To add a whimsical touch to their garden path, the Cenell family of Boise, Idaho, covered plain concrete steps with mosaic art panels depicting a wiggling snake, a leaping frog, flowers, ladybugs, and other natural forms. Mary Cenell drew the designs on paper, then used carbon paper to transfer them to the steps. Her daughter, Becca Nielsen, used tile nippers to cut ceramic tiles and old plates into pieces; she then affixed the
fragments to the concrete. After the adhesive was thoroughly dry, they applied tile grout to fill in the gaps between the pieces. Finally, Mary's husband, Ken, framed each panel with redwood 2-by-4s.
