CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 7, 2015

The cruise ended around 11 o’clock and a few us finished the night off with a nightcap back at the hotel on the 15th floor overlooking the city. My daughter Gigi, Betty Sullivan of Architectural Ceramics and I got an early start to visit the Grand Bazaar and to do some shopping. Thursday, June 4th. Day three was quite an adventure.

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Granada Tile

JANUARY 24, 2019

That same expertise for color, size, and pattern is a necessity when choosing to pair floor and wall tiles for your project. Incorporating floor tiles with wall tiles is easier if you know some tricks for integrating the two. The traditional way to scale tiles is to have a larger tile on the floor, with smaller designs on the wall.

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Tile Talk

AUGUST 28, 2012

Installing a slate tile floor. Now this slate comes in an assortment of sizes so laying out the floor isnt as easy as you would get in a standard tile floor. Yet when it is finished, it provides a unique and durable floor. Search This Blog & Beyond. floor tile. My Blog List. at 6:00 AM.

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Tile Talk

MAY 7, 2013

Coverings 2013 Floors Attendees with New Tile, Stone Designs. Here’s just a sampling of what was available on the show floor. Porcelain tile that mimics polished stone from Fiandre Architectural Surfaces. This interactive and vibrant area was strategically located on the show floor. Search This Blog & Beyond.

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Tile Talk

JULY 16, 2013

Mosaic Floors of Fishborne Roman Palace. Photography by Joanne Bradley When building defects caused floor subsidence, or if the style of the time changed and the floor of an important room was no longer fashionable, a new floor was laid over the old. Joanne Bradley takes an interest in architecture through the ages.

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Granada Tile

JULY 25, 2022

Cement tiles are a great way to add color, texture, and architectural interest to your home. Use them for flooring. If you want a modern look, try using them as flooring in large living space and take them all the way up the fireplace wall. They’re also incredibly durable and timeless. Be brave, bold or subtle.

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Granada Tile

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The stunning concrete floor is made with Granada’s Cordoba tiles, offsetting copper and yellow with interlocking diamond shapes. Designer Cliff Fong was called in to update a Mediterranean architecture home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. The traditional floor layout uses our Chantilly 902 A pattern from the Echo Collection.

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Tile Talk

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Great Floor Designs with Rustic Cement Tile Pavers. In addition to the products we offer, we have a pinboard that features past Avente Tile Talk newsletters Avente Tile Talk newsletters , as well as boards that feature certain colors , countries , specific rooms or areas of a home , cement tile floors and walls , outdoor living , and more.

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Architectural Ceramics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Heck, at Architectural Ceramics, we wrote a blog about it featuring our large-format tile. Ati Williams, real estate entrepreneur and owner of DC Home Buzz , partnered with Architectural Ceramics on this powder room feature wall. Read our blog, Indonesian Inspiration: AC’s Batik Collection , that features the glass tile.

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Granada Tile

MARCH 24, 2022

Photographer: Tracie Yang, Designer: Chris Pardo Design: Elemental Architecture. Match Your Floors. Imagine a seamless display of tiles stretching from floor to wall — a chic wrap of stylish shapes encasing your room. Choosing this method for your space means building a striking showstopper.

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Granada Tile

AUGUST 15, 2021

Design by Zelig Architecture featuring Huesca via GranadaTile.com. These tiles produce a long-lasting and welcoming look and combine well with our Echo Collection to create sleek styles for backsplashes or floors. Design by Zelig Architecture featuring Hexagon6x7 via GranadaTile.com. Diamonds and Triangles. Tile featured: Equi.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 2, 2019

While sites like Travel.com offers suggestions of where to go with their article, the Top 10 Most Searched Summer Destinations , at Architectural Ceramics, we’ve come up with our own 10 cities, as well as tile collections inspired by each popular place. AC’s Legend Collection in the Kuba pattern, image via Architectural Ceramics.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Whether it’s the collection’s name or color palette, Architectural Ceramics is getting into the seasonal spirit with tile that is fit for fall. Related Links: If you love the look of slate tile, check out our blog, A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic. Fall is all about pumpkin spice. Autumn Park.

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Granada Tile

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From Architectural Digest and Décor to House Beautiful and even Food magazine, see why Granada Tile keeps making news all over the world! It can be tempting to kind of tiptoe around on some flooring types out of concern for damage. It can be tempting to kind of tiptoe around on some flooring types out of concern for damage.

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Tile Talk

JUNE 10, 2014

This summer, our blog is dedicated to handcrafted tiles and their use outdoors. create a colorful tribute to Spanish Revival architecture. You’ll find that these installations show some wear; but, they are a great tribute to both Los Angeles architecture and the classic forms they honor. Doesnt that get your attention?

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Spreading awareness and upping the creative uses of Spanish ceramics each year, the Tile of Spain Awards offer up prizes in architecture and interior design to ensure tiles continue to thrive at the forefront of the design industry. Clean, white lines are emphasised in ceramics which decorate the floors and glad the furniture.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

If April showers bring May flowers, then Architectural Ceramic’s brings you a twist on the classic rhyme. From the ground up, we’ll see what goes under and over shower floors and walls. This blog post may give you a few ideas now that we hope blossom into a bathroom renovation with us in the future. Schluter Systems.

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Tile of Spain USA

MAY 12, 2014

The booth wooed and welcomed visitors with an angular, architectural approach that featured its popular line of high-end, polished, marbleized tile in the reception area called Invictus. market including wood and stone-inspired flooring and wall tiles in a relaxed and comfortable setting. … Continue Reading.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 30, 2014

Architecture. Architecture. Playful Architecture in Poland Intelligently Expanding Towards the Sky. Architecture › Playful Architecture in Poland Intelligently Expanding Towards the Sky. Architecture › Playful Architecture in Poland Intelligently Expanding Towards the Sky. Apartments.

