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Installation Equation: Cement Wall Tiles Add a Lovely Layer in Chicago

Granada Tile

Take a new Chicago tapas place, Black Bull. Granada Tile’s Sofia tile design, installed on walls, provides a stunning backdrop for the tapas served at Black Bull in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Instead of being covered in wallpaper or paint, the concrete tiles offer both fabulous color and glorious texture.

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Week of April 27, 2020 – Outer Space

Architectural Ceramics

Painted in vantablack and symbolic of outer space’s abyss, this Olympic pavilion challenges spectators’ abilities to discern its smooth shape, edges, and contour. A Contemporary Chicago Home with a Standout Central Atrium , luxe. Not only does this offer ample shade to environment but provides a modern, galactic exterior.

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Mohawk Group launches Pattern of Time LVT

Floor Covering News

Sprays and drips of paint linger fortuitously behind in what is often a pleasing, albeit unplanned canvas beyond the canvas, the company said. According to the company, the line is inspired by the unintentional beauty generated in creative spaces where art takes form.

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What keeps retailers up at night 2024

Floor Covering News

They resort to that as if it’s their only option.” — Ashley Peterson , Blue Mist Paint & Flooring Spartanburg, S.C. Also, installer pricing is getting higher and it’s hard to make money on labor. Targeting the right market “I’m less than a year old in our new business but we are still struggling to find our target market.

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Tarkett expands Contour LVT line

Floor Covering News

Introduced at Design Days—which runs alongside NeoCon in Chicago—in June, Collaborative emerged from a collective mark-making process led by Tarkett’s vice president of design for its commercial business, Omoleye Simmons.

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Margaret Taylor Burroughs(1915-2010): Printmaker and Community Maker

Margaret Almon Mosaics

Margaret Taylor Burroughs(1915-2010), was a founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History, as well as the South Side Community Arts Center(SSCA) in Chicago when only 23 years old. There were no galleries in downtown Chicago for African-Americans to exhibit their art, or gather together in the 1930’s.

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Popular Kitchen Colors

Conestoga Tile Blog

One of the key components to a kitchen design – and one of the cheapest and fastest ways to help update your kitchen – is paint or the color your paint your walls. To best show off this natural look, use a tile such as the Mediterranea’s Chicago. . The Showroom Consultants at Conestoga Tile are always happy to help.

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