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Ceramics Impose Their Rules

Tile of Spain USA

When renovating or remodeling a house, there are multiple variables to consider. One of the most important is the quality of materials which crucial to ensure durability, and safety. This can also have an affect on the re-sale value of your home. Spanish ceramics, compared to other materials, offers the perfect combination of quality and versatility, without losing the aesthetic that will make them unique.

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The Ultimate Guide to Customizing Encaustic Cement Tile Patterns

Granada Tile

You can achieve an unmatched artistic expression for backsplashes, floors, and walls by creating your dream encaustic cement tiles. True custom tile means more than simply picking a color or picking a pattern. We want you to dream it up exactly the way you want it. Encaustic cement tiles have numerous practical purposes, but what they’re best known for is the beauty and variability they offer to those seeking something special and unique.

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The Biggest Pinterest Home Trends for 2019

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

There are a whopping 250 million active Pinterest users per month. And they’re busy pinning and repinning all their favorite design inspiration photos, memes, recipes, crafts and more. Pinterest just released a report breaking down the data of which Pinterest home trends are big in 2019. Wondering how they manage to call it correctly year after year?

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A wildlife walk with Gary Drostle

Diary of a Tile Addict

Since he was last featured in Tile Addict , Gary Drostle has created even more awe-inspiring work. In particular, a notable contribution from this mosaic artist is present in Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in California. The project aimed to create a welcoming, fun, and creative healing space; a far cry from the routine drudgery present in most hospital buildings.

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Modern Kitchen Ideas Every Cook Is Sure To Fall In Love With

Trendir Magazine

Whether you love a traditional all-white or drool for a pop of color there is nothing quite as charming like a modern kitchen. With that being said, we have put together our favorite modern kitchen ideas that have just the right amount of charm with just the right amount of unique spice. Every chef deserves the very best why not give it to them with an upgraded kitchen.

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Renovating Your Kitchen? Consider the Minis Collection for a Fresh Tile Design

Granada Tile

Kitchens evolve throughout the years more than any other part of a home. While function maintains precedence in kitchens, design is quickly moving up on the importance scale. Beautiful, sprawling kitchens which effortlessly show off a homeowner’s personality are a key goal in designers’ minds. One of the ways we’ve seen it done is through the creative use of tile.

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How to Remove Asbestos from Your Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

You don’t want to find asbestos in your home. It’s not one of the 9 germiest places , and perhaps it’s not as widely-known as mold. However, this residential toxin can cause a variety of serious health problems. In this article we cover what asbestos is, why it’s so dangerous, where it’s located and how to remove it. What is asbestos?

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Alliance Flooring: All signs point to prosperity for group’s members

Floor Covering News

March 18/25, 2019: Volume 34, Issue 21 By Ken Ryan San Antonio—Alliance Flooring’s annual convention, held here March 9-12, once again proved that flooring retail can be fun, and that the mantra: “work hard, play hard” best suits these members. Alliance’s CarpetsPlus Color Tile and Carpetland members are coming off a 2018 in which […].

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¿Como personalizar mosaicos de cemento y baldosas encáusticas de cemento?

Granada Tile

Tu puedes crear una expresión artística única para proteger tus pisos y paredes contra salpicaduras cuando diseñas tus baldosas de cemento. El proceso de personalización de mosaicos de cemento significa algo más que escoger un color o elegir un diseño (patrón de baldosas encáusticas). Al momento de personalizar tus azulejos de concreto, tu tienes la oportunidad de crear decoraciones únicas y autenticas, según tu gustos y preferencias.

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Enchanting Bathrooms With Subway Tiles

Trendir Magazine

Subway tiles have always been known for coming in multiple different shades, finishes and even pattern waves- making them a top favorite for different areas of the home. However, they are most popular in the kitchen and the bathroom, which is perfect when you want to take your bathroom to new heights of home décor. The following bathroom subway tile ideas are so enchanting you will want to run to Home Depot and find a new style for your most used room of the home.

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Add Fuel to the Façade

Diary of a Tile Addict

Incredible counterfeit ceramicist Diogo Machado – aka Add Fuel – continues to paint his mark on the world. A uniquely wonderful private commission in his Portuguese homeland is certainly one way to tile a façade. In typical Add Fuel style, it appears the building’s exterior has been ripped away, revealing the intricate ’tiling’ beneath.