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Architectural Ceramics

MARCH 16, 2018

Check out Architectural Ceramic’s Surge Collection, featuring a large-format ceramic tile, that mimics illuminated glass and includes bold electric colors too. Please note that while we try to keep quantities readily available, depending on demand, Architectural Ceramics may not have all colors and sizes in stock at all times.

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Granada Tile

MAY 25, 2022

This backyard getaway features gorgeous brick-like patina with a hammock and architectural salvage-style wooden doors. The lighter color on the upper wall complements the lower wall and floor, almost as if it were the land and sky in the image hung above the counter. Perfect Getaway with the Olvera Collection. Click here.

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Granada Tile

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Figure 2 Geometric Tiled Floors Among the Ruins in Pompeii Italy. Being kind to the planet is more than a current trend: it’s an architectural requirement. Encaustic cement tiles exploded onto the scene well before energy-saving appliances; they’ve been around in popular architecture as far back as the 1860s.

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Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For those of you nonconformists roasting a large chicken instead of a turkey this year, this blog is for you. Here, Virginia-based firms Thorsen Construction and Southern Kitchens teamed up with Architectural Ceramics to design a kitchen space that features a ceramic tile with a playful feel. Image via Architectural Ceramics on Houzz.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 24, 2018

So, until Architectural Ceramics gets an invite to visit his home, let’s check out our own client spaces that strike a cord with harmonious designs. AC’s brushed limestone Vestige Zebrano floor tile, semi-polished Wave limestone wall tile, and porcelain wood-plank wall tile. Harmony By Way of Feng Shui. Related Links.

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Tile Talk

JULY 9, 2013

Located in the southern part of the famous Las Vegas Strip, the Bellagio Resort Hotel has dominated its surroundings from the time it opened in 1998 with lush landscaping, classic architecture and elements, and a man-made, eight-acre lake reminiscent of Italy’s Lake Como. Search This Blog & Beyond. floor tile.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 10, 2018

At Architectural Ceramics, we’ve prepared a quick read for you about natural slate, and our client spaces and collections that feature it. Photo via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. They produce and export 90 percent of the region’s natural slate used for roofing or flooring. Related Links.

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Time2Design

JANUARY 6, 2013

Blogging from my IPAD during #BlogTourCGN. Well situation number one ~ Good news I am able to upload a photo, bad news I am not able to select a photo from my IPAD folder of pictures, only able to get pictures from my existing blog photos, from Picassa Web Photos and from my phone or a URL.ARGH! Search This Blog. Blog Archive.

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Tile Talk

MAY 20, 2014

These tiles were commonly used as floor and wall applications and to decorate mihrabs , the architectural niches in mosques. Search This Blog & Beyond. floor tile. My Blog List. Modenus Interior Design Blog. Content Talks Business Blog. Have You Written a Welcome Readers Blog Article?

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 6, 2024

In the Roma district of Mexico City stunning examples of Art Deco architecture and design can be found all over. A random stylised scattering of fractured ceramics wash across the floor and wall of rough and ready taqueria Los Alexis. Designers of the space RA!

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Architectural Ceramics

MARCH 30, 2018

With the final four games this weekend, Architectural Ceramics put together our own final four match ups, and it’s just what you’d expect: tile. With that said, please use this chart as a guideline for each type of tile material we offer at Architectural Ceramics. Download your own 2018 Tile Bracket here. Natural Stone.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Designer: Cheryll Bowie of CKB Design, Vendor: Architectural Ceramics, Inc., From the large format marble tile, borders, and moldings on the walls, to the marble mosaics on the floor, this bathroom makes us feel like we’re in an Italian villa. Designer: Cheryll Bowie of CKB Design, Vendor: Architectural Ceramics, Inc.,

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 16, 2017

We’ve been making a few lists of our own at Architectural Ceramics. Base molding: Just like wood molding is used at the bottom of a wall where it meets the floor, base molding can be made out of ceramic, marble or porcelain, and functions the same way. Here is a quick list of common tile trim types and where to use them.

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Tile Talk

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Bathroom Blogfest, now in its seventh year, draws attention to the customer experience through blog articles and social media content published over five days, from October 29 through November 2, 2012. Bathroom Blogfest brings together 18 bloggers and blogs from the U.S., Nora DePalma noradepalma OR-DP POV www.oreilly-depalma.com/blog.

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Architectural Ceramics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

At Architectural Ceramics, we love football almost as much as we love tile. The flooring, done in one consistent and neutral material choice, also leads you from the reception desk to the sitting or waiting area. In a setting like this one, the floor tile needs to be durable, cleanable, and antimicrobial.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

With expert advice from Architectural Ceramic’s Customer Service team, you can be prepared throughout your tile purchase and renovation. Turn to the last page, and you’ll find most porcelains are rated for floor use, while some ceramic tiles are only suitable for wall use. Our CS team knows its ways around the block.

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Tile Talk

JULY 30, 2013

In my last blog article, I wrote about the mosaic tile floors of Fishborne Roman Palace in Sussex, England. Unlike the Roman rulers, most of us do not have the time or money to have elaborate tile mosaics fashioned for our floors. The floor was re-buried to protect it. Cement Tile Designs: From Antiquity to Tomorrow.

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Tile Talk

AUGUST 7, 2012

As a vital area for Mudejar art, a style influenced by Islamic tradition and more contemporary European architectural styles, Teruel’s extensive use of brick and ceramic tile on centuries-old buildings and façades serves as a timeless testament to the importance of ceramic tile as a building material. Architecture and Design.

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