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5 Unexpected Ways to Use Tile in Your Home

Architectural Ceramics

January 2016 – Rockville, MD – Tile is everywhere. Unless you’re a cowboy, you probably see tile on a daily basis. The utility of tile in residential and commercial spaces provides a ubiquitous flora and fauna of shapes, texture, and color to the masses. Tile and installing it really is an art-form.

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Phoenix Apartments: The Ultimate Renters Guide

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Patio view from 44 Monroe Intro and neighborhood guides by Kitty Carlisle As the most populated state capital in the United States, as well as the sixth most populous city in the nation, Phoenix has about 4.3 Located about halfway between Tucson and Flagstaff, Phoenix is about an hour’s drive from being able to enjoy all four seasons.

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Installation Equation: Fez in the Desert

Granada Tile

This time of year, snowbirds are flocking to desert locales—Phoenix, Scottsdale, Palm Springs—drawn by the promise of warmth and, this year, a break from the frigid Polar Vortex. It also happens to boast a must-see cement tile installation featuring Granada Tile ‘s own Echo Collection ‘s Fez cement tile design.

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Lux Flooring’s laser focus on SPC

Floor Covering News

Lux Flooring is one of the best lines for the price, the colors and the quality,” said Jimmy Poulos, founder and owner of Flooring 101, based in Oxnard, Calif. Chris Drake, manager for Wally’s Carpet & Tile, which has two retail locations in southern California, agreed, noting that Lux Flooring has quickly become the retailer’s No.

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Designing the Perfect Kids’ Bathroom

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

My bathroom was pink, which my parents thought was an appropriate color for a girl’s bathroom, although pink has never been one of my favorite colors. A colorful kids’ bathroom in Brookline, MA. A height-appropriate kids’ bathroom in the Phoenix area. Another view of the kids’ bathroom in Phoenix.

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Interview with Mary Yocum, Tile Maven: Part 1

Ciao Tile

Q: Tell us about your first job in the tile business. A: My first job right out of college was with Facings of America in Phoenix. I was so lucky to work for two owners who I think are still the smartest tile people I have ever met in my 33 years. This was back when 8” x 8” tile was considered a very LARGE tile!

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Republic Flooring on fast track to market penetration

Floor Covering News

“We’re not looking to become the second Shaw or the second Mohawk, we want to be the best Republic, and we want to do things in a new way; we’re forward thinkers,” Eylor told FCNews in Phoenix, where he had a booth at Flooring America’s winter convention. Republic has been a member of the CCA Global co-op for three years.