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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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Take It Outside: Outdoor AC Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

From porcelain to specialty ceramic, here are how a few materials compare in an exterior application: Porcelain & Glass. These two tile types are mentioned together, because porcelain and glass both undergo high heat and pressure when made. Cement & Terracotta. Porcelain & Glass. Thicket Porcelain.

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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. matte metallic-like porcelains.

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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. matte metallic-like porcelains.

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Nature-Inspired Selections

Garden State Tile Blog

Some of Garden State Tile’s latest porcelain tile offerings meet this intrinsic desire with various nature-inspired elements and can easily infuse a space with a biophilic aesthetic. Encaustic -look porcelain tile can call to mind such idyllic outdoor spaces on one’s own interior floors, or walls. Florals: Forma.

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Get The Look: A Black And White Bathroom Floor

Granada Tile

And, as cement tile fanatics, we’re always scouring the web for gorgeous concrete tile patterns. Actually, whether in vivid colors or classic black and white, cement tiles are a great choice for a bathroom. Incidentally, they’re less slippery than porcelain tiles. Get The Look: A Black And White Bathroom Floor.

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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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