:

Concrete Furniture Pictures

Many of us think of concrete only as something we can walk on, drive on or build foundations with—not as a material we can lounge on, eat off of, use to display books and knickknacks, or fashion into furniture for a conference room or home office.

Welcome to the new age of decorative concrete—a time when you're as likely to encounter a concrete dining table, bench, bookcase, countertop or chair as you are a concrete patio. More furniture designers and artisans are abandoning wood and other traditional furniture materials and using concrete to build one-of-a-kind pieces that bring a unique sense of style to homes and businesses, indoors and out.

For those of us new to or even skeptical about the concept of concrete furniture, here's a look at why it's becoming so popular, who's making it, some misconceptions about concrete furniture, and the endless ways you can use concrete to blend with or complement any décor.