It sits in the entrance foyer of a residential home in the Chicago area complete with a functional waterfall. It’s hard to believe that it’s made of concrete but then it would be impossible to create this out of stone or rock.

Watch the video and see the process. Visit Vertical Artisans for more photos, images and artists.

Tuscan Wine Cellar

The images and videos here are of A Tuscan Wine Cellar/Tuscan Village built in a residential home in the Chicago area.

The idea that Nathan Giffin (Vertcal Artisans) and the client developed was a Tuscan Village Old World wine store in the basement of a residential home.

The basement had a lot to work with. Ceiling heights of 13 feet, area of approximately 4,000 square feet. Wine racks were built in and 102 year old hand hewn oak beams and barn wood from an old barn in Illinois were used.

Limestone plaster was used on various walls. Concrete was carved into stone sizes in harmony with the scope of the room. The project took under 4 weeks to complete. The final result portrayed the look an of old Tuscan Wine Cellar, authentic, real.

Vertical Artisans www.verticalartisans.com online school with over 70 videos will teach you how to create A Tuscan Wine Cellar and many other unique projects. The videos here are short samples of the final result with the second video showing how Nathan uses limestone plaster with stone to create authentic old world natural results.

Looking for walls that rock? Vertical Artisans will teach you how. Vertical Artisans based in the Chicago area has created an online school that teaches the art of concrete carving.

Results are authentic, looking more natural than stone or rock applied over an existing wall.

Vertical Artisans sent over these photographs of a project completed in the Chicago area. The room is a 500 square foot basement in a historic home in a Chicago suburb.

The owners called in Vertical Artisan founder Nathan Giffen looking for a solution. They didn’t know what to do with the basement.

The entire basement was completely gutted with an interior that fit perfectly with the history of the home. Nathan designed the basement to look like the stone came first. The goal was to create a room that did not look prefabricated.

The majority of the space is built with concrete and old barnboard on the ceiling. A second room was built out as a wine cellar maintaining temperature at 57 degrees.

As mentioned these are walls that rock ! If you have an interest in learning this craft as a profession Nathans online school will teach you one of the most satifying and lucrative trades in the construction business. This is a high end profession that is in demand in every market.

Vertical Artisans has signed on more than 100 members this year. Some students are based overseas and as far away as China. New educational videos are constantly being added to the membership based site, part educational site and part social network. The social networking of Vertical Artisans provides and encourages ideas and communication with artisans in the network.

If interested in learning more about the process of this project visit Vertical Artisans and click the Free Videos tab. If you want walls that rock , contact Nathan by visiting Vertical Artisans.

If you’re creative and want to expand your business into a unique artistic craft then you have to check out this site.

Nathan Giffen based in Chicago created Vertical Artisans as an online school teaching the art of concrete carving. Memberships to the site entitle you 1 year access to all 30 or so tutorial videos, articals and the Vertical Artisan Community.

This is not a casual put your toe in the water site. This is serious business that is for serious passionate contractors and artisans.

Just look at the pictures. If they reach your soul then go for it. Give Nathan a call or speak to some who are members of his unique club.

The applications are completely custom and not formed like stamped concrete.

You’ll find a large high end market, here are some uses

1. Pool design
2. Hotel design
3. Landscape design
4. Custom old world wine cellars
5. Restaurant Interior design

And lots of basement remodeling ideas.

Yearly subscrition is $795.00. If you use the promotional code “Metro”, you get $195.00 off for a cost of $600.00. Then come back and promote your projects for the world to see.