Are you feeling uninspired by your concrete patio this summer season, wishing you could update the look? Concrete is a super functional option for patios — affordable and easy to maintain, too — but wouldn’t it be nice if your patio furniture, barbecue, and fire pit sat on another material… say, wood?

Well, what about concrete stained to look like wood? In a recent Reddit post, user Thick_Number5077 posted concrete flooring that’s made to look like wood and the results were stunning.

Redditor whogivesahart noted, “I’m not usually a fan of materials pretending to be something other than what they are, but this looks amazing.”

Others agreed, calling the project gorgeous and incredible. User Captcha_Imagination pointed out that the work being done with concrete these days is impressive. “Instead of paving stones, I did a hard landscaping job where they used stamps to create a stone look and it looks amazing,” they said.

While there are a few different methods for achieving a wood-look patio, stamped concrete is one of the most popular. (You can also stamp your concrete to look like natural stone or brick, among others.) 

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