Floor Covering News

JULY 27, 2021

Oberlin, Ohio—The National Building Granite Quarries Association (NBGQA) has voted to merge with the Natural Stone Institute to further advance industry efforts to support quarry advocacy, sustainability, outreach to architects and designers and continued efforts to promote the use of natural stone.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute published industry-wide ISO Type III environmental declarations, also called environmental product declarations (EPDs), for three applications of natural dimension stone: cladding, flooring/paving and countertops. Colorado Stone Quarries. Stony Creek Quarry. Vermont Quarries.

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Granada Tile

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Olvera Collection yields a vast collection of hand-crafted shapes and colors that can be custom-designed to suit your taste. They can be custom designed to create different styles, from contemporary to Moroccan. Equi Custom Design. They can come in the texture of Vecchio, a type of granite often quarried in Brazil.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2014, having outgrown its two-story office space, the Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations opted to design its new home around the essence of Middle Eastern culture: hospitality and the convening of friends and strangers. The post Polycor receives 2023 Grande Pinnacle Award appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 25, 2022

—The latest carpet tile collection from Interface, Granite Mountain, takes biophilic design to new heights, according to the company. Designed by David Oakey of David Oakey Designs, Granite Mountain is inspired by Oakey’s outdoor excursions during the pandemic to an area that once served as a granite quarry.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Initially published in 2014, the standard has had updates in 2017, 2019 and now 2022, proving a commitment to staying up to date with the latest needs of design teams with green building goals, according to Natural Stone Institute (NSI).

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 28, 2020

Karndean Designflooring introduced new stone looks to the 20mil Opus glue-down luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring range, including Iberian-inspired patterned tiles and additional sizes in existing colorways. The second design reflects the original cut of the opposing face of the stone. Export, Pa.—Karndean Iberian-Inspired Tiles.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2023

The raw beauty of natural stone flooring presents a look that never goes out of style. This collection captures the textures and vibrant color depths found in authentic stone flooring, and with grout it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.” The floors can be installed in one day vs. two to three days for stone and tile.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Visitors to Booth #5659 will be able to see firsthand how the SikaTile solutions are designed to eliminate unwanted jobsite callbacks. SikaTile-815 Secure Grout is suitable for dimensional stone, slate, granite, stone agglomerates and most types of ceramic, ceramic mosaic, quarry, brick paver, porcelain, glass and clay tile installations.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The company has achieved Gold status for its quarry, which extracts cordova cream and cordova shell limestone and Silver status for its fabrication facility, which processes limestone from raw blocks of stone into usable building materials. The Natural Stone Sustainability Standard was first published in 2014 by the Natural Stone Council.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 19, 2024

To successfully add natural stone to your product lineup, natural stone suppliers say it’s important to understand the basics Know the product and its place “Retailers should be versed on where natural stone products can be installed and used as not all are designed for each project space. It’s the best way to increase overall resale value.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Darrell Petit, Stony Creek Quarry. Petit has worked in all capacities of the Stony Creek Quarry since 1990. The post Natural Stone Institute inducts new board members appeared first on Floor Covering News. North American Quarrier.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 6, 2022

Along with rising temperatures comes high moisture levels in the air, which could pose challenges for flooring installers on the jobsite—whether it’s indoors or outside. Following is an overview of some of the latest grouts and sealants designed to address issues on the jobsite.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

higher profit margins, greater application opportunities, unique style and design. Mosaic floors and backsplashes are hugely popular today. Natural stacked stone—3D walls—are also a show stopper.” – Emily Holle, trend/design director, MSI. However, natural stone has its advantages—i.e., Sustainability. Unique Visuals. “No

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The industry event will “Go Live” online in an effort to showcase the future of floor covering , stone and tile surfaces for 2021. Go behind the scenes in retail showrooms, tour designer homes, go around the world on quarry tours and dive in on business, installation and marketing topics. It’s all included.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2021

The new collection is a marble-look assortment featuring an array of three marble visuals for floor, wall, countertop and shower floors. Marazzi added that its Calacatta Gold will create a work of art on floors and walls while providing the performance benefits of porcelain and ceramic tile. Arabascato.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2014

Image Via: Palm Design Group. As people add more organically-farmed whole foods into their diets and start to DIY chemical-free versions of household products, taking a similar approach to interior design is the next logical step. Read on to find out why you should work natural materials into your design. You’re missing out.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The David Fell Spirit of Service Award is presented in memory of David Fell, president of BG Hoadley Quarries. “I am proud to have played a role in helping NSI establish a statement and provide resources that the design community can turn to.” Fell passed away in 2021 and his memory now lives on through this prestigious award.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Customs detentions significantly impacting supply chains, to name a few—the resilient flooring category continues to offer consumers the styles and durability they need, causing demand to continue to exceed expectations. It’s way busier than last year,” said Jesse Woodrow, chief operating officer, Lux Flooring. More people are here.

