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"Travertine, Before And After"

How to Floor Tile

Travertine is a Natural Stone as you know, but did you know most of it is filled with grout? If you look at most Travertine Tile you will see that it is very porous on the unfinished side and that is because that is how most of it looks. Travertine is a sophisticated name for Limestone. Travertine comes from all over the world.

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Why External Porcelain Paving is a Safer Choice for Your Patio

The London Tile Co.

Contemporary selection of colours and designs. Stunning stone effect with a realistic silver-grey travertine effect, Athena Silver is perfect for adding a natural look to patios. Portico has a deep grey-blue colour with random marbling, inspired by quarried Cumbrian slate. Engineered for even thickness and sizing.

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Schedule Your Virtual CEU: Natural Stone 101

Realstone

NATURAL STONE 101: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DESIGNING WITH THE OLDEST BUILDING MATERIAL. This one-hour class is designed for construction industry professionals desiring to gain a full understanding of natural stone as a building material. Designed for: Audience: Professionals seeking CEU credits.

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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

Suppliers across the show floor showed off their version of PVC-free, recyclable or eco-friendly rigid core options designed to intrigue today’s “Earth-conscious” consumers. Now we’ve taken it and we’re offering the same colors in a herringbone option—so a little bit more stylistic in design. Take Raskin Industries for example.

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Make Your Country Kitchen With Rustic Tiles

The London Tile Co.

The Wisconsin range are another brick rustic tile, which offer worn design wall tiles with gorgeous matching hexagon floor tiles. For a hardwearing, gorgeous yet simple floor tile, choose Quarry Tiles. These tiles will add instant character to any home, pair with white grout to bring out the rustic stone colouring. Floor Thoughts.

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When choosing between natural stone and quartz composites, Vadara makes that choice a breeze

Kitchen and Residential Design

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. Kitchen and Residential Design. Vadara’s new colors and patterns follow.

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Bigger Is Better: Large Format Porcelain Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Designers of commercial spaces like hospitality, use porcelain tile because it often has a higher coefficient of friction. The modern hard-lined design is softened by the texture of the tile. Salvaged wood is a hot trend right now, especially because designers and clients are loving farmhouse decor and design.

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