April, 2016

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The best cleaning products for your bathroom

As The Tile Turns

Is dirty grout and tile in your bathroom cramping your style? You’re not the only one. Between all the self-proclaimed tile cleaning products and grout cleaning products on the market, it’s hard to know which ones are really the best cleaning products for your bathroom. This article discusses several ways you can clean the stone tile and grout in your bathroom.

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Tile of Spain at Coverings 2016: New Product Innovations and Trends

Tile of Spain USA

Tile of Spain , the international brand representing 125 ceramic tile manufacturers belonging to the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association (ASCER), is pleased to exhibit new product innovations and trends from Spanish tile manufacturers at Coverings 2016 : The Global Tile & Stone Experience. Coverings, North America’s largest tile and stone exhibition, returns to Chicago, Illinois to showcase unique product innovations and emerging market trends.

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Tiles in Disguise: Wood, Brick & Natural Stone Effect Tiles

The London Tile Co.

Tiles have been a traditional covering for walls and floors for hundreds of years, and while many interior trends have come and gone, tiles are still one of the most popular choices for kitchens and bathrooms. The latest innovations in the tile manufacturing industry mean that tiles are more popular than ever, thanks to the designs available and the benefits they provide over other materials.

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COVERINGS 2016 CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING PROVIDES COMPETITIVE EDGE THROUGH LEADING INDUSTRY SPEAKERS

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

(ALEXANDRIA, VA— March 31, 2016) Coverings , the largest global tile & stone exposition in North America, has scheduled an exceptionally comprehensive conference program of notable and respected speakers to present on a number of topics at the forefront of industry conversation. The 2016 conference program will be comprised of more than 70sessions, addressing a broad range of crucial topics facing the tile and stone industry, when the show takes place April 18-21, 2016 at McCormick Place in

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Coverings 2016 – Top U.S. Tile Trends

JG Kitchens

Coverings is the tile industry’s largest North American trade show. I didn’t get to go this year, but thanks to modern technology, I can still share fabulous photos and top trends from the event I’ve enjoyed attending numerous times before. Here’s my latest Pinterest Board with the best of Coverings 2016. Wood-look tiles are still a strong trend.

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Meet Marcos & Melanie of Granada Tile on Monday at Coverings in Chicago

Granada Tile

Granada Tiles will be at the Covering Trade Show , THE global tile and stone experience starting this coming Monday, April 18 and running through Thursday, April 21st. Find us at Booth #8719. . We’ll be debuting our new line of cement tiles designed by award-winning designer Paul Schatz (check out the look book here) as well as showing off some designs that are not on our website like the Hex concrete tiles seen at Otium at The Broad Museum in Los Angeles above, and our line of geometric

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Swim with the Stream

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

Beautiful and timeless, Stream is a stunning porcelain tile that perfectly replicates the look of natural veined travertine. Perfect for both residential and commercial spaces that demand classic finishes with contemporary standards. Available in six colors including Beige, Brown, Dark Grey, Grey, Taupe and White in both 12″x24″ and 24″x24″ Special order, 2 – 3 weeks.

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Perfect Patterns: Subway Tile Layout Ideas

The London Tile Co.

Subway, metro, brick – whatever you call them, these tiles are one of the most popular choices for kitchens and bathrooms. Available in a range of colours and designs, subway tiles are easy to lay and look great in both large and small spaces. The layout you choose can make a huge difference to the way your tiles look, so we’ve put together a visual guide to help you decide which is best for you.

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If You Don’t Know Your Numbers, You Don’t Know Your Business

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

CTDA Wants You To Know. CTDA Home | Contact Us. If You Don’t Know Your Numbers, You Don’t Know Your Business. As of today, PPG has not received the CTDA PROFIT Survey from your company. The due date for the CTDA PROFIT Survey has been extended to April 30. Don’t miss out on this valuable CTDA member benefit! The 2016 CTDA PROFIT Survey provides two key sets of numbers that you can’t get anywhere else: 1.

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New Shape In American Made Ceramic Tile: The Wedge By Modwalls

Making Tile Modern

Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. THE WEDGE IS HERE! Our exclusive new American made addition to our Kiln Ceramic Tile collection. The Wedge is available to order in 75 glossy and matte colors. Shown: Milk, Splash, Limoncello and Brine. Buy online or order samples at Modwalls. “Live Your Colors”.

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Granada Tiles Calais Cement Tiles On The Cover Of House Beautiful

Granada Tile

Talk about a wonderful way to head into the weekend and start the spring! We were cemented to discover, while running through the airport on the way to the Coverings Show in Chicago, that a project by interior design Summer Thornton featuring our Calais cement tile design, had made the cover of the May 2016 issue of House Beautiful! This stunning outdoor living room space, with its focal wall of our Calais cement tiles surrounding an outdoor fireplace, sets the stage for a summer of magical l

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40 Stunning Luxury Bathrooms with Incredible Views

Trendir Magazine

There are rooms with a view, and then there are bathrooms with a view. What better way to bathe or shower? We've collected 40 of the most stunning, most luxurious bathrooms with incredible vistas if we do say so ourselves. We've got ocean, mountain, treetops, river and desert views. And all of the bathrooms are pretty spectacular themselves. Just imagine sinking deep into a relaxing tub, maybe a candle or two, a good book, a glass of wine?

