Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 11, 2019

The Natural Stone Show 2019 will run at ExCel London from 30th April to 2nd May. This year’s Natural Stone Show will be joined at ExCeL, London, by a new sister show: Hard Surfaces. Hard Surfaces 2019 will run alongside The Natural Stone Show 2019. These sessions are free to attend.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. As was predicted this time last year, consumption of ceramic tile in 2019 is lower than that of the previous year. The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019. By Megan Salzano. That trend is expected to continue.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 23, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. We’re almost a third of the way through the year and 2019’s obsession with colour seems to show no signs of slowing down.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 18, 2021

As we enter into the New Year with high hopes and big visions in our eyes, we thought it was a great time to step back and showcase some projects Architectural Ceramics has completed over the recent years, and dwell on some of our coolest projects we were so fortunate to be able to have our name attached to. Top 5 Design Posts of the Week.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2020

Leaders in ceramics, including the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), Ceramics of Italy and Tile of Spain, used the time to weigh in on the current state of the U.S. hard and at a time when ceramic tile was already facing challenges. ceramic tile consumption in 2019 was 2.9 of 2019 U.S. In 2019, U.S.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 3, 2019

The 17th Expo Revestir – South America’s largest and most influential exhibition of ceramic tiles, surface solutions, and bathroom design – will take place from 12th to 15th March 2019 at Transamérica Expo Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zanini’s contribution to the Solarium stand will be the striking V and Plano cobogós.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 29, 2019

The ground floor is, naturally, the home of the California seashore. Using terrazzo to mimic the sand and sea, he designed ten unique wildlife mosaics to be dispersed throughout the floor. The mosaic pieces were created using unglazed ceramic and porcelain. A new post for Diary of a Tile Addict, March 2019.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

MAY 7, 2019

A recent survey from Lightstream reports that 37 percent of homeowners indicated they are planning to remodel their bathrooms in 2019, edging out kitchen remodels, which 31 percent of respondents said was a priority. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Living Ceramics takes surfaces very seriously. Committed to providing the best solutions for floors, walls, worktops, and steps, they take inspiration from nature to create comforting and calming products for the home. Living Ceramics. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, November 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 5, 2019

The 17th Expo Revestir – South America’s largest and most influential exhibition of ceramic tiles, surface solutions, and bathroom design – will take place from12th to 15th March 2019 at Transamérica Expo Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2019 highlights will include Ceusa’s “Every House Is A Case” concept.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Seeing as life in 2020 is looking vastly different from 2019, we thought this would be a perfect way to showcase some of our favorite modern-day game and entertainment rooms, and to do justice for Games Day. The very first of these soon to become extremely popular events took place in London on December 20, 1975.”

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

From the abundance of news products, tools and merchandisers on the show floor—to the bevy of educational sessions in the meeting rooms—there were more than enough enticements to get retailers to make the trip. “We The show floor was busy all three days of the event. In addition to that, the Natural Stone Pavilion saw some action.

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