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Retailers share their A+ products from 2022

Floor Covering News

” — Doug Bertrand, Carpetland USA, Davenport, Iowa New Standard Plus by Engineered Floors About the product: New Standard Plus is the latest hard surface offering from Engineered Floors. EF with their New Standard Plus SPC is an A+ product. Painted Sky is also much more realistic looking than other SPC products.

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Made In the USA: AC Tile Lines Made in America

Architectural Ceramics

Another husband and wife team, Michael Pratt and Reta Larson, started their tile company together in Portland, Oregon. Today, from cutting to firing and from glazing to painting, each tile is touched by several hands before it leaves their facility. The field tiles range from a standard 4×4 to an arabesque and elongated hexagon.

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Avente Tile Talk: Cement Tile Designs That Impress!

Tile Talk

Handmade cement tiles start as a mixture of natural materials including crushed limestone, Portland cement, aggregate (small stones), sand, and water. decorative tile. design standards. hand painted tile. Decor Girl. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. backsplash designs. bathroom design.

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Avente Tile Talk: Aguayo Cement Tile Factory Tour

Tile Talk

The color layer is made from a mixture of the following: White Portland cement. decorative tile. design standards. hand painted tile. Decor Girl. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. The color layer of handmade cement tiles is about 1/8" thick. Marble dust. Silica sand. Calcium carbonate.

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Don’t Focus on Cosmetic Features When Buying a Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

However, cosmetic features are often decorative and trendy extras. You can even use paint to make one-piece molding look like three-piece molding. It’s also not as smooth as higher-quality alternatives and it doesn’t allow for staining, though you can paint it,” he adds. Tricked-out closets are trendy, but not necessary.

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Door Trends: From Ultra Stylish to Super Secretive

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

This is a standard timber/MDF external door coated with a metal finish. Many fiberglass doors can be painted or stained so you can change the look easily. Cons: They’re expensive and require regular maintenance, including periodic painting or staining. This Portland basement has sliding chalkboard doors. Exterior Doors.

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