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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Nutmeg Designs

Tile Talk

Interview with Nutmeg Designs. Today Im excited to share an interview with Margaret Almon of Nutmeg Designs. Card & Thank you Bill Buyok received from Nutmeg Designs. Hope Spiral by Nutmeg Designs My husband began making stained glass in 2008, which transformed our home into a "one-bedroom-two-studio-rowhouse."

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Laminate enhancements fuel resurgence in 2023

Floor Covering News

laminate flooring category has been well documented. Made in Spain, the product features an AC6 rating for wear and dent resistance—the highest rating currently available—and boasts trendy designs, including wood visuals that offer up to 24 variations before a pattern repeat appears. T he resurgence of the U.S.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

Tile and our Collective History One of the reasons I started Avente was my love of tile - both in the beauty of the hand painted design and the sense of place and time it conveys. The light hand painted blue and white strokes of a stylistic floral pattern on tile can have you dreaming about a centuries-old street corner in Portugal.

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Avente Tile Talk: Persian Tile: A Form of Art and Religious Expression

Tile Talk

Using an intricate method of manufacturing, design and the type of materials used in the four methods mentioned above, the methods have evolved as a result of natural factors, economical and political effects.” Images were first painted onto plain rectangular tiles, glazed, and then fired. backsplash designs. design ideas.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

My grandmother worked at Gladding McBean (Franciscan Tile), hand painting dinnerware while she was pregnant with my father. I had been a Certified Ceramic Tile Consultant (CTC) through the CTIOA since 1979 and a Certified Construction Document Technologist through CSI since 2000.

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Architectural Models | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

There are currently 7 fairly large models stashed all over the office and despite the fact that the staff is almost sitting on top of one another, we are okay taking up precious real estate because we think these models send the right sort of message and help set the tone for the type of design culture we want to maintain in the office.

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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Observations / What Home Buyers Really Want What Home Buyers Really Want Bob Borson — September 23, 2013 — 34 Comments I am an architect who designs – among other things – residential projects for a fairly upscale clientele. Two story foyer…AND living room??? About $40 in 2x and 0.5m/d

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