Decorative concrete has come a long way since its inception. Now homeowners can create any design they can fathom. With new concrete technologies, combination designs are possible including stamping patterns and color combination's. Homeowners can incorporate commercial stamps or homemade stamps for their stamped concrete designs. The concrete overlay upon which the stamped concrete pattern will be placed does not have to be new concrete. In fact, a thin layer can be applied to existing concrete and atop that new thin layer a stamped concrete pattern can be applied, leaving homeowners with a new and improved stamped concrete impression and concrete overlay design. Whether you want to leave an impression on an existing piece of concrete, a single slab, or lay new concrete for a driveway, patio, or kitchen counter, there are many stamped concrete tools and ideas which can be combined. With the help of professionals, you can create a concrete overlay which is carefully divided with sawed joints. Slumped concrete can be ordered and measured for quantity. Once you have decided upon the stamps you desire, you can lay them out before the concrete arrives. It is important that during the stamping concrete procedures that you do as little hand tooling as possible. Every slab which has a deep-cut stamped concrete pattern must be jointed in order to control cracking. This is where the help of a professional concrete contractor and concrete company is extremely useful. Overall, it is important that you’re stamped concrete design look and feel exactly how you, as the homeowner, want it to look and feel.