Beautiful and Practical Microcement Applications for Modern Spaces
Microcement is a durable, versatile material that will elevate both residential and commercial spaces. SEMCO X-Bond offers a seamless, modern finish that suits a range of applications. Here are some practical microcement design ideas to enhance your home or commercial design project.
Concrete-Inspired Bathrooms
Do you love concrete? Want it in your bathroom, but held back by a lack of practicality? Enter microcement, your solution to a seamless concrete-inspired bathroom.
Microcement is ideal for bathrooms due to its water resistance and seamless grout-free nature. Better yet, the SEMCO X-Bond system can be installed directly over old materials — including tiles.
This process involves advanced waterproofing with our Liquid Membrane, for a long-lasting finish in all bathroom wet areas including inside showers.
We love the clean, minimalist look of microcement from floor to ceiling and even across joinery. It’s the perfect backdrop for statement bathroom fixtures and finishes.
Seamless Flooring
Microcement is applied by hand as one seamless, joint-free coating. Tie your spaces together with a cohesive surface that extends from your doorway right through to the backyard. X-Bond can be installed to flooring in any indoor or outdoor area.
A seamless, continuous floor surface enhances the sense of space by removing transitions between rooms and creating a fluid, uninterrupted flow. In terms of practicality, microcement’s textural finish provides slip resistance without compromising its sleek appearance, and is extremely resistant to wear and tear.
X-Bond flooring has been specified in both residential and commercial projects, like retail stores and hospitality venues, for an architectural (and award-winning) design profile.
Statement Staircases
Staircases aren’t just a functional necessity; they can act as sculptural focal points. An X-Bond staircase is a simple way to elevate your project. Since microcement can be installed directly over existing materials, it’s also an efficient option for upgrading old staircases without major structural changes. Microcement can be applied to each individual step or just the surrounding walls, it’s up to you!
A Mediterranean Courtyard
This X-Bond project is a beautiful case study of microcement as an external surface, especially when combined with natural elements like wood and stone. Walls, floors, joinery, and even the pool are all finished with X-Bond for ‘the European look’.
Microcement is weather-resistant, making it a smart choice for areas exposed to UV, rain, and extreme temperature changes. As the outside climate peaks and drops, a building will naturally expand or contract. Our engineers formulated X-Bond to be flexible enough to cover these moving substrates without cracking.
Joinery Revamps
Looking for a way to give old furniture new life? Here’s a tip: if you have an old timber table, ugly laminated countertops and cupboards, or dated stone benches — consider refreshing them with a microcement coating. The result is furniture and joinery pieces that look like concrete, but with a deceptively lightweight and super thin finish.
Microcement joinery is equally as popular in commercial projects as it is in the home, whether it’s creating retail displays, shopfronts, front counters, or a reception desk.
