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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

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While children everywhere are going back to school, let’s go back to basics and learn about ceramic tile through a few of Architectural Ceramic’s collections: Basics, London, and City Hall. Let’s learn a bit about how ceramic tile is classified. The principles used to create ceramic tile are basic.

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4 Ways to Think Big with Tile in Small Bathrooms

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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. The back-painted glass tile uses a powder technique to achieve the hand-printed effect.

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Back to Basics: Which material is right for my design?

Architectural Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics carries a wide variety of materials each with their own features. Should you choose stone, ceramic, glass or something else? Ceramic tile is made from red or white clay and is usually coated with a decorative glaze. Porcelain tile is similar to ceramic tile, but is more durable and stain-resistant.

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Design Trends: The 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year

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Learn more about how the PANTONE Color of the Year is selected, this year’s color: Living Coral, and how to incorporate it into your designed interior space (which we hope includes tile from Architectural Ceramics, of course). To get this look, visit one of AC’s five showroom locations in the DC-metro area.

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Design Thoughts – Winter Restaurant Week 2020

Architectural Ceramics

For us, there is one obvious tile that would fit this design perfectly, and that is our Raku glazed handmade Euphoria ceramic. The Fulton , with its waterfront setting and hand-painted murals inspired by Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , evokes a feeling of summer and nostalgia. We always love to help!

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4 Ways to Brighten Up Your Kitchen for Spring

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At Architectural Ceramics, we often collaborate with local architects and interior designers to craft well-designed and personalized spaces. A modern and rustic farmhouse renovation, designed by Sagatov Design + Build ; cement tile backsplash from Architectural Ceramics. Backsplash Tile. Sabine Hill’s Tilt Pattern in Colorway 3.

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Made By Moms, For Moms: Tiled Spaces with a Feminine Touch

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Pictured above, the 2012 DC Design House features Aidan Design’s work, and Architectural Ceramic’s mother-of-pearl oval mosaic. To view this, or other shell mosaics, visit one of our DC-metro area showroom locations. In the shower area, Architectural Ceramic’s Estrella Grande tile mosaic was used.

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