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Belknap White now stocking American Olean’s spring collections

Floor Covering News

American Olean's Waterwood collection Mansfield, Mass.—The Belknap White Group (BWG) will be stocking American Olean’s latest porcelain tile collections: Waterwood and Sunset Falls. Inspired by nature, these innovative collections will be available via BWG throughout all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and parts of upstate New York.

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Realstone On Display at the Remodeler’s Showcase

Rubble Tile

Photo Courtesy Of Realstone.com The Parade of Homes is still going strong throughout March, displaying some of the most gorgeous and innovative design projects the region has to offer. Today, we’d like to highlight an innovative tile product in Home R29, a newly-constructed, modern.

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Qualified Labor Matters to Kitchen and Bath Design: NKBA Webinar Series

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

When it comes to successfully completing kitchen and bath installations, Qualified Labor matters. It helps ensure that the tile installation will perform as expected and look as designed for years to come in spaces that demand a great deal from proper performance. Given how demanding these spaces are, there's tremendous benefit to ensuring that designers and installers collaborate as Dan Hecox showed us in Dan Hecox Inspires Designers, Tile Installers to Aspire to Higher Standards.

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Impressive!

Garden State Tile Blog

See our Koala eucalyptus wood-look porcelain floor tile collection in Hospitality Design Magazine. >>>PDF. >>>Digital Magazine. The post Impressive! appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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Coverings announces 2019 educational programming

Floor Covering News

Arlington, Va.—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will offer more than 50 educational opportunities to show attendees. Through this robust lineup, leaders in the tile and stone industry will provide daily education and trend insights during the April 9-12 show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. […].

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Pressing Ceramic Sample Discs

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Ceramic sample preparation is a technique that involves the formation of a solid pellet of material for analysis through methods that require flat, round samples known as sample discs.

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Allied Stone Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Stone Update

Strong growth in Texas-Oklahoma market includes natural stone, quartz surfaces and now porcelain slabs.

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Garden State Tile Designer Series: Meet Leah G. Bailey of LGB Interiors

Garden State Tile Blog

At Garden State Tile we take pride in the strong relationships we have built with the interior design community. The Garden State Tile Designer Series takes an in-depth look at the people who have supported us over the last 60 years, and whom we’ve worked with to create breathtaking spaces around the country. MEET LEAH G. BAILEY, LGB INTERIORS, LLC.

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Coverings announces charitable initiatives at the 2019 show

Floor Covering News

Arlington, Va.—Coverings, the largest international tile & stone exhibition and conference in North America, will give back to the local community through a range of charitable initiatives at this year’s show in Orlando, Fla., from April 9-12. Continuing its tradition of supporting the host city, Coverings will partner with both Clean the World and the […].

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SCHOTT CERAN EXCITE Wins iF Gold Award 2019

Ceramic Industry Magazine

SCHOTT recently announced that its CERAN EXCITE ® lighting technology for glass-ceramic cooktops has received what is reportedly one of the most important design prizes in the world, the iF Gold Award 2019.

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Fabricator Silica Safety Webinar: May 14

Stone Update

Natural Stone Institute members join federal, state officials to cover crystalline-silica issue.

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How Hiring the Right Contractor Can Save You Money

Stagetecture

Trust and proven expertise should be the most important factors when choosing professionals to work in your home– and if you are facing a major remodel project finding the right general contractor can make all the difference. Taking on a “Fixer Upper” When my husband and I purchased a house on an acreage, about 50 minutes from Boise, Idaho, we knew there was a reason we got a great price: It needed to be fully renovated before we could call it home.

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I4F signs patent partnership agreement with CFL Flooring

Floor Covering News

Willemstad, Curaçao—I4F has signed a patent partnership agreement with CFL Flooring for a new engineered-stone, wood-veneer, composite-base flooring board. The breakthrough magnesium oxide veneer board resolves many disadvantages currently associated with natural wood flooring by reducing moisture intake and flammability on any floor level or room type.

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Architects Share Top Kitchen & Bath Trends — From Forbes.com

JG Kitchens

Every quarter, the American Institute of Architects surveys its member architects and shares their findings in a survey. This most recent release focuses on two of my favorite topics: Kitchens and baths. Here is an article I wrote for Forbes.com sharing their results. A few of them might surprise you! They surprised me. Outdoor kitchens topped the architect survey’s most wanted list.

