In the interest of fair research, I recently went to a friend's house who had his concrete floor polished. He invited the whole for coffee, so I took the opportunity to look at it with my own eyes. After all, he seemed positively ecstatic about what he got. Besides, I heard he can make wicked coffee with that new espresso machine of his.



I went over and the first thing that caught my eye was the floor. Maybe it was because I was used to seeing the old ugly flooring he had. It was indeed beautiful. It was clearly the most noticeable thing in the interior, even though he had everything else newly renovated.

But then, that might be a bad thing. The floor did not succesfully complement the rest of the house's interior as it should. Although my friend did try his best to adhere to a unifying factor; the house had a standard motif which was followed by even the concrete flor. Unfortunately, polished concrete floors will still stand out.

I will see what the other types of polished concrete floors are before making a final judgement on this flooring type. But right now, I can say that this type of floor is much more suited for commercial areas like hotel lobbies, industrial centers, even in schools. Concrete floors have a glamorous quality to it which does not really suit a residental place. So avoid this as much as possible. Unless your home is glamorous in itself, and in which case achieves a correct sort of balance.

And to be fair, it wasn't that bad. His home is still generally pleasing to the eye. And it seemed like he wanted his floor to stand out, so kudos to that friend of mine. In addition, I should applaud the relatively little expense that he paid for it. This benefit will also be reinforced if concrete polishing does last; as you don't have to pay for upkeep. Time will tell.