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Avente Tile Talk: Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Field Tiles

Tile Talk

Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Field Tiles. Enjoy Long-Lasting, Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Ceramic Tiles. In essence, field tile refers to a solid color tile. The wonderful translucent colors are hand-painted onto softly domed "pillow-like" tiles. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Image via Lonny Magazine.

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Big Trends from KBIS Part II

Kitchens for Living

Last post I shared some of my kitchen trend discoveries from KBIS2015, the 51st Kitchen & Bath Industry Show held last month in LasVegas. Today I’ve got the scoop on what’s trending in the bath. I saw a lot of contemporary design for the bath, minimal clean lines, simplicity but with quality materials.

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Avente Tile Talk: New Arabesque Pattern Designs in Cement Tile

Tile Talk

It refers to an implied sense of texture or depth created through the use of artistic elements of line, shading and color. While pattern refers to recurring visual events or motifs, they can exhibit visual texture, as well as true texture. Texture refers to the tactile quality of the surface - what you feel when you touch the tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Understanding Cement Tile Bullnose Trim or Molding

Tile Talk

First, there are no industry standards and this results in numerous colloquial terms used to identify the same type of finished edge. For instance, the terms " surface bullnose " and " single bullnose " refer to the same transition on a finished edge. Remember that there is no specific standard for right and left hand bullnose pieces.

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Avente Tile Talk: Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design

Tile Talk

These motifs utilize what is referred to as the n -fold rotational symmetry, where n represents a range of whole numbers from 3 to 100. These star polygons were not limited only to the painted figure. This technique evolved to include painted pictures on plain tiles which were then glazed and fired afterwards. design standards.

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Avente Tile Talk: Enduring Tile of the London Underground

Tile Talk

It is difficult to get the tiles to release intact even after a century² Over time station names have changed, so the tiles were painted over to conceal the old names. Finsbury Park on the Victoria Line has balloon mosaics in reference to the balloon launches at the park. design standards. hand painted tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Cement Tile is Our Life

Tile Talk

Our goal is to offer products that meet your uncompromising standards. This Guide will serve not only as inspiration, but also as a reference source that addresses everything you need to know about cement tile, before, during and after purchase! design standards. hand painted tile. Cupboards Kitchen and Bath.

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