as soon as I saw the vinyl blinds I was like " OMG that's GENIUS!!!" this is is the exact hack I've been looking for!!!! I can't even tell you how excited I am to try this!!

@madama8004

Жыл бұрын

same here.. Ive been using boot trays for slate rocks but this will work so much better

You obviously don’t have a husband standing around asking you “what the hell are you doing now?” Fantastic job!

@deborahgross1045

Жыл бұрын

OMG...You know my husband!

@hilarycherry6528

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaaaaaa!!!!

@kerridavidson5671

Жыл бұрын

Oh boy, can l relate to that!

@jaybea3158

Жыл бұрын

Lol this is mostly my issue when I got ideas 🤭

@ladyjasminek7816

Жыл бұрын

Ditto…I get that “What’s She doin now? ” comment all the time! lol 😊

This is easily one of the best cement tutorials i have seen and by a clear mile the most informative - fantastic video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@uniquelyursula87

10 ай бұрын

Wonderful, so glad you liked it!

A voice from Germany: this video makes me a little dissatisfied with myself! Why do others always come up with such great ideas? Seriously: a whole handful of ideas are brought together here and produce a stunning, highly professional result. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.

What a great idea. Then vinyl blinds as forms is genius. And the coloring & texturizing you did is beautiful.

Texture with baggies? Blinds? Brilliant! Creative and great use of materials.

@uniquelyursula87

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you:)

I have ben looking for some ideas like this. This is the ONE, thanks for sharing!

I knew it was possible and if I kept searching I'd find my creative inspirational hero! Brilliant idea that came out incredible and your video makes it so clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much for sharing this, it's exactly what I've been looking for!! I knew I was saving that stack of old blinds for something....I can't wait to do this! ❤️

Thisss!!! This is what I have been searching for for weeks!!! I absolutely love it ! I knew there must be a cheaper way to do it !! THANK YOU !!

Love it! Planning to do this in a "Campground site" we are putting in by our RV area so our guests can stay in RV for privacy. Awesome idea! Great job! Thanks!

Oh my goodness...what a great job you did!!! I LOVE IT! I’m DEFINATELY going to do this when I get to that part of my garden process. THANKS so much fo the idea!!!!!👍

We are so impressed, we have been looking for ways to do our garden path in a nice but inexpensive way and this is perfect! Thank you so much for sharing your patio looks amazing 🤩 👍🏻

There are natural oxide colors - black, browns, tans, yellows - that you can apply to make them look more like stone. In fact, you can mix some powdered color with a bit of white cement and white sand and put in a shaker with holes, like a salt shaker: Dry Shake.

After looking at flagstone cost I knew there was another way actually many.Seen many videos on this and finished product by far is the best.Appreciate any diy’er willing to video and edit their work and post,as if the project wasn’t enuff then to show a how to video,it’s a lot of work.Honestly it’s to much for me to video,edit then post so I really do appreciate it.Sharing is caring

I love that you shared this video. I'm going to share it with my daughter, who is going to flip and want to do this project! Many thanks!

wow, I think I found the solution to what I need to make my walkway, thanks you did a great job.

Perfect! Exactly the look I am going for for my fire pit area, thank you :)

Hi, you are amazing! You made it look so simple. Love the way you used the blinds and shaped them into the shapes you wanted for the rock/slabs. You designed, sourced materials, made each rocks/slabs, layed out each rock to create the shape you wanted around your fire pit and "Hey presto," you made an incredible space to, chill out in your back garden where, you and all your loved ones can enjoy, Well done! Your Bespoke patio/fire-pit looks fabulous. You could make a lot of money and make your customers very happy. Thank you soo much for inspiring me. 💛 You should give yourself a pat on the back.

Good for you!! I love a challenging, less expensive DIY project.

WOW. Exactly what I was thinking about doing, and I saw through your video that it was possible. Thank you. You did a fantastic job.

The vinyl blinds for molds is absolutely genius. Well done. I am not sure I would have been able to come up with that.

