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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Ways to Use Mexican-Inspired Tile

Architectural Ceramics

You can’t think of Mexican tile without picturing colorful, hand-painted designs. Deep, rich colors are then painted over the white. Authentic Talavera pottery and tile reign from Puebla, Mexico. The beauty in handmade or hand-painted tile is that the glaze and embellishments will vary in color. Terra-cotta Tile.

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Frida, Diego and Their Kitchen

Kitchens for Living

Works on show consist of paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper. I am planning on going on March 27 th when Kahlo scholar Dr. Salomon Grimberg will be speaking on Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes- But let’s talk about the kitchen! Frida & Diego in their kitchen. The exhibit runs through May 31 st.

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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: Finding the best solid wood.

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. When renovating kitchen cabinets, you want function, fashion and affordability. Fortunately, ShopRTACabinets.com has all the education you will ever need for everything from Georgetown kitchen cabinets to Hampton raised paneling. Talk to me!

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Tuscan Style Home in Oklahoma Exhibits Classic Artifacts

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Designer Brent Gibson collaborated with Christopher Lee & Company Fine Homes in developing this Tuscan-style home in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, USA. “To emphasize the connection of the region with the land, the paint is heavily earthy with unpretentious hues of a Tuscan hillside,” the designer said.

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Massive Weekend Retreat Balancing Modernity and Coziness: Casa ALD

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

This weekend retreat designed and implemented by Juan Carlos Baumgartner of SPACE Architects is projected on a land of little over 1,000 square meters in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Sustainable design features for Casa ALD include the use of recycled content materials low in VOC levels and wood from certified forests.

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Tile Tuesday: The Many Meanings of “Encaustic”

Kitchens for Living

What is encaustic painting? Encaustic painting involves beeswax, resin and pigments in varying combinations. One of my paintings, SurfAcing, 2014 12″X12″ Encaustic mixed media on wood boards. Encaustic painting predates oil painting and was used to create portraits on mummy casings dating back to 100BC in Egypt.

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