Tue.May 29, 2018

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Innovate Your Dining Room Floor by Using Modern Tiles

Granada Tile

As the centerpiece for gathering friends and family for weeknight dinners and special occasions, the dining room is a space in your home that commands drama and attention. This space also calls for unique materials and décor to set it apart from the rest of the house and still have it complement your other rooms. Dining room floor tiles are an excellent way to add lasting style that is neither boring nor too trendy.

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Lighten Up! Get Inspired with These 16 Fresh Pendant Light Ideas

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Let these fresh pendant light ideas inspire your next design. Image: Earle & Ginger Kitchens Pendant lights have been around for a while, but that doesn’t mean there’s only one way to use them. In fact, far from it. Occasionally you need to shake things up by combining traditional design elements with new pendant light ideas. Often the results turn out better than you ever could have imagined.

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Rubble Tile in the Midwest Home Luxury Remodeling Tour

Rubble Tile

Midwest Home is kicking off the summer with their Luxury Remodeling Tour, a two-weekend event that showcases some of the Twin Cities’ top remodeling projects. The tour runs through the first two weekends of June, the 2nd-3rd and 9th-10th, from noon to 6 p.m. each.

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Rilievi by CEDIT wins the NYCxDESIGN Award

Ceramics of Italy

Rilievi , the CEDIT collection designed by Zaven , has received the NYCxDESIGN Award; the prestigious recognition presented by Interior Design magazine and by ICFF that gathers and rewards the best design achievements every year. Rilievi – first shown at the Spazio CEDIT during Fuorisalone 2018 – was selected by an international jury and awarded as overall winner in the “ Wall Covering: Tile & Stone ” category.

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How Proper Planning Ensures a Happy Tile Installation

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

If you've been reading the articles on this blog, you're familiar with the importance of carefully planning your installation ahead of time, and ensuring that you've obtained approval on a mockup from everyone involved - architect and/or designer, general contractor and, of course, the owner - before you start installing. In case you still don't believe that it matters, this article is for you.

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2018 Tile Trends

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Tile of Spain, an association of over 125 Spanish tile manufacturers, is forecasting macro trends for 2018 that include monochromatic colors, planks for wood and beyond, well-loved vintage looks, non-rectified edges, encaustic mashups, gauged porcelain (large-format thin tile), and thick pavers in porcelain.

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Favorite New Kitchen & Bath Finds at Salone — from the San Diego Union-Tribune

JG Kitchens

Salone del Mobile.Milano is a massive trade show spanning 24 exhibit halls. Every even year — including 2018 — features six halls of just kitchen and bath products. This article that ran last Saturday on the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune ‘s Home + Garden section shared some of my favorite finds from the show floor. Which ones do you love?

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Favorite New Kitchen & Bath Finds at Salone — from the San Diego Union-Tribune

JG Kitchens

Salone del Mobile.Milano is a massive trade show spanning 24 exhibit halls. Every even year — including 2018 — features six halls of just kitchen and bath products. This article that ran last Saturday on the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune ‘s Home + Garden section shared some of my favorite finds from the show floor. Which ones do you love?

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Cool Kitchen Trends That Are Taking 2018 By Storm

Trendir Magazine

Whether you want to upgrade your décor, or you are looking to bring your tired color scheme back to life now is the time to create your dream kitchen. Kitchen designs for 2018 are coming in strong due to them bringing something completely different to the table. From material to color, to appeal and aesthetics the changes are bold. Here are the trends that are taking 2018 by storm.

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3 Pieces of Advice … and Pulled Pork

Life of an Architect

Every now and then you hear someone worth listening to say something that motivates you to really pay attention to what they are saying. I had one of these moments last week … during a backyard party of all places. To set the scene, my daughter graduated from 8th grade last week and is preparing to enter high school. While I wouldn’t normally think that graduating from 8th grade is all that big of a deal, ( since I did it , how hard can it be?

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Cali Bamboo releases new Cali Vinyl summer styles

Floor Covering News

San Diego—Cali Bamboo has added five new colors to its Cali Vinyl Pro flooring line. The new luxury vinyl plank styles are now available at calibamboo.com/cali-vinyl-pro and come backed by a 50-year residential.

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Pests in Your Home: More Than Just a Nuisance

Kitchen and Residential Design

Pests are almost unavoidable, populating every part of the globe. The problem is that for every specimen you see there are many more that you don't. Once they enter your domain, they tend to reproduce and invite others and before you know it you have a pest infestation. Not only are they a bother, but they can get into and contaminate your food supply, bite, cause allergies and disease and damage the structure of your home.

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Shaw reduces carbon footprint with Combined Heat and Power plant

Floor Covering News

Dalton, Ga. and Columbia, S.C.—Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) has completed the construction of a cogeneration Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant at its Columbia, S.C., fiber production facility. The.

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Forterra to Expand Brick Manufacturing Capacity at its Site in Desford

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Having completed the evaluation of options for increasing brick capacity, the board of Forterra plc recently announced that a planning application for redeveloping its site at Desford in Leicestershire is being finalized.

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Hester’s Abbey Floorcoverings recognizes two high school seniors

Floor Covering News

St. Augustine, Fla.—Hester’s Abbey Floorcoverings of St. Augustine recently awarded two $4,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Jordan Hayes, who was homeschooled, was the first recipient. She plans to.

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Terra Firma Announces Territory Expansion for BYK’s Additive Product Line

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Effective July 1, 2018, Terra Firma will assume responsibility for BYK USA Inc.’s Southwestern region, in addition to some other states bordering its present territory.

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MSI unveils new global brand identity

Floor Covering News

Orange, Calif.—MSI has launched a major brand update that draws from principles the company was built on such as collaboration, adaptiveness and innovation. The update also captures MSI’s 40-plus-year evolution.

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AMETEK LAND: Revamped Web Platform

Ceramic Industry Magazine

AMETEK Land recently announced that it has launched a revamped web platform at www.ametek-land.com.

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Sustainability Trend Drives Glass Packaging Market in Europe

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The European glass packaging market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 2% from 2018-2022.

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