@luism.5999

2 жыл бұрын

You can always just buy 200 acres of land and place your house wherever your want or learn to not spend 5 million dollars like sime dumb ass people and have thEir neighbors fkn their wives,.. sick mofos. I h8 fakes. Ok, .... that was a little much, I apologize. Peace and Love, ...... IF YOU SHAKE MY HAND AND LOOK ME IN THE EYE MOTHER FKR BELIEVE ME I WONT EVWR BE THE FIRST ONE MAKING A MOVE ON YOUR GIRL OR WIFE. RESPECT.

I am a scant two minutes into the video. I can already tell that I freaking love your style. I do not feel talked down to information is being presented in a interesting and visual way. I’m hooked.

This is the PERFECT👍🏾👍🏾 idea for my backyard. Thank you so much for this tutorial.

Wow….thankyou Ursula for your brilliant DIY stone-making ideas and process!

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this and for the well-done illustration of what you did to make it work and the info about time and suggestion of a practice "rock." Will definitely try it myself!

I love this! Easy to understand instructions & a great result. I think I’ll try this.

Vertical blinds!!! Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for this idea! Total solution for something I have been thinking of for years.

Wow, they look great! Been looking for a way to make a path without structure to our new firepit. (our back yard can be "soggy"). Just me..(and a teenager), this is perfect. Thanks!

Great job! I did the same. I used a ring cut from a cardboard box. Then I covered ring with duck tape. I was able to change the shape with every stone. I did not soften the edges as you did. I planted bluestar creeper in the cracks. I did not color either. I would have liked to but just let nature do it naturally. It has been about 5 years now and they look like flagstone.

Thanks a million for this video. I am heading outside now to map out the area. So excited!!!!

Whaaaat?! Genius! Totally doing this! Have had a huge stack of blind slats laying around forever because I thought I could ring plants with them to keep water in....but now...just fabulous! 😍😍🤩🤩😍😍🥳🥳🥳

This is soo cool! I always thought about doing something like this and just never got around to it. Funny part is I have everything to do this in my garage! Thanks, you’re a genius;)

Great idea! You can use different materials from nature to decorate the surface of the stones: sea shells, pebbles, sand, pieces of charcoal, and even rusted pieces of iron sheet.

This looks very good to me. I was planning to concrete an area that needs paving, but this looks so much cooler! Well done.

Wow!! 😯 What a brilliant idea! 💡You did a fantastic job, beautifully done. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Thank you so much for sharing. 😊❤️

You have really awaken a vision for this little corner of my back yard where I buried my beloved Dog Chopper. I am going to transform it with this wonderful idea of yours. Thank you!

@AnxiousCowboy

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you have a dog chopper!? how many dogs have you chopped and WHY???

@sgueymard

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnxiousCowboy 🤭🤪

This is exactly what I need to make a path beside my house. Thank you.

Genius! Thanks so much for sharing your technique! I have made pavers with a plastic mold that I purchased. I can't wait to try this.

This is better for me as I can shape it to my needs I’m gunna try this come summer time here I keep coming back to this video since I found it ages ago Thanks

That's interesting. Looking forward to seeing something else from you. Like how you took this on single handedly.

That looks amazing!!! Nice work!!!

This is genius! And your stones are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this and making your instructions so clear! This is my summer project!!!

Best DIY concrete work on KZread. 👍

Absolutely brilliant thinking outside the box.

Oh I am so glad to see you did this! I have had the same idea for 3 years and have saved all the old vertical blinds to do it with. Now I know Im not crazy, it does work!!!!! What I had loved about the idea was being able to form each stone to fit into any area!! I cant wait to get out there and do it now! Your project turned out great!

@flowerchild777

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you can maybe post any 10 second video (leave a link here) to show us how it comes out. That would be terrific

Love the idea, will try it in the summer

Genius idea! Looks great!