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4 Factors That Make All The Difference In Your Bathroom Remodel

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. . Remodeling your bathroom is one of the best things you can do to add value to your home. However, undertaking this process is anything but simple. There are so many little decisions to make and important factors to consider that it’s easy to get overwhelmed.

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Interior Design Spring Trends Are Here!

Trendir Magazine

With a new season upon us, many homeowners will take this time to redecorate and bring a fresh vibe to their home. What better way to do this than to learn about the latest spring trend’s and incorporate them into your current decor. With that being said, here are the latest spring trends that are completely taken over. Less is More This spring you want to have one the items that make sense to you in the room, if it feels a bit too much you don’t want to have it at all.

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Manufacturer spotlight: SLCC evolution reflects high-end aspirations

Floor Covering News

March 18/25, 2019: Volume 34, Issue 21 By Lindsay Baillie SLCC Flooring may not be a household name—but that could change in the near future. This up-and-coming hard surface flooring manufacturer is looking to make its mark by focusing on uniquely designed, high-quality, betterend products. Jan Luan, president, founded the company in 2010 in […].

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Wet Basement: A Reader Question

The Armchair Builder

March 26, 2019 For those of you that are new to Armchair Builder, we are here to help homeowners, owner builders, and future real estate purchasers with any questions they may have. Here is a question we just received about a wet basement in a new home. Terry M. from Wisconsin asks… We had some […].

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Bad Bedroom Cleaning Habits to Put to Bed

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Keep your bedroom ready for R&R by putting these bad bedroom cleaning habits to bed. Image: Cornish Interiors. Your bedroom is your sanctuary. It’s where you go to rest and get rejuvenated. It’s where you dream, plan and — if you’re like us — do a lot of your Netflix binging. This is a restorative space. At least, that’s the idea.

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How To Decorate An Open Concept Kitchen

Trendir Magazine

An open concept kitchen is becoming a top favorite for many due to how inviting and easy to decorate it can be. However, creating a concept that is inviting and brings in the rest of your décor is a bit more difficult- which is where we come into play. We have put together a guide on how to help you create a seamless approach towards your open concept kitchen.

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Shaw sells solid hardwood flooring manufacturing facilities

Floor Covering News

Dalton—Shaw Industries Group (Shaw) has sold its solid hardwood flooring manufacturing facilities to Beasley Flooring Products (Beasley). This transaction includes Shaw plants in Franklin, N.C., and in Bryson City, N.C. Beasley will continue to operate these facilities expanding its ability to manufacture quality flooring products. “After careful consideration, we have determined that outsourcing this portion […].

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How to be lean with your water usage at home

Kitchen and Residential Design

If you haven't read the news, water is getting expensive. Sure, this is impacting some cities more than others , but most people around the country are suffering and it's yet another monthly bill to grow concerned about. Fortunately, a lot of us are missing far too many tricks when it comes to water consumption. There are plenty of things that you can do in the home to lower your water bills and through today's post we will take a look at some of the ways to help you do this.

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What’s Clogging Your Drains and How Can You Unclog Them?

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Water is the most plentiful natural resource on the planet. And since it’s so abundant, you rarely think about it. That is, until you have a clogged drain and you can’t get rid of it. “Just about every plumbing fixture in your home can become clogged, from that fabulous farmhouse kitchen sink and bathroom sinks to the tub and shower,” says Doyle James, President at Mr.

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Safe Living on Fault Lines: New Solution to Protect Buildings

The A to Z of Building

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have found an innovative and inexpensive solution to protect buildings against fault rupture. Increasing demands for land use and population.

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The industry disrupters: Innovators march to a different beat

Floor Covering News

March 18/25, 2019: Volume 34, Issue 21 By Reginald Tucker Innovators. Game changers. Risk takers. Those who make a left when all others are turning right, so to speak. These are just some of the terms used to describe the special class of companies highlighted here in Floor Covering News’ inaugural “Industry Disrupters” issue. […].

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Smart Home Technology That Can Save You Money

Kitchen and Residential Design

When it comes to cost saving tips for the home, it’s safe to say that smart home technology is definitely at the top of the list. Smart home technology can not only help you save money, but it can help you streamline your daily household tasks, keep your home and family safe, serve as a reminder for things you have to get done. “Today’s homes are highly connected,” says Peter Goldberg , the CEO of home retailer Bouclair.

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