This is a must book if you're really interested in creating your own finished flat artistic concrete work. The major drawback is that the author works with a group and they build and move -- yeah MOVE, as in pick up and carry -- concrete countertops. Only the last chapter is devoted to the build-in-place option and that's the one most do-it-yourselfers would follow. Lots of great picture and diagrams and good technical info on the nature of concrete finishing. Try some small slabs destined for the garden before you tackle a countertop.