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Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Blending Old World and urban sensibilities, Limestone complements a variety of traditional and modern design styles. This versatile line comes in five colors that authentically pay homage to the finest mined limestones from quarries across the globe. Sizes include: 8×8. 16×16. 16×24. 3×6 Subway. 3×6 Rhomboid.

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Rubble Tile

APRIL 16, 2019

Photos Courtesy of Milestone Scandinavian design is known for clean lines, minimalist style and high functionality. But did you know that slate is the backbone of Scandinavian design? Quarried from coastal regions, Norway’s fine-grained slate has been the foundation of grand cathedrals and modest homes.

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The London Tile Co.

JULY 10, 2015

The Sirocco range also has complementary wall and floor tiles, which will allow you to create a cohesive style that will fit right in with a wooden work surfaces. The Wisconsin range are another brick rustic tile, which offer worn design wall tiles with gorgeous matching hexagon floor tiles. Floor Thoughts.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2020

This course is designed to give salespeople the tools they need in order to increase sales and avoid customer false expectations and more. The course teaches the basics of natural stone including terminology, the geology of the various types of stone, usage, how it is quarried, processed and fabricated.

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Tile Talk

APRIL 7, 2015

Saltillo tiles are shaped either by pressing quarried clay with a wooden frame, or by carving out the desired shape. According to the John Bridge Forum : "Saltillo tile floors must be sealed with a penetrating tile sealer, and usually a top finish is applied to act as a sort of glaze. Designing with Tile. Sitting Bull.

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Garden State Tile Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Old-world trends have made a much-welcomed resurgence into the design world recently, and there’s one fan-favorite that is bringing its own contemporary twist: Terrazzo. Terrazzo, by historical definition, is a flooring material consisting of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished down to give a smooth surface.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 25, 2018

Designers of commercial spaces like hospitality, use porcelain tile because it often has a higher coefficient of friction. The floors feature the large format 24″x24″ tile, while the niche and tub are clad in the smaller 1″x1″ special order mosaic. Chances are, it’s a porcelain tile.

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Architectural Ceramics

MARCH 30, 2018

Ceramic tile, like a 3″x6″ subway, seems like a safe and popular pick for designers and homeowners alike. I’m planning on installing it in my house next year, with floor heat underneath, of course!” It’s way more durable than real wood. From year to year, or even month to month, trends come and go.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Presenting two collections: Slimtech Nextone and Delight, Diego Grandi will design the company stand to give a sense of space, and for materials to effortlessly flow from inside to out. By combining four types of stone from four different quarries Slimtech Nextone brings them together in harmony, producing a balanced appearance.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 17, 2018

This colorway features a range of earth tones adaptable to a range of design schemes. To explore more metallic tile, speak with one of our design associates in one of our five DC-metro area showroom locations. The Graphite Dark, shown on the floor and fireplace in the living room photo above, looks like grey limestone.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

APRIL 11, 2012

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. The first newcomer is a fully vitrified porcelain stoneware collection that’s a sophisticated, high-performance option for floor and wall covering, indoors and out. Social Media Training. 11 April 2012. A Coverings preview. Posted by Paul Anater.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

I have natural stone floors and counters in my kitchen and yes, they’re beautiful. My travertine floors somehow manage to hide dirt and be dirty at the same time and so we sweep them every day and mop them two or three times a week. When I was a designer, I specified all of those things countless times for homes just like this one.

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Tile Talk

MARCH 5, 2013

With history on their minds, I, as well as several architects and design professionals, recently toured the ARTO Brick and California Pavers factory complex in Gardena, CA. backsplash designs. bathroom design. design ideas. design standards. design trends. fireplace tile designs. floor tile.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

JANUARY 24, 2013

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Heres the question and the photo: Clicking on the "more info" link would have told this person that whats in that photo is a cork floor from US Floors in Atlanta. I know this because I designed this display. Social Media Training.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 22, 2021

By Megan Salzano It’s no secret that flooring accessory pieces such as premium underlayments are often the hardest to sell for the retail sales associate. If you’re a retail sales associate or a store owner, a premium underlayment is an opportunity to ‘sell the floor twice,’” said David Moore, senior director of accessories, Mohawk.

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Conestoga Tile Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

One of the hottest home design trends of the year is the increasing use of eco-friendly materials in outdoor space design. One of the most important parts of exterior space design is tile flooring options and companies such as Metropolitan Ceramics offer a stellar collection of eco-friendly options.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Houzz.com started out just a couple of years ago and has since grown into one of the go to places on the internet for designers and Architects to show their work. Social Media Training. 30 December 2012. Let me vent a little about Houzz. at 10:44 PM.

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Tile Talk

JULY 22, 2014

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