Inspiration: Stencil pattern on cement

Hit the pavement! We've heard of stenciling directly on your floors or walls with a design, but never thought to take it outside. We spotted this interesting idea while passing through the new Mondrian hotel in Scottsdale AZ recently. They lightly painted/stained a cement walkway with a wallpaper pattern that left a nice subtle visual texture.

Has anyone done something like this or would consider doing something like this? What do you think of the look?

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Ok, I have to wait until tomorrow to view the photo gallery (I'm on dial-up) - thanks, boomer - but I'd definately consider doing this! For a couple of years I've though about painting the concrete on my patio, but the techniques I've read about so far seemed very involved and difficult for a novice DYI'er. And this is much prettier!

this is gorgeous. rough and refined all at once!

Ooooooooooh... if we owned our patio... so fast...

lucky stores have a great bandana/paisley inspired stencil on their floors. i've always admired it. now i know how to do it!

Overall I like it. If I were to do it I'd either try to do an all-over pattern in a similar faded tone to what's pictured and then maybe go over the same pattern with fine glass beads (similar to the kind used for reflective areas on highways and road signs).

The pattern would then show when certain angled light (or Moonlight) hit the concrete. As I moved, the pattern would present itself, moving along with me. When standing still the pattern would display as if it were actually a trick of the light.

at my work they have concrete walls. adjacent to that wall is a wall covered in vintage wallpaper, a white paper, with a raised/textured floral pattern.
so anways, the concrete wall was imprinted with this floral, textured wallpaper so it looks like the wallpapered wall - except it is concrete.
it is pretty amazing.