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50 SHADES OF GREY — CONCRETE CONSIDERATIONS

The man-made version of rock or stone is concrete, which itself dates back millennia. When mixed with stone or decorative aggregates, concrete creates that same timeless feel.

To give you an idea of how far decorative concrete has come, there is evidence that suggests the pyramids of Egypt were partly made of an agglomerate of limestone cast in-situ, or in other words, decorative stone. This would certainly help explain its construction in the

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