March, 2012

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For Your Next Remodel, Ditch the Home Depot Ceramic Tiles for These

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'Anyone who follows the ceramic tile game—I mean seriously follow it—knows the Europeans have been killing the texture trend for years. American companies are just now starting to catch up, but the Europeans have us beat by a mile. I mean … Continue reading → Bath Products Tiles Ann Sacks Artistic Tile Ceramic Ceramic Tile Clayhaus Ceramic Handmade Ceramic Wall Tile Heath Ceramic Portland Cement Co.

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From Clothes to Tile: The Story of Tile Doctor

Tile Magazine

'Innovation is an interesting thing and it comes in many different forms. The definition of innovation involves the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies and ideas.

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From Clothes to Tile: The Story of The Tile Doctor

Tile Doctor

'Innovation is an interesting thing and it comes in many different forms. The definition of innovation involves the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies and ideas. Innovation also comes in the form of applying something that already exists to a use that nobody has thought of.

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NY Trip

The Tile Shop

'Lauren and I just returned from our trip out east to New York. We visited the new store in Commack (on Long Island) and went into the city for some design inspiration at the NYC Design Center. We had a great trip! Here are some photos from our new store in Commack- it really turned out nice: The Dale bathroom- Marquina Matte ceramice with the new Silverthorne mosaics and Antransit porcelain on the floor: The Silas- Copper Rust Slate with our new Aspen slate/glass mosaics: The Montana- Grecia Be

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Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos: Ceramic tiles on.

Mosaicos

'Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos. about tiles - mainly about patterned floor tiles made either of cement or clay. Pages. Home. About. Thursday, March 29, 2012. Ceramic tiles on the underside of balconies. In addition to my last post and as reply to the comment of Lundy from Villa Lagoon Tiles, I show you some more photos of Cocentaina: Als Zusatz zu meinem letzten Post und als Antwort auf den Kommentar von Lundy von Villa Lagoon Tiles zeige ich euch noch mehr Fotos aus Cocentai

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Ceramictec - 2×4 Tumbled Travertine Back Splash with Glass Tile.

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Hot Little Batches of ModDotz Porcelain Penny Round Tiles

Making Tile Modern

'ModDotz™ Porcelain Penny Rounds are one of our favorite tile lines, and some of our best selling products. These little Dotz™ are so fun; they make any space POP with their bubbly, cute and curvy texture! We order small, artisan batches of these tiles in colors we think are hot at the moment and these little puppies usually sell out pretty quickly.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Introducing Todd Vendituoli

Kitchen and Residential Design

'Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Pages. Home. About Me. Contact. My Work. My Store. Social Media Training. 15 March 2012. Introducing Todd Vendituoli. Posted by Todd Vendituoli. at 8:10 AM. Hello everyone, My name is Todd Vendituoli and you may have seen me in various places around such as Twitter, Facebook and many other venues.

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Fab Floor

The Tile Shop

'I like the way they used four tiles to create the color blocks in this black and white floor:'

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Best Way To Cut Glass Tile | Confessions Of A Tile Setter

How to Floor Tile

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Cupboards Kitchen and Bath: Personal and Financial Benefits to.

Discerning Design

'Saturday, March 24, 2012. Personal and Financial Benefits to Spring Cleaning. The first day of Spring was this past Tuesday. Spring cleaning should be on your agenda(I try to do mine in stages. keeps me motivated). Here are some great tips and tricks on what to do for this years big spring clean-out! Posted by. Nick Lovelady. at. 5:30 AM. Email This BlogThis!

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Rex Ray Tiles + Typography + Steampunk — We’re Feeling It

Making Tile Modern

'Our Rex Ray Studio TYPE 4×12 glass subway tiles are getting a lot of attention these days! In fact, we’ve got a new batch of these typography-inspired hot commodities in production right now. And we also noticed they kind of fit into another cool craze: the Steampunk Aesthetic. Check out a few of the Steampunk pix we’ve gathered– yeah, we’re into it.

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Time2Design: Decorate with Found objects!

Time2Design

'PAGES. Home. SLIDESHOW. FOLLOW. CONTACT. ABOUT. NEWS. Decorate with Found objects! I want to take a moment to thank Jessica, for providing Time2Design with the following guest post. The article has great examples of found object decorating and re-purposing. Creating decorative & functional objects out of found objects is something I love to do and I know our readers will enjoy learning more about.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Installing kitchen cabinets

Kitchen and Residential Design

'Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Pages. Home. About Me. Contact. My Work. My Store. Social Media Training. 29 March 2012. Installing kitchen cabinets. Posted by Todd Vendituoli. at 6:00 AM. The kitchen cabinets were ordered and have arrived. Now its time to install them and in most cases some advanced planing is required.

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Cement tiles in Cocentaina - Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos

Mosaicos

'Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos. about tiles - mainly about patterned floor tiles made either of cement or clay. Pages. Home. About. Monday, March 19, 2012. Cement tiles in Cocentaina. During this week I am staying in Cocentaina (Province of Alicante). More about my stay there in my other blog. Here I just wanted to show, that cement tiles are also known.

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Porcelain Tile Repair Tip | Confessions Of A Tile Setter

How to Floor Tile

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WordlessWednesday - Were You Mean to the Plumber?

Discerning Design

'Wednesday, March 21, 2012. #WordlessWednesday - Were You Mean to the Plumber? Ouch. Posted by. Nick Lovelady. at. 5:30 AM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Labels: Funny , Home Imporvement , Plumbing. 7 comments: Amy Good March 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM Oh my.and they paid the contractor? Reply Delete Replies Nick @ Cupboards March 21, 2012 at 1:02 PM Not sure, Amy.

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A Call to Color Lovers: Please Help Us Choose Our New Rex Ray Ceramic Colors!

Making Tile Modern

'Ok, it’s game time. We need your opinion and we need it now! =). Please help us select the best colors for our new Rex Ray Studio Ceramic tiles. We’ve provided a few choices below and we’d love to get your take on them! We’re sharing these babies on our Facebook page where you can “vote” for your favorite option.

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Time2Design: Bamboo | Cabinetry | Green With Style

Time2Design

'PAGES. Home. SLIDESHOW. FOLLOW. CONTACT. ABOUT. NEWS. Bamboo | Cabinetry | Green With Style. Bamboo allows you to be Green With Style for all of your cabinetry needs. Kitchens, Bathrooms, Entertainment Centers, custom built-ins. As a DeWils authorized Dealer, I am over the moon thrilled with the door style choices and the multiple stain finishes that DeWils has created.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Cookies: a Blog Off post

Kitchen and Residential Design

'Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Pages. Home. About Me. Contact. My Work. My Store. Social Media Training. 27 March 2012. Cookies: a Blog Off post. Posted by Paul Anater. at 6:00 AM. Every two weeks, the blogosphere comes alive when bloggers of all stripes weigh in on the same topic in something called a Blog Off.

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Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos: Modern Design

Mosaicos

'Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos. about tiles - mainly about patterned floor tiles made either of cement or clay. Pages. Home. About. Friday, March 9, 2012. Modern Design. A friend has sent me this link , which I thought you might enjoy as well! Ein Freund hat mir diesen link geschickt. Ich denke diese modernen Muster sind auch sehr intressant!

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Must-See Lighting Week 2012, Day 1: The Highly Creative SHY Light by Bec Brittain

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'Last year I brought you an entire week of cool tile introductions and brands you should know, and it proved popular with our readers (we’re preparing Tile Week 2012, which is coming up in April).

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Cupboards Kitchