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Living History: The Cement Tile Riches of Nicaragua

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Long-time readers of Granada Tile ‘s Cement Tile Blog will know this already: It was walking around Granada, Nicaragua, as a young boy that planted the idea of cement tile in Marcos Cajina’s mind. At a hotel in Nicaragua, Marcos and Melanie snapped a photo of an amazing tile floor. Tile photo, Granada Tile.

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Get the Look: Cement Tiles Inspired by Antique Cement Tiles of Nicaragua

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Yesterday, we showed you some more incredible cement tile photos snapped while Marcos and Melanie have traveled around Nicaragua. It’s a design that takes its cues in part from the tile design spotted in a Nicaragua hotel. To amp up the look, try varying the colors of the star points or the corner squares.

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A Restaurant Owner’s Guide to Choosing Tile for a Patio or Restaurant Floor

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Now worldwide, these tiles are becoming the choice for discriminating restauranteurs- see why: Our wide range of patterns and colors. Their product line is vast and varied, with an array of styles and colors to choose from. Although Granada Tile is based out of Nicaragua, we distribute products worldwide. Their durability.

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New Nicaragua Hotel Meson Nadi Includes Granada Tile Company’s Cement Tiles

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The qualities that make Granada Tile’s cement tiles the choice of award-winning hotels, popular coffee shops and hot restaurants around the country — along with their beautiful designs and vivid colors, our concrete tile is long lasting, easy care and low maintenance — are the same ones that make it perfect for your home tile project, whether used (..)

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Stylish Eco-Friendly Cement Tiles for Homes and Businesses

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Toucan flying through tropical forest in Nicaragua. Light sanding of Copenhagen cement tile at Granada Tile factory in Nicaragua. Our pigments for colors are created from iron oxides that naturally occur. Never use toxins in the production or shipping process. Manage Nature’s Resources. Do Not Use Toxins.

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Behind The Tiles: Marcos Cajina

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First, a little background: At age 10, after running up a backpack from an old pair of jeans on his mother’s sewing machine, Cajina set off to see Nicaragua’s fabled giant lake. It was on this journey that he first spotted the colorful cement tile found on the floors of public and private buildings throughout the country.

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Cement Tiles Around the World (Infographic)

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Classic Brazilian cement tiles are unapologetically bold, vibrant, and colorful with contrasting hues of red, green, and blue. Cuban cement tiles are colorful, vibrant, and often feature intricate medallions of greens, yellows, pinks and browns. They favor bright colors, especially golds/mustards, blues, greens, reds and white.