Great idea! I need a natural looking path. This is the way to do that. Thanks! I also had some idea for a birdbath and such. I can use this method as well. Though I think I will put mesh in it to strengthen it a bit more.

Fantastic job. Clear and concise video. Thank you so much for this!

Dear Ursula, thank you so much for sharing your great idea with us. I appreciate it so much, you will be rewarded for sure. Hugs from Sherie Rodrigues from Australia

You've inspired me! I'm doing it! Thanks for sharing.

I did something like this too. I picked a nice flat spot and mowed it really short. I dug out the shapes about 6 inches deep and added some metal mesh and fiber to help hold the concrete together. Plus a little dye. I filled all the holes with dry concrete and mixed in a little water until it was perfect. Some of the dirt mixed in with the concrete which made it look more natural. After a week of curing i dug out the rest of the dirt and added stones.

@flowerchild777

2 жыл бұрын

How many? How big? Could you give an approximate cost total? Thanks

@krodkrod8132

2 жыл бұрын

@@flowerchild777 The concrete bigger stones i made were about pillow sized and different shapes with a 3 to 4 inch gap between them. Once they cured, i dug all the dirt out and filled with crushed concrete aggregate. Once the crushed aggregate is watered and tamped down it never moves. It locks everything in place. Plus it prevents weeds. The spot i did was under my steps that come down from my deck and under the deck. About 12x24 with 4 spots left open for my kiwi vines that go up 4 columns to the pergola over my steps and half the deck. I'm adding 4 more Kiwi vines right now and 4 magnolia vines this weekend. My backyard is a 1 acre food forest. I have hundreds of trees and bushes going all kinds of weird stuff. Trees: apple, pear, plum, cherry, and pawpaw. 30 or so in total. Bushes: Hazelnut, blueberry, raspberry, honeyberry, sea buckthorn, goumi berry, miracle berry, service berry, teaberry, nanking cherry, spice bush. about 100 bushes around the back yard and a couple thousand planted in the forest behind my house. Vines: Hardy Kiwi, and soon to be magnolia. I make close to 10,000 pounds of fruit nuts and berries a year now. I give most of it away though.

@krodkrod8132

2 жыл бұрын

@@flowerchild777 If you lay out a piece of string for each shape it makes it easy to dig out the shapes you want. Leave a 3 to 4 inch space of dirt and grass border to keep them all separate. Once it cures pull out that border and fill with any kind of stones you want. Add lots of dye though to make a good contrast.

@HeyWatchMeGo

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think a person could use old household paint as a dye? Thanks. Your project sounds really good.

@krodkrod8132

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeyWatchMeGo Nope. The dye you use in concrete is just acrylic paint. Laytex house paint will screw up the concrete

You did a great job! Thank you for the video!!! I was wondering if vertical blinds could be used for molds. So excited that I found someone who has already done it! Blessed Be!!!!

beautiful work!!

Fabulous idea with the vertical blinds! Love, love how they look~

OUTSTANDING!!!! You did a great job for sure. I am stealing this idea for sure. The only thing i am going to do differently in to add a commercial grade landscape fabric down for vegetation control between the stones.

This is it! I saw one project where the fellow used metal strips to frame his stone, and I was trying to come up with something easier. Slats from blinds!! What a great idea. I start tomorrow!

Great idea! Thanks ❤

Just did this, turned out great, thanks for the idea

Definitely keeping this video for future reference. Love how these turned out!! 🥰👍 Thank you so much!

Nice project. The "stones" look pretty realistic and since they were poured in place, they should be steady and also plenty strong. I've been thinking of making borders for my yard but haven't seen anything simple that I thought would work for what I want to do (freeform). Now I have. The blinds are a great idea. I think I can modify your approach to do what I want.

@beentheredonethat5495

Жыл бұрын

Ziploc baggies will shape into brick sized "rocks"

WOW! Looks great

Nice video! Thanks!

Beautifully made a work of art.

Brilliant idea, my husband wants to try it. Yay!

Clever & cool idea 👏🏻👏🏻. Thanks for sharing!

LOVE IT!!!! ❤️❤️ great job!! Thanks for sharing

Great ideee 👌 , thanks 👍 !

So smart! Thanks so much for sharing!

Okay, this is brilliant. Thank you for sharing this idea!

Definitely inspired to try this out!! I've been looking for some inexpensive ways to xeriscape, and this is perfect! Thanks

This is brilliant. It is beautiful. I’m definitely going to be trying this.

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing.

Great job, ma'am! The vinyl blind hack is very ingenious!

Brilliant! I’m doing this for my backyard garden walkway.

Your project looks awesome! This 1 video has exploded into 100's of ideas that I can use in my own yard. Thank you for sharing!

@uniquelyursula87

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! :)

what an awesome idea !!

Perfect job!

This is beautiful, being 80 I would advise doing such projects early on in life!

@judichristopher4604

3 жыл бұрын

"Amen" ... and wear knee pads.

@wyndiefeatherstone948

2 жыл бұрын

I agree at 68 I am not as strong as I used to be nor do I wish to do further damage to my back! Yes, do it while you are young or have a helping hand around!

@judichristopher4604

2 жыл бұрын

@@wyndiefeatherstone948 I totally agree.

@accordionchick

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I’m 70 and I’m DEFINATELY DOING THIS... even if I only do one a day!

@helenclayton8259

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 35 but bad mobility, in the middle of this project. Takes much longer than the average person but I’ll get there and get to say I done it myself ! 😊

Great idea! Great work! Thumbs up! Greetings from Germany, Robert

They look great!

Brilliant on so many levels.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Looks so good!

love it - I already know where I am going to use this method -- you're a star!

@guardrailrumblestrip4804

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking how it would look in a large bathroom if the floor would hold the weigh

Genius idea with the blinds. Thank!

Amazing good looking stones you have created! The best tutorial video on this subject! Thanks!

Great idea for shaping stones, i've done concrete work for years and never considered this. Thanks!

@paparobert9267

3 жыл бұрын

@Kabir Flynn jerk

You did an amazing job. They look so real . Got to try make smaller ones for a front yard project, thanks for sharing. 💖🌸🐿

Great work!!! 👍

I love the job you did.

Thank you for sharing. It looks great! So easy too....

This is a very COOL idea. Thanks for putting it on the "Tube"

That looks great! Very natural and a fraction of the cost. It’s a win!

This is a marvelous project video. Thanks for sharing.

The stones look terrific. Have any of them cracked? I will make some but drop a layer of chicken wire in the center.

@uniquelyursula87

2 жыл бұрын

I just posted an update video after two years. No crack or chipping yet. I did use a "crack-resistant" concrete so if you don't have access to that I would reinforce with the wire:)

@sparkygreen6298

2 жыл бұрын

@@uniquelyursula87 excatly, if you use the fiber based concrete, it eliminated the need for wire!!! Looks great by the way!!

@CG-mb2iu

2 жыл бұрын

Oh good idea I might do some chicken wire mesh to help not to crack overtime

@terriepehrson3103

2 жыл бұрын

That's a Terrific idea.. Lasts longer I think. Thanx 4 the Tip!!

@lowellirish

2 жыл бұрын

@@uniquelyursula87 where do you live? I'm in -20F Northern NH....everything cracks....lol

Looks Amazing! This is what I was looking for! Thank you very much!

@mannygujjar

4 жыл бұрын

👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍just loved it .

This was brilliant, and so very generous of you to share.

GENIUS- they look great!!! 😍😍😍😍

Excellent idea. What i might do is buy a couple of flagstones with diff surface textures and press them into the concrete as they dry to get that natural look rather than try to sculp some design with brushes or trowel. Thanks so much for making the video.

@betterstill100

Жыл бұрын

TY for this idea. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to make the stones appear more natural,

@hannahs_house

Жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea!