August, 2018

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Making a Bold Tile Statement

As The Tile Turns

You love to experiment with new tile trends - but that little voice in your head warns you that bold looks could quickly go out of style. Ideally, you can balance your love of statement tile with your desire for practicality and long-term style. Textured tile and stone provides such an opportunity, all while adding dimension to interior spaces. A versatile trend, texture can serve a variety of purposes and capture nearly any aesthetic you desire.

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Porcelain Paving Vs. Natural Stone

The London Tile Co.

It goes without saying that all paving materials will have pros and cons, but with porcelain fast becoming the material of choice for patios we wanted to see how it compares to another popular material: natural stone. The most common types of natural stone used for paving are sandstone, granite, slate and limestone – all of which have a beautiful natural look.

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The Color Game

Tile of Spain USA

Choosing the right colors is key to building the personality of a home. Playing with tones helps to create an identity for each room, allowing us to explore our creativity and create unique spaces. Spanish Ceramics offers a wide range of colors, and each season presents new color combinations for all tastes. From the most energetic tones, to the classic neutrals, polished textures and worn finishes.

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New Wood Flooring "VS" Your Pets, Who Will Win?

How to Floor Tile

Wood Flooring will lose. OK, you just installed you old worn out carpet with new warm wood or engineered wood flooring partially to make it easier to clean and eliminate some of the odors that can emanate from older carpet. Besides, you got a good deal on the material and installation. You have a couple large dogs one of which might be sort of active.

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Cool Kitchen Backsplashes to Whet Your Appetite

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The basic function of kitchen backsplashes is to prevent water, food and other types of liquids and solids from damaging the wall behind your kitchen counters. However, backsplashes can be both functional and stylish. There’s a dizzying array of styles to choose from, but we’re skipping the most popular backsplashes (since you’ve probably seen them anyway) so we can highlight some of the coolest options.

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Outdated Home Trends That Could Be Making A Comeback

Trendir Magazine

Some home décor trends are timeless, such as fireplaces and marble counters. But others can be quite baffling like using outdoor furniture indoors and/or popcorn ceilings. Just like fashion, home trends are always evolving and coming full circle- that is the case for these outdated home trends that are currently making a huge comeback. Wood Paneling If you have been eyeing having wood paneled walls yet do not want to make the full commitment having an accent paneled wall could be the way to go.

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Don’t Make Me Blush: The Pink Tiles Are Having a Moment

As The Tile Turns

Several trends made us sit up and take notice at the recent Salone de Mobile Milano. We were especially inspired by Artemest's Stranger Pinks event. It's just one example of the many contexts in which blush is having its moment in the sun. This beloved color was also a dominant force at the Cersaie tile exhibition as well as Coverings.

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The CID Awards Highlight Three Projects Featuring Tile of Spain

Tile of Spain USA

During the annual Coverings trade show, the Coverings Installation and Design Awards (CID Awards) honor outstanding work in both design and ceramic/stone installation around the world. Eligible projects are evaluated by an independent jury made up of construction professionals and specialists in the ceramic and stone industries. The event is attended by numerous design associations, designers, architects and companies.

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Porcelain, The Ultimate Outdoor Tile

Conestoga Tile Blog

Kasbah Museum. Tangier, Morocco. For nearly 6,000 years, ancient architects have incorporated ceramic tile in their building projects. Ceramic tile was used during the construction of buildings, walkways, and courtyards. In fact, its tough structure helped to make it a top material choice for outdoor tile projects 1000’s of years ago. Its tough exterior shows to stand the test of time through Italian, Turkish, African and Mexican cultures, where you can still find ceramic tile in mint cond

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Get Ready to Go Nuts Over These 4 Drool-Worthy 2018 Countertop Trends

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Many people think of the countertops in their kitchen as something of a workhorse. It’s a surface on which they can prepare a meal, eat or get work done during the day. They don’t give it much more thought, but they should. In reality, your countertops can be the artistic centerpiece of your kitchen – and we have the 2018 countertop trends to prove it.

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Stylish Mudroom Decor Ideas

Trendir Magazine

Filled with racks of shoes, coat hangers, and additional storage, the mudroom is essential in keeping a home free of clutter and organized. If you have been contemplating the idea of having a stylish space that is multifunctional, the following mudroom decorating ideas could help you create the perfect mudroom space. Rustic Bits Rustic decor is always a good idea when you want to have a charming touch that is chic and simple.

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Timeless and On Trend: Marble’s Well-Deserved Takeover

As The Tile Turns

The ultimate classic design, marble has evoked elegance for millennia. Ancient Greeks adored marble, to the point that the design prompted several of the society's most revered looks.

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How To Select the Right Trowel Notch To Obtain the Required Mortar Coverage

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

If you're in the tile business, you're surely aware how important it is to obtain the required mortar coverage. And, you've probably noticed that achieving that coverage has become more challenging as tile sizes and the diversity in tile types increases. Diversity is wonderful for enabling stunning tile installations. However, each of these products has different requirements in order to achieve the required mortar coverage, and that's where selecting the right trowel notch comes into play.

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Ceramic Cover for Côte d’Azur

Diary of a Tile Addict

New villa on the Côte d’Azur featuring tiles by Ceramiche Caesar. With its sunny beaches, breathtaking turquoise sea, and picturesque villages huddled on the mountains overlooking the Riviera, the Côte d’Azur is a magnet for lovers of the sea, the sun, beach life, and having fun. Its art galleries pay tribute to the masters of Impressionism, who drew inspiration from the bright colours of nature, the painted landscapes and the weather-scuplpted rocks.

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How to Choose the Right Kitchen Countertops

Kitchen and Residential Design

Did you know a major kitchen remodel, including new countertops, can give you an average return of 91% at resale ? In fact, homes with kitchens that are updated sell faster and the home dramatically increases in value. When it comes to homes, kitchens rule the roost. That’s because we spend so much of our lives in that room. And whether or not you’re planning to sell your home, a beautiful kitchen remodel will make your life better.

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5 Ways to Create the Perfect Spa Bathroom

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Spa days are a wonderful way to get away and relax. But they can get expensive, and it can be hard to carve out the time to head out to one. Luckily, there are several ways you can create a spa bathroom right in your own home. That way, every day can be a trip to the spa. You don’t have to take time out of your schedule to travel to a traditional spa or pay the hefty fees.

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Porcelain, The Ultimate Outdoor Tile

Conestoga Tile

Kasbah Museum. Tangier, Morocco. For nearly 6,000 years, ancient architects have incorporated ceramic tile in their building projects. Ceramic tile was used during the construction of buildings, walkways, and courtyards. In fact, its tough structure helped to make it a top material choice for outdoor tile projects 1000’s of years ago. Its tough exterior shows to stand the test of time through Italian, Turkish, African and Mexican cultures, where you can still find ceramic tile in mint cond

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Rubble Tile Presents: Fuse and the Murals Collection From Mosa

Rubble Tile

A mural is defined as a work of art executed directly onto a wall. That definition makes it clear why Mosa was inspired to name their new collection Murals, and we couldn’t agree more. Just like applying paint to a canvas, installing this delicately comprised.

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TCNA’s Marino Honored by ASTM for Contributions to Transformative Water Absorption Test Method

Ceramic Industry Magazine

ASTM International Committee C21 on Ceramic Whitewares and Related Products recently recognized Ryan Marino, standards development and research manager for the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), with an Award of Appreciation for his contributions to the revision of ASTM standard C373, a transformative contribution to water absorption testing and ceramic tile classification.

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Feature Floor Fashion

Diary of a Tile Addict

Laura Ashley Mr. Jones by British Ceramic Tile. Bold and bright, or discreet and understated; whatever the style, sales of feature floor tiles are on the up and outselling plain floor tiles, claims British Ceramic Tile. The brand has reported a 70% sales increase of patterned floor tile in retail channels over the last year (2017 to 2018), with its feature floor and designer collections proving a sure fire hit with consumers.

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*CUSTOM System Selected for Tile and Stone Orange County’s Two Tallest Towers*

CUSTOM Insights Blog

Irvine, Calif. is a high-tech economic powerhouse sometimes referred to as “Silicon Valley South.” This fast-growing city’s skyline was transformed by a pair of distinctive glass office towers located at Irvine’s Spectrum Center, an open-air retail and dining district. Each 323-foot tower creates a vertical business campus offering impressive 360 degree views of coastal Orange County and showcasing large format tile and stone on every floor.

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Little Design Luxuries to Consider for Your New Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. When designing a new home , it’s all about the details. While you’ll be busy picking out things like cabinets and wall treatments, it pays to think small. Even if you’re on a tight budget, there are little design luxuries that almost any homeowner can afford.

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Daltile offers easy tile demo solution, DemoFlex

Floor Covering News

Dallas—In its over 250 company-owned Sales Service Centers nationwide, Daltile is now selling Nue Tile DemoFlex underlayment to make removal of installed Daltile ceramic and porcelain tile fast, clean and easy. “DemoFlex self describes as an underlayment that makes tile removal 10 times faster,” said Jay Samber, senior director of installation product sales, Dal-Tile.

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Rubble Tile and Original Style Present: King’s Highway

Rubble Tile

In South Minneapolis, there is a 1930 Tudor house, with a hint of Mediterranean flavor, owned by the designer Carolyn Mitchell of Carolyn Mitchell Interiors. The house was in need of some design work and modernization before its 100th birthday came up. That’s where Original.

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Design Essentials For A Dreamy Bathroom

Trendir Magazine

Many may argue that the bathroom is one of the most personal rooms in a home, and others will argue that it isn’t. In our opinion, the bathroom is one of the best areas to decorate and personalize. The main reason being the bathroom can be transformed into numerous different things, especially if the room has the following essentials. The following design essentials will enhance your bathroom and give you the perfect, dreamy space.

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Italy Inspired

Diary of a Tile Addict

Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence by ZAS Architects. At Tile Addict our mission is to do everything we can to raise the profile of tiles and amplify the message that today’s porcelain and ceramic creation offer the most aesthetically varied and technically advanced surface solutions on the planet. Two key ways this message can reach and influence the world-wide A&D community and their clients, is via product awards and project-based design competitions.

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Yes, You Can Use Porcelain Tile in Industrial Style Interiors!

Giotile

Modern industrial interior design is about exposing all that lies beneath to achieve raw, edgy style. The industrial-chic aesthetic, which really took hold in the late 2000s, is still going strong a decade later. The style celebrates humble materials, infusing spaces with a weathered, worn quality that resonates with many.

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Fast Money: 7 Things to Consider Before Flipping New Construction

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Whether you’re addicted to house flipping shows on TV or you’ve flipped a home for profit in the past, you know it can be tricky. Flipping existing homes can come with unexpected twists, turns and structural issues. Renovations eat into your profit and can turn a sure thing into a total dud. One way to bypass the unexpected is flipping new construction.

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Turn Up the Music in Studio

Life of an Architect

Architecture and Music … they go together extremely well as music frequently fuels the creative process and there are few things I enjoy more than turning on some music and jamming out in the studio. Except I can’t do that … not really, because we have an open office plan and it’s already a lot louder than it should be without adding a driving bassline into the mix.

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Does Your Tile Slope To the Drain?

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

When you install tile in wet areas, do you ensure that everything slopes to the drain? If not, please read below. Let's consider showers. Showers can be a beautiful part of the bathroom especially when tile is part of the finished product. The beauty, though, will not be long lasting if the installation standards and best practices for tile installation are not followed.

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15 Bathrooms That Have Been Transformed With “Wood” Tile

Trendir Magazine

When you think of bathrooms, you don’t necessarily get a clear picture of wood accents in mind. Obviously, water and wood don’t play too nicely together. But, if you really want a rustic or farmhouse-inspired space, there are some tips and tricks – and inspiration – we have up our sleeves. These 15 bathrooms have been transformed with “wood” tile.

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Six Home Improvement Jobs to do Before You Sell

Kitchen and Residential Design

When the time finally comes to sell your home, you want it to be worth as much as possible. For this to happen, you’re likely going to need to make some improvements. But where to begin? Which areas of your home will return the most value? To help you out, here are six home improvement jobs that you should look into doing before you sell your home. Paint the Inside One of the first things you should do is paint the inside of your home.

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Beyond flooring: Daltile’s guide to getting into—and succeeding at—countertops

Floor Covering News

August 6/13, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 4 By Mara Bollettieri Opportunities abound for retailers looking to get into the countertop business. Research shows the U.S. slab market is estimated to be around $5 billion in sales, with half coming from quartz, porcelain and natural stone slabs. But in order to tap into this lucrative product […]. The post Beyond flooring: Daltile’s guide to getting into—and succeeding at—countertops appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Not Your Father’s Laminate: Check out These Woodgrain, Stone and Matte Finishes

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Laminate used to look cheap and cheesy. It was durable, but certainly not fashionable. However, times have changed, and now the material is much more realistic-looking. In fact, it can mimic many of your favorite materials, which makes it an excellent, inexpensive design choice. Whether you choose to implement it on floors, countertops or even walls, there’s sure to be a use for laminate in any room of your house.

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GE Aviation Asheville Facility Delivers 25,000th Ceramic Matrix Composite Component

Ceramic Industry Magazine

GE Aviation Asheville, producer of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components for commercial aviation applications, recently celebrated the delivery of its 25,000th CFM International LEAP engine turbine shroud.

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Coverings CG Villa Features Beautiful Tile Tiny Home Solution

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

When it comes to combining tile with a tiny home, you need a solution that is beautiful, functional, and makes the space feel as big as possible. Rita Carson Guest of Carson Guest Interior Design took her inspiration for the Coverings Installation Design Showcase (IDS) tiny home from the Crossville Tile she chose, and which the expert installers from J&R Tile brought to life in the CG Villa of Coverings 2018.

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10 Spaces That Prove Plaid Is Definitely Back

Trendir Magazine

Plaid may seem like the perfect winter décor due to its cozy aesthetics, but it’s actually quite the opposite the bold print works all year round and it’s officially making a comeback. Here are fresh new ways to incorporate the charming print throughout your home. Kitchen Floors If you have a simple, minimalist kitchen and need something to upgrade the look of it a plaid flooring is perfect.

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