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Design Trends: Going for Gold

Architectural Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics hopes you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends. Now, it’s time to transition from trimming a turkey to trimming the tree. Black and charred or perfectly golden brown — How did your Thanksgiving turkey turn out? This glazed porcelain is made to look like natural stone.

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Going Above & Beyond: Backsplash Tile That Wows

Architectural Ceramics

We all know a lot of effort goes into making a meal that typically features turkey. For those of you nonconformists roasting a large chicken instead of a turkey this year, this blog is for you. Ceramic tile has a range of options far beyond a 3″x6″ white subway. Image via Architectural Ceramics on Houzz.

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Expect the Unexpected from Tile Variation

Architectural Ceramics

The same could be said when considering a handmade ceramic or natural stone, because the variation in the tile’s glaze or veining may surprise you. Ceramic & Porcelain Variation. When creating clay-based ceramic or porcelain tiles, manufacturers strive for consistency or variety.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

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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Coverings 2023 exceeds expectations

Floor Covering News

Coverings 2023, the preeminent international ceramic tile and natural stone event in North America, exceeded expectations with a vigorous 50% year-over-year increase in attendance, totaling nearly 27,000 eventgoers who gathered here April 18-21, 2023, at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla.—

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"Travertine, Before And After"

How to Floor Tile

Travertine is a Natural Stone as you know, but did you know most of it is filled with grout? From the US to Italy, Turkey, Croatia, and other places. This Natural stone has some of the traits of Marble Tile being very soft and can be difficult to work with because it is brittle. Some of it is honed and smoothed.

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Exclusive: MSI sees opportunities amid challenges

Floor Covering News

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. We were buying both ceramic tile and pavers from Ukraine. The indirect impacts are the costs and availability of natural gas. India has a problem, Turkey.

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