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Inspiration: Rock Wall

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Call us crazy, but we're digging the look of this rock wall we stumbled upon last week. It reminds us vaguely of the Lew French mantel we posted a while back. The entire building covered in rocks is a bit much for our tastes, but we're feeling the rustic look for a small accent wall in the garden. What say you?

 
 
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We especially love the way the rocks stick out so far from the cement and their haphazard placement. We've seen rocks sunken in concrete floors, but this seems so much more organic and intentional...

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nothing crazy about it, it's gorgeous! i grew up around the old stone walls farmers built in the berkshires of Western Massachusetts so i have a major soft spot for this look!

posted by *heather leaf* on September 18th 2008 at 7:47am
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Rock walls aren't exactly revolutionary. This looks like some motel, but I've also seen the cement thing with fast food restaurant architecture (and some of the food).

posted by K T G on September 18th 2008 at 7:54am
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love the rocks - except when some decoratively challenged owner decides to paint them - frightful! I have seen some real nightmares with that. There's a house near Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz that is all giant rocks - I have no idea how they even did it, but it's fun to see!

posted by mmepatty on September 18th 2008 at 9:43am
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While beatiful, it is hardly new. Exterior walls like this were quite popular in institutional and commercial building in the late 1970s. (My elementary and high schools both had them them)

posted by phaedrus on September 18th 2008 at 10:00am
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