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Avente Tile Talk: California Dreaming: A Profile on ARTO Brick and.

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California Dreaming: A Profile on ARTO Brick and California Pavers. Los Angeles is a place where California history is still held sacred. Arto Alajians signature on brick is proudly displayed at the ARTOs Brick and California Paver factory in Gardena, CA. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Posted by Arpi Nalbandian. at 6:00 AM.

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Avente Tile Talk: Discover Design with Historic Spanish Tile.

Tile Talk

As summer starts to kicks into full swing with the solstice less than 10 days away, I find myself enjoying the perfectly splendid outdoors of Southern California with longer walks each day. Brightly colored tiles are grouped beneath a Moorish arch. create a colorful tribute to Spanish Revival architecture.

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Avente Tile Talk: Spanish Tiles Make Magic

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A few days later she placed a sample order that included several popular hand painted Spanish decorative tiles and our Yucatan field tiles. The subtle variation in color in our hand painted Yucatan field tile works well with the change in color values found in hand painted decorative tiles. Thanksgiving Greetings.

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Avente Tile Talk: Creating Cement Tile Molds and Pigments for.

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Thus, when I recently toured the ARTO Brick and California Pavers factory complex in Gardena, CA, along with several architects and designers, I knew I would be in for a treat. The Chemistry Behind the Color. Our next stop on the tour included a peek into the science behind the coloring process of concrete tile. decorative tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Creative Accents with Cement Tile

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Using cement tile to incorporate a decorative element into any room or indoor/outdoor space is an attention-getting idea and design element. Fragments is a colorful mosaic accent collection of patterned cement tile re-purposed from the cement tile factory.s With mismatched patterns, strong grout lines, and bold colors, it.s

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Avente Tile Talk: Tiles of the American Riviera - Santa Barbara, CA

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Before and after Cabrillo’s visit, the Chumash Indians populated the coastline, cruised through its coastal waters and lived off the land until Spanish Franciscan monks arrived in the 18th century on their mission-building quest through California. An outdoor staircase at shopping center Paseo Nuevo is decorated with Mexican tiles.

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Avente Tile Talk: Cement Tile Create a Warm Welcome

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In this case, the customer needed an 8"x8" tile size of the Gran Cordoba Cement Tile pattern for their residential hall and bath. The colors used in this custom cement tile pattern include: Heritage Lemon Chiffon. The customer used the Heritage Pale Green solid color tiles to fill the area outside of the rug. Decorative Tile.

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