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Avente Tile Talk: Portuguese Ceramic Tile: Architectural History and.

Tile Talk

Portuguese Ceramic Tile: Architectural History and Preservation Through the Ages. They’re distinctive as much for their individuality as for anything else, with whole blocks of buildings bursting with color, each façade different. Portuguese ceramic tile adorn walls as architectural elements, as well as act as sign posts.

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Avente Tile Talk: Cement Tiles Trend Toward Bold Patterns & Colors

Tile Talk

Cement Tiles Trend Toward Bold Patterns & Colors. I reported that I was seeing a trend to use texture, color, and geometric patterns in tile. Im excited about this trend because I like to see color and pattern embraced in design. The Melilla Cement Tile use nine colors in this bold warm palette with a playful Latin feel.

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Avente Tile Talk: Climbing Out with Color, Texture and Time in Tile

Tile Talk

Climbing Out with Color, Texture and Time in Tile. Climb Out with Color Im a big fan of color and pattern in design. I’ve seen more colorful tile at trade shows than ever before and the trend is coming to showrooms. I’ve also sent out an amazing array of colorful tile. Tuesday, October 30, 2012.

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Avente Tile Talk: Discover Design with Historic Spanish Tile.

Tile Talk

Brightly colored tiles are grouped beneath a Moorish arch. create a colorful tribute to Spanish Revival architecture. Optimism expressed in the colors of the tile and the details of every structure; details that you rarely find today. The architectural details on the home enforce the Spanish style theme.

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Avente Tile Talk: Understanding Cement Tile Bullnose Trim or Molding

Tile Talk

First, there are no industry standards and this results in numerous colloquial terms used to identify the same type of finished edge. The term is particularly common in tile and masonry architectural terms. Youll see the pigmented cement color and not the unsightly edge that shows the color layer and grey concrete with aggregate.

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Avente Tile Talk: Tile Patterns: Playing with Pinwheel Designs

Tile Talk

The pinwheel pattern is a popular and versatile tile layout that adds great visual interest by integrating solid color with decorative tiles into a timeless design. You can create a pinwheel pattern using only plain, solid color field tile. In the example above, tiles in similar colors are set-off by contrasting matte and gloss glazes.

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Avente Tile Talk: New Arabesque Pattern Designs in Cement Tile

Tile Talk

It refers to an implied sense of texture or depth created through the use of artistic elements of line, shading and color. Although the shape repeats, the random color of this Saltillo-looking color makes the pattern very playful, sophisticated, and fun! True "through body" color. Pick a color.

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