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Kintsugi Collection

Diary of a Tile Addict

Kintsugi Japan Hibi Storm. Adding an extra layer to the faux fixed flooring, patterned patchwork segments are worked through the Japan-Hibi decors. The royal metallic tone and bold gloss ripples throughout the Hibi tiles, giving the sense of prior fractures repaired with care and consideration. Kintusgi Hibi Fog.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. China has made it easy to develop quality porcelain-based subway tile and ceramic decorative wall tiles at an attractive price. If the mosaic is higher priced, it’s from Japan or Europe. Here it is.

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5 Ways to Get a Zen Living Room

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Zen spaces are also usually defined by distinctly Japanese design aesthetics, like rock gardens and tatami mat floors. Image: ASI Interiors Chic Buddha statues Zen itself is grounded in a type of Buddhism from Japan. If you love everything Zen, you may be searching for ways incorporate Zen in the central spaces of your home.

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Avente Tile Talk: Go Green with Tile

Tile Talk

Green is regarded as the color of eternal life in Japan. decorative tile. floor tile. Decor Girl. Flooring The Consumer. Floors ,floors… (part I). As the emblematic color of Ireland, green represents the vast green hillsides, as well as the country.s patron saint, St. backsplash designs.

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10 Ways to Add Japanese Style to Your Interior Design

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Thousands of years steeped in tradition have influenced Japan’s architecture and interior design aesthetic, resulting in a serene and very cultural interior design. Since Japanese interior design has this tranquil decorating touch perfected, let’s look at 10 ways to add some of this becalming style into your home today.

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Timeless Luxury Home Gathering Riverside Panoramas - Freshome

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Rising three floors up in the air, this modern home in one of Perth’s Australian suburb is a brainchild of Australia-based studio Urbane Projects. Beautifully put into play, the floor plan of this luxury Australian home was molded by the owner’s needs: “ A 3m tall ebony-stained jarrah door opens onto the entrance foyer.

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Le Coiffeur Hair Salon in Marseille Re-Imagines Dedicated Spaces.

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Here is how the floor-plan got occupied by color and cheerfulness: “For shampoo services, Keller has designed a one-sided wooden cabana, discreetly tucked at the end of the space for privacy. Gabled Roof-Shaped Hair Salon in Japan by Ryo Matsui Architects Inc. 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Decorating A Tiny Apartment.