Tue.Jul 31, 2018

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20 Creative Ways to Use Natural Textures in a Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If you love the outdoors, it’s understandable to want to incorporate nature into your living space. When it comes to bringing natural textures into the home, you can go as drastic or as simple as you want. If you’re looking for bold statements and design elements that make you feel like you’re practically outside, take a look at these creative ideas for surrounding yourself in nature.

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What Ceramic Manufacturers Need to Know about Dryout of Refractory Castables for Kilns and Furnaces

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The proper installation of refractory castables includes mixing, placing, curing and drying. Improper amounts of water used when mixing or poor densification during placement can lead to higher porosity, lower density, and reduced strengths. Improper curing can result in the formation of undesirable hydrate phases of the cement.

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Coverings Luxe Cottage Accentuates Details with Tile

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

What makes the Coverings Installation Design Showcase (IDS) stand out is how it pairs installation expertise with design brilliance. Especially when it comes to combining tile with a tiny house which needs to not only function, but also bring to life a specific design concept. When it comes to the Luxe Cottage of Coverings 2018, Brittney Ferren from The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry conceived the design.

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American Olean focuses on PK training during roadshow

Floor Covering News

Dallas—American Olean is conducting intensive product knowledge training with its distributors through a nationwide roadshow stopping at all distributor locations. The training focuses on new products launching this summer. “Distributors are a huge piece of how tile gets to market in the U.S.,” said Hector Narvaez, vice president of distributor sales, American Olean.

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Dal-Tile Wins Five-Year Exclusive Provider Agreement with Fischer Homes

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Dal-Tile Corp. recently entered into an exclusive tile provider agreement with the nation’s 37th largest new home builder, Fischer Homes.

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Selling Points for Your Home from the San Diego Union-Tribune

JG Kitchens

Millions of Americans sell their homes at this time of year. One of my best friends in LA just sold his, as a matter of fact. Are you selling yours? If so, here are some tips from real estate pros on how to get the best outcome, from my most recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune. I hope it’s helpful to you! An attractive new front door can increase your home’s sales appeal!

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Bass Pro And Interior Design

How to Floor Tile

I love to wander through marvels of interior imagination at work and Bass Pro is an elegant example of the best in the craft. Bass Pro is a destination and not just a retail operation. It is designed with immense flavor of the outdoors. It is teeming with small and large examples that reflect what the customer might feel he needs or wants for that perfect outdoor adventure.

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Exclusive to FCNews: Mohawk—Domestic manufacturing is good for the flooring industry

Floor Covering News

By Steven Feldman A recent article in the Wall Street Journal included vinylflooring as one of the top 20 products imported from China in 2017. According to the article, vinyl flooring, in the 13th spot, accounted for $1.78 billion in import value and the top 20 products collectively listed accounted for $75 billion in import value. […]. The post Exclusive to FCNews: Mohawk—Domestic manufacturing is good for the flooring industry appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Best Baby Glam Pieces From the New PB Modern Baby Line

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Fashionistas and design purists, rejoice! PB Modern Baby , Pottery Barn’s anxiously awaited line of high-glamour baby furnishings, is now available online and in select stores. If black and white (instead of pink or baby blue) are what you envision for your baby’s nursery, check out these PB Modern Baby accessories and the line’s five collections: PB Modern Baby accessories and gifts Hip Modern collection A hip mix of retro, mid-century and modern pieces that grow with your bab

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Flexco partners with Apollo Distributing Company

Floor Covering News

Tuscumbia, Ala.—Flexco has added Apollo Distributing Company as its newest distributor partner in the Northeast. Apollo Distributing Company, based in Fairfield, N.J., is carrying the full Flexco product line of resilient flooring, wall base and accessories to its distribution network in the New York City metropolitan area, Long Island, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut. […].

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Effectively Responding to a Patent Examiner's Opinion of Obviousness

Ceramic Industry Magazine

When I take my car to the shop these days, the “tech” mechanic hooks it up to a computer and the analysis system displays the exact status of all the onboard system elements. When I apply for a patent, one of 9,000 patent examiners formulates their own written opinion of why they believe my invention is obvious and not patentable.

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Built Brings on Fieldwire to Achieve Greater Productivity in Field

The A to Z of Building

Fieldwire, a leading construction field management solution, announced today that Built, one of Australia’s largest and fastest growing private construction groups, has chosen Fieldwire’s.

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4K Ultra-HD TVs Propel Flat Panel TV Market to New Heights

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market.

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Aesthetic Assonance

Diary of a Tile Addict

Aqua Maximum by Fiandre. If any further evidence was needed that worktop and furniture applications of XXL tiles will move centre stage at Cersaie 2018, Tile Addict draws readers attention to the Aqua Maximum collection by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces, a brand of the Iris Ceramica Group. Aqua Maximum by Fiandre. One of the leaders in the production of high-end full-body porcelain stoneware, Fiandre presented Aqua Maximum at the last Salone del Mobile in Milan.

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4K Ultra-HD TVs Propels Flat Panel TV Market to New Heights

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market.

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CHARLES ROSS & SON CO.: Triple-Shaft Mixer with Custom Discharge System

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Charles Ross & Son Co. recently introduced a new mixing and discharging turnkey system capable of extruding finished product into strands.

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Dog Days, Lead Zirconate Titanate and Piezo Transducers

Ceramic Industry Magazine

A few months ago, my daughter started talking about getting another dog.

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