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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. AC’s Basics Collection , is a simple one with a white subway tile at its core. As a result, the tile expands and contracts.

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Bringing a Modern Country Look to an Old Farmhouse Bathroom

Architectural Ceramics

It started out very dark, and the tile and fixtures were beyond outdated. However, I did refinish the tub and paint the outside the same color as the vanity. You’ll notice the paint is gorgeous, and yes, my clothes are all stained now. The bathroom even had a raised fiberglass shower, pull chain toilet, and clawfoot tub.

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17 Bathroom Tile Ideas That Are Anything But Boring

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The bold bathroom trend lasted into the 1970s — and many older homes have the avocado tiles to prove it. But these gorgeous, graphic tile treatments make us want to kiss quiet bathrooms goodbye. We’ve rounded up 17 colorful bathroom tile ideas to show you how. Image: Clé Tile 3. Image: DedoDesign 4.

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How to Modernize Your Outdated Kitchen

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If your flooring is keeping you in the past, try switching from your traditional rolled vinyl or linoleum flooring to a more resilient, timeless material — we’re talking wood, tile, or stone. In recent years, ceramic tile that mimics the look of hardwood has become popular, as well as travertine and slate. Image: Kimball Starr 4.

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Meet the ModCraft Makers

ModCraft

A Beacon couple takes interior design to a whole new level with their unique handmade modern wall tiles. John (then a Fisher-Price toy designer) began experimenting, mixing bone china from scratch and making their own clay. One woman used our tiles to frame some paintings and a mirror in her house,” says Clark.

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Tile Store, Why Your Installer Should Go With You!

How to Floor Tile

There are a lot of important items to consider when selecting tile. Why do we charge X for one type of tile and Y for another? It's easy to answer, some tile is much more time consuming to install than others. Marble and Granite we can grind and smooth outside edges but regular tile needs some help.

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Decorator On Demand: Change the Face of Your Fireplace, Part 2

Decorator on Demand

This tile is great, it adds really nice texture without seeing any grout joints. On this fireplace, we did a Contours tile from Diamond Tech with a travertine slab on top of the hearth. The slab was a little more money, but worth it to my clients who dont like grout lines. Well I mean the paint helped too, ha!