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Vintage Tile Tour, Continued

Tile Talk

If you love tile, then you can''t miss this rare opportunity to tour a house with tiles installed in nearly every room, including some Royal Delft cloisonné decorative tiles. Each mural looks like an oil painting, with the tile-maker''s skills and understanding of glazes nothing short of exceptional.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Today, several tile manufacturers still honor the handmade tradition in shaping and painting natural clay tiles, but drying is done in a closed kiln instead of in the open air. textured surface makes the tile appear like painted brick. Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: A Kitchen Worthy of a Chef

Kitchen and Residential Design

If your paint is chipping off and landing in your boiling pots, the marble countertop has seen better days and the cabinets keep swinging open and banging you on the head it might be time to give your kitchen a little fixer upper. For instance, you can replace chipped wall paint with an impressive layer of crown molding. Decor Girl.

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