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Handmade Cement Tile: Defining Quality

Tile Talk

Handmade Alcala Cement Tile on a bathroom wall. In my last post, I introduced Avente Tile’s newly published Guide to Buying Handmade Cement Tile. This 14-page downloadable Guide features information, examples of cement tile installations, FAQs, and more. What is Handmade Cement Tile? Cement Tiles are: • Durable.

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The History of Ceramic Encaustic Tiles

Granada Tile

While ceramic encaustic tiles are very similar to cement tiles, the materials and processes by which they are made differ from one another. Cement tiles are poured into metal molds from a mixture of cement, sand, pigment, and mineral powders. So to answer a common question, cement tiles are not truly encaustic.

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Switching Gears: AC’s Mosaic Tile Collection

Architectural Ceramics

Photo: AC’s Gears Collection, available in three main options: a honed marble or two matte porcelains. AC’s Gears Collection , offered as a marble or porcelain water-jet mosaic, has several features that will turn your tile project into a unique one: interlocking 12×12 sheet. neutral honed marble.

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Spotted: Granada Tiles Fez Cement Tile in East Hampton’s Moby Restaurant In Design Sponge

Granada Tile

Today on Design Sponge , two great tastes together: Granada Tile’s Fez cement tile in black and white in Moby, one of the hottest restaurants in East Hampton, AND a recipe for the restaurant’s grilled Margherita pizza.

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Switching Gears: AC’s Mosaic Tile Collection

Architectural Ceramics

Photo: AC’s Gears Collection, available in three main options: a honed marble or two matte porcelains. AC’s Gears Collection , offered as a marble or porcelain water-jet mosaic, has several features that will turn your tile project into a unique one: interlocking 12×12 sheet. neutral honed marble.

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Powder Rooms: The Jewelry Box of the Home

Garden State Tile Blog

Well believe it or not, the saying dates back all the way to eighteenth century Europe – and actually has nothing to do with your nose! Credit: Cement Tile from Garden State Tile Project by Stono Construction. Make your metallics pop with a matte, neutral cement tile that still brings in those fun and funky patterns!

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Terrazzo Tile Today

Garden State Tile Blog

Terrazzo, by historical definition, is a flooring material consisting of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished down to give a smooth surface. Once projects were completed, workers were often left with unusual sized scraps of granite and marble chips. Why Terrazzo?

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