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

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Interior designers know that when you want to create that WOW factor for these important occasions, so you seek out the best restaurant tiles for the job — tiles that offer an amazing touch of luxury, style, and durability. With their durability and beauty, they are shown being used as tiles for floors, walls, backsplashes, and countertops.

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

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Many of our most popular concrete tile designs, like the Fez encaustic tile and the Serengeti concrete tile pictured above, are in stock and ready to ship out to you immediately! We’d be delighted to help you chose the perfect design to accentuate the beauty of your project. Not sure which of our over 400 patterns to pick?

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Behind The Tiles: Marcos Cajina

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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. But it wasn’t until he was older that he recognized how their designs had taken root in his heart. What inspires your tile designs? What do you consider the first Granada tile design?

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Living History: More Sensational Cement Tile from Guatemala

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Guatemala, as with Nicaragua, has a robust tradition of cement tile installations. In older parts of its cities and towns, surfaces are covered with stunning cement tile designs ranging from the subtle to the extravagant. Spied at a posada in Antigua, Nicaragua, a simple cement tile floor caught Melanie and Marcos’s attention.

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Stunning Eco-Stay Features Environmentally-Friendly Cement Tiles

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One such eco-stay lies in the lush lands of Nicaragua and features design elements which would be at home in the highest circles of Los Angeles architecture. By introducing cement tiles into specific areas, Teka keeps a flow of environmentally conscious design throughout the space.

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Installation Equation: Cement Tiles Transform Spaces in a Los Angeles House

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Not only that, but we get to hear the hows and whys behind the process—from what drew our clients to our concrete tiles in the first place to the process they went through deciding on designs and palettes. For the bathroom, too, the Isolas went with our Normandy cement tile design in another custom color combination.