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Decoration with burnt cement: learn how to combine materials, colors and styles

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 Decorating with burnt cement is already beautiful on its own, but combining it with specific materials and items, your environment can be overwhelming! This mortar is produced by mixing water, cement and sand and guarantees a functional finish that leaves the room super modern. And to improve, burnt cement can be combined with several different materials, colors and styles, being quite versatile to please your taste. Keep reading and discover the best relationships! Combination of burnt cement and materials living room wall with burnt cement Burnt cement provides a smooth, level, good-looking surface. In that case, the decoration of your environments can be even more evident with some materials. About this finish, we already made a post. Read: Ideas for using burnt cement Check out these 5 options for decorating with burnt cement: Metal Metal can appear in certain elements of the decor and is included in various styles, such as industrial, rustic and even the most sophisticated. Y...

History of Wooden Flooring

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 Primates, our ancestors, used trees as housing. These sheltered them enough, but the caves or built dwellings (dens, huts,…) became more efficient for the residents. In those days, wood was already used as a building material. Pillars and beams were discovered in prehistory in several civilizations, before fire. We cannot talk about the use of wood without specifying each civilization. Each climate, terrain, cataclysms that determined a different method in the use of wood. The human being saw in this element a source of endless aptitudes. Wood floats, hence the first boats appeared and have improved over time. It is easy to work with, therefore domestic or work utensils, furniture, and sculptures, … Each location with its types of trees, adapted its needs to what was available. Wood was used pure or combined with other elements such as clay, straw, stone, iron,… Some civilizations where the use of wood in architecture stood out in different ways: The Far East, with a light archite...