Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 5, 2019

We know in March and April, the NCAA Tournament is played on wood-covered basketball courts; but, wouldn’t it be sweet if the elite teams dribbled and passed the ball to the finals on wood-look tile instead? At Architectural Ceramics, we have wood-look porcelain tiles that you won’t want to pass up.

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United Tile's Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

Which brings us to Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2019 – Living Coral. Does this mean we’ll be stocking 10,000 square feet of this color in a 3×12 wall tile with coordinating trim anytime soon? Perfect color for a subtle accent tile. CC Mosaics 3.Shadebox But the promise of color – and the challenge of color! –

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Artistic Tile’s Verdi Alpi and Rosa Portugallo. When it comes to natural stone, specialty retail has it tough. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., From a retailer’s perspective, opportunity for consumers to splurge on natural stone is high across a number of categories—kitchen, bath and outdoor included.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

During Tile of Spain’s Coverings Connected press conference held earlier this week, Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, outlined the state of Spanish tile in the U.S., This has been a very pivotal year, and 2019 was a pivotal year leading up to it as well,” he said.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 23, 2019

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) released its 2019 Kitchen Design Trends report. Above is an example of hiding major appliances and combining wood and stone to blend in and create an extension of living spaces. Long, narrow rectangular tile, subway tile, and small tile/mosaic backsplashes provide visual impact.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 27, 2021

Dallas, Texas—Continuing the identification of hot tile trends for 2021 , Daltile’s lead product designer, Laura Grilli, has added “Beautiful Luxe” as a sub-trend of the larger design movement of well-being. In the Beautiful Luxe tile trends, she continued, there is an influence of Art Deco through rich materials and fine craftmanship.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 24, 2019

The fashion industry often influences retailers; did you see our post about the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year ? Now that Memorial Day Weekend is here, it’s time to kick off the unofficial start of summer with 5 tile collections, available with Architectural Ceramics of course, that feature white in a big way.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova is re-purposing tiles in a way you have to see to believe. But this is not your average mosaic work. She collected the durable tiles from a range of sources, such as the Darnitski Silk Factory, Havana streets, and a Chernobyl bus station. The project, titled Second Hand , is ongoing.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 17, 2019

To go with Tile Addict’s take on the 2020 trends is a little selection of additional elements that we may be seeing more of in the coming year. Its ability to entirely transform interiors and play with tile designs makes it an incredible asset for creating unique spaces, or even just changing up what is already there.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 11, 2019

The Natural Stone Show 2019 will run at ExCel London from 30th April to 2nd May. This year’s Natural Stone Show will be joined at ExCeL, London, by a new sister show: Hard Surfaces. Hard Surfaces 2019 will run alongside The Natural Stone Show 2019. Mosaic installation by Gary Drostle. More at: [link].

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

By Megan Salzano After a two-year hiatus, Coverings 2021 , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host its in-person trade show event July 7-9, in Orlando, Fla., The Materials & Trends sessions will include talks on tile trends, environmental responsiblity and more.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 5, 2020

With Coverings cancelled due to the Coronavirus epidemic, Diary of a Tile Addict has been opened up to select tile manufacturers to keep tile information flowing world-wide. Known and trusted tile brands have been offered one FREE post during an initial three month trial, covering April, May, and June 2020.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

Attendance at Coverings 2023 was 20% higher than the 2019 event. Coverings 2023, the tile industry’s premier North American trade show, took place here last month, April 18-21, to resounding industry excitement and palpable energy across the show floor. The attendance is up over 2019 numbers—and 2019 was a good year.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 29, 2019

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. Crab and mussels mosaic. Shoal of mackerel mosaic. Tide pool mosaic. Burl outcrop mosaic.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

Instead of flowers, let’s talk showers and shower tile. With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. Another resource for tile products and continuing education, is Schluter Systems. Made in the U.S.A.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 23, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. We’re almost a third of the way through the year and 2019’s obsession with colour seems to show no signs of slowing down.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 25, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. Details for Hard Surfaces and Natural Stone Show 2019: ExCel, London. April 30 – May 2 2019. Wednesday, 1st May: Industry Day.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

AUGUST 21, 2019

Although I have been writing about ceramic tiles for decades, and have visited Cersaie every year for over a quarter of a century, I still get a flush of excitement at the thought of this year’s show. I guess I really am a Tile Addict! At first glance I wasn’t sure I was even looking at tiles at all. Mario Montanari at work.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 2, 2019

Last month at Coverings the tiled doghouse program returned seeing twenty members of Tile Council of North America , Inc. TCNA) generously donate unique, handcrafted tiled doghouses to the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. The house was completed with hexagon tiles from the Waterwood Collection as the flooring. Coverings.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 1, 2019

Last month at Coverings the tiled doghouse program returned seeing twenty members of Tile Council of North America , Inc. TCNA) generously donate unique, handcrafted tiled doghouses to the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. The house was completed with hexagon tiles from the Waterwood Collection as the flooring. Coverings.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

Daltile’s Defend tile line features Microban technology to attract consumers looking for healthy, clean floor products. By Megan Salzano Ceramic tile is one of only two truly aspirational product categories available in flooring today—hardwood being the other. Know your tile products and sell them. So, what gives?

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Diary of a Tile Addict

OCTOBER 18, 2019

A fun mosaic project from Atlas Concorde really made an impact. The textured mosaics of their Raw Decors heavily featured grout lines, enabling a range of varied looks with coloured grout, textural differences, and visual effects. teal tiles from Wow Design the gold veining takes the aged, pre-cracked look to another level.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2019

Transitional is the most popular kitchen design in the National Kitchen + Bath Association’s 2019 kitchen design trends. Floor-to-ceiling subway tiles. Subway tile for backsplashes is still a favorite, but mosaics and glass tile in a variety of sizes work great, too,” Starck explains. The Elkay Circuit Chef Sink.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

OCTOBER 18, 2019

A fun mosaic project from Atlas Concorde really made an impact. The textured mosaics of their Raw Decors heavily featured grout lines, enabling a range of varied looks with coloured grout, textural differences, and visual effects. teal tiles from Wow Design the gold veining takes the aged, pre-cracked look to another level.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 2, 2019

The 17 th EXPO REVESTIR will take place from March 12 th to 15 th 2019, at Transamérica Expo Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and it’s going to amaze you once again in every way. The event keeps the tested and approved format: Business Days and Creative Days, with the schedule focused on different interests.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

MAY 7, 2019

A recent survey from Lightstream reports that 37 percent of homeowners indicated they are planning to remodel their bathrooms in 2019, edging out kitchen remodels, which 31 percent of respondents said was a priority. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 2, 2019

The 17 th EXPO REVESTIR will take place from March 12 th to 15 th 2019, at Transamérica Expo Center, in São Paulo, Brazil, and it’s going to amaze you once again in every way. The event keeps the tested and approved format: Business Days and Creative Days, with the schedule focused on different interests.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

increase in sales in 2020 vs. 2019. The two main advantages glue down presents over interlocking products are design and pattern options and the ability to individually replace damaged pieces without disturbing surrounding planks or tiles,” explained Jenne Ross, director of marketing, Karndean Designflooring.

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