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Tile of Spain wins at CID Awards 2016

Tile of Spain USA

Tile of Spain project named International Tile Design winner at Coverings 2016 CID Awards. Spanish tile was an integral part of the winning project in the International Tile Design category at the 2016 Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards , a program that honors outstanding design and installation of tile and stone in residential, commercial, sustainable and international projects.

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Designer Tip: How to Decorate with Color

Conestoga Tile Blog

Decorating with color can often times feel overwhelming. Even if you know what color scheme you want to use, it can be difficult knowing how much color to use and where to apply it. There is a general rule of thumb that designers use. It is the 60-30-10 ratio for color usage. Find out how to put this helpful ratio to use! Basically the main color should be used approximately 60% throughout the interior.

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Diving in to the Pool House Bath

The Perfect Bath

With summer coming soon, let me say this: I love pool houses. While it’s generally contained within a small footprint, a modern-day pool house feels like an extension of your home, down to the architectural cues. It provides a casual place to entertain or hang out in a bathing suit, and of course is great for showering after a refreshing swim.

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Need Some Eichler Inspiration?

Making Tile Modern

Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. Eichler Homes are distinctively known for their amazing Mid-Century modern style (which is probably why we and so many others still love them so much)!!! Little Eichler history (per Wikipedia): Between 1950 and 1974, Joseph Eichler’s company, Eichler Homes, built over 11,000 homes in nine communities in Northern and Southern California.

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Granada Tile Badajoz Cement Tile In A Kitchen On Houzz

Granada Tile

There’s something about our Badajoz cement tile used as kitchen floor tile that always makes us sit up and take notice. Like this kitchen from Apartment Therapy and this Portland kitchen by interior designer Jessica Helgerson that just keeps gathering steam, this tile pattern stops people in their tracks. Certainly, we were floored when we spotted this project on Houzz.

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Adex Neri and Studio Update

Garden State Tile Blog

Garden State Tile’s best selling ceramic wall tile series has been given a complete make-over. New to the Neri series are: two glossy colors (Sierra Sand and Silver Mist), 6” flat arabesque tile, and three hand-painte. d decoratives (White Madeira, Bone Maderia, Bone Kubik). The modern and cool Studio series now includes four more sizes — 2″ x 8″, 6″ beveled arabesque, beveled half arabesque, and beveled tear drop.

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Inalco wins Best Booth at Coverings 2016

Tile of Spain USA

Congratulations to Spanish tile manufacturer Inalco. Their booth is one of the honorees in this year’s Best Booth Awards given out at Coverings 2016 held at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. Judges selected honorees from exhibitors from more than 40 countries. Inalco created a comfortable residential experience with an open user flow that welcomed attendees into their space.

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Avoid Common Design Mistakes

Conestoga Tile Blog

When decorating it is easy to become influenced by others. However this perpetuates design mistakes that have been made for years. Find out what mistakes to avoid making. Grouping items in pairs is nice in theory, but looks underwhelming. It is actually better to group items is odd numbers as opposed to even numbers. Aim to have items in groups of three or five, as opposed to two or four.

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Today’s mood: something bright on a foggy day. Clockwise from.

Heath Ceramics

Today’s mood: something bright on a foggy day. Clockwise from top left: Klippan Tray (yellow in showrooms only) / Fawn/Cocoa dinner plate / Birch salad plate / Heath Kids bowl in Zest Yellow / Public Supply and Gold Teeth notebooks (showrooms only) / Heath Tile samples in various glazes / Skinny laMinx tea towel (pattern shown in showrooms only) / Gossamer 6 x 9 Tray / Lemongrass Bud Vase.

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Tile for the People!

Making Tile Modern

Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. Tile for the People! We say that a lot here at Modwalls. We started the company for people just like ourselves. People doing home building or remodeling, who want special touches and a sense of their own uniqueness in their surroundings. That’s also why we created our online tile blender. You can mix and blend over 80 glass mosaic tile colors into your own personalized tile blend.

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Tips For Choosing The Best Grout Color For Your New Granada Tile Cement Tiles

Granada Tile

Now that you’ve received your Granada Tile cement tile, it’s time to install it. Before you do, there’s one other thing to think about: what color grout should you choose? This article on InsideOut walks you through the pros and cons of picking. Complementary, contrasting or colorful, which should you choose? Many of our most popular concrete tile designs, like our Cluny concrete tile , our Badajoz cement tile , our Fez encaustic tile in blue and white and in black and whi

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ARDEX Academy Training…En Espanol!

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

Twenty installers from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Puerto Rico recently attended ARDEX Tile and Stone, Moisture Control, Underlayments and Designer Floor training seminars. The next ARDEX Academy Spanish tiling training is May 9-10 in Stockton, CA. Click to register!

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GIO Looks at Tile and Sustainability on Earth Day

Giotile

Tile is Inherently Green Ceramic, or porcelain, tile is inherently green and an important part of sustainable construction. The all- natural materials have a number of environmental attributes that make it a great choice for eco-conscious specifiers: Because it is fired at very high temperatures, ceramic tile inherently has no VOC emissions.

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Tile Accents

Conestoga Tile Blog

If you want an interesting accent wall consider tiling the entire wall. This looks especially great in bathrooms and kitchens. One of tile’s greatest properties is being water resistant, making it an excellent selection for these two spaces. However, tile accent walls are not only for the bathroom and kitchen. They add a surprising design element to any room.

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Products for the Great Outdoors - Visionaire and Garden

ISC Surfaces

With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about outdoor projects again. Here are some great products for decks, patios, pools, and other outdoor spaces. American Olean Visionaire Peaceful Sea Nothing catches the eye and captures the imagination quite like the beauty of glass mosaic. American Olean’s Visionaire collection offers beautiful glass mosaics that look equally at home in both commercial and residential settings.

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Making a real SPLASH!!! Kitchen Before & After via TheKitchn.com

Making Tile Modern

Here is a link to the American made Splash blue ceramic subway tile installed in this kitchen: https://www.modwalls.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=splash. Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. Great article by thekitchn.com featuring our very own Clayhaus for modwalls® 2″x 8″ Splash Subway Tile. See the amazing transformation below or view the original article here.

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Another Unexpected Way To Use Granada Cement Tile In Your Home

Granada Tile

As an article in House & Home points out, “Laying out bold tile underfoot never fails to make a statement. It’s also an easy way to add personality and pattern to clean-lined, mostly-white spaces.” Granada Tile’s cement tile, which comes in patterns and color to suit any style from modern to traditional, can make a simple space your own.

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#FlexBoneFriday Feature: Monticello Tile & Stone, LLC

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

Tile Installer Charles Fomby of Monticello Tile & Stone, LLC used ARDEX 720™ FLEXBONE® Floating Uncoupling Membrane for a residential kitchen in Pittsburgh, PA. After the mat was laid, tiles were installed using ARDEX X 78 ™ MICROTEC® Semi-Pourable Tile and Stone Mortar and ARDEX FL ™Rapid Set, Flexible, Sanded Grout. Here is what Charles had to say about the products: “ARDEX UI 720 FLEXBONE is revolutionary and ABSOLUTELY amazing!

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Glaze 101: Gettin’ Experimental

Heath Ceramics

We’ve always got glaze on our minds over here. In the development process of creating new glazes, like we do for our Seasonal Collections, we end up making many glazes that never (yet!) hit the sales floors. We often start by looking at previous line blends, which are ceramic test strips showing six variations of one glaze formula (i.e., progressively lighter or darker, or with more or less yellow, green, etc.).

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Choosing Glass Tiles

Garden State Tile Blog

Glass tiles could be the perfect way to spruce up any home. They are decorative, durable, and produce an attractive look that can match any design. However, deciding what type of tile you should use for each room can be difficult. You obviously want to choose a color that matches the rest of the décor in your home, but what else should you consider?

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Contemporary Add-On Transforms This Dutch 50s Farmhouse

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Located in a village in Aalten, Netherlands, this 50s farmhouse’s renovation is a contemporary blend of the traditional and the modern. Bureau Fraai updated the interiors in the main living area, and created an add-on living space that incorporates the old barn next to the house. Surprising building materials and creative architectural elements make the new addition a standout: “While the existing barn was built from bricks and ceramic roof tiles, the extension’s façade and roo

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Making a real SPLASH!!! Kitchen Before & After via TheKitchn.com

Making Tile Modern

Here is a link to the American made Splash blue ceramic subway tile installed in this kitchen: https://www.modwalls.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=splash. Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. Great article by thekitchn.com featuring our very own Clayhaus for modwalls® 2″x 8″ Splash Subway Tile. See the amazing transformation below or view the original article here.

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Beyond Kitchen Tile and Bathroom Tile: Use Granada Tile Cement Tile All Over Your Home

Granada Tile

Bathroom floor tile, kitchen backsplash tile, patio tile — these are the expected ways to bring the beautiful designs and colors of cement tile into your home. But, as concrete tile lovers, we’re always looking for a place in our homes that would benefit from the beauty of cement tile. A recent article on HGtv suggests ways to bring it into all parts of your house. .

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A Spring Kitchen Refresh

The Perfect Bath

In much the same way that the bath needs a once-a-year overhaul, the kitchen is usually in need of a similar tune up. As the seasons change, I feel like it’s the right time to suggest a few simple fixes with big impact in both design and function. Recently, I decided to look at all of the pots in my pot cabinet. I realized that there were a number that I had not used in several years and the likelihood that I would recreate the dishes they were purchased for is probably zero.

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Glaze 101: The Basic Recipe

Heath Ceramics

At Heath, we proudly offer dinnerware in a beautiful range of colors and finishes that make it easy to personalize your own set. Ever wondered how we get that rainbow? We love our glaze here at Heath, and we always say we could write a book about each of them. But what is glaze, and how do we make it? (You might’ve read our read our recent post on tile glaze and, while there’s some overlap, dinnerware has its own story to tell.