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5 Unique Ways to Incorporate Handmade Cement Tiles to Your Home

Granada Tile

Open floor plans remain the hot commodity in modern homes, but visually breaking up common spaces with the use of a tiled floor divider keeps the space airy while separating key areas. An elegant shower niche in a resort home in Costa Rica using Granada Tile’s Droplet pattern. Room Divider.

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Hideaway in Costa Rica with Unbelievable Views

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Casa Magayon by SARCO Architects is a luxury hideaway perched on an isolated hillside in the jungles of Costa Rica overlooking Papagayo Bay. The main floor patio extends out into a lookout bridge 12 meters above the land for nearly 360 degrees of views. It is an ideal place to relax.

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Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition winners selected

Floor Covering News

With durability and elegance in mind, the designers selected large format marble- and stone-look porcelain tiles by Florim to cover the walls and floors throughout the lobby and peripheral lounge areas. Location: Escazu, San José Province, Costa Rica. Contractor: ECLR Flooring. Contractor: Rytiff Flooring.

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Dream Holiday Retreat Overlooking the Jungle in Costa Rica: The Floating House

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

With views above the canopy, the Floating House by Architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe is a dream holiday retreat in the jungle of Costa Rica. Moreover, “it is fitted with sustainable teak floors, solar water heating and UV water filtration systems. Enjoy the views!

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Sustainable Modern Country Home in Colombia Drawing in the.

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Spacious and bright, the home’s floor plan allows for the house to be completely closed off when not in use. Sustainable Home in Costa Rica Making the Most of Its Scenic Landscape. Casa Mecano was designed by Arquitectos Costa Rica and is located in Península de Osa, Costa Rica.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Out, out damned termites

Kitchen and Residential Design

I remember seeing termite nests in the trees in Costa Rica and Panama and being awed by them. They ate my entire basement window and started working their way up to the first floor. flooring. (30). wholesale flooring. (1). Does anybody out there have any experience with Termidor? I need to quit thinking.

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15 Well Designed Shipping Container Homes for Life Inside the Box

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Each apartment has its own outdoor living area with integrated cargo containers as part of the floor plan. Casa Incubo, Costa Rica The 4300 square foot home and work space is made from 8 containers. The home’s interiors and views overlooking the city of Santiago feels like a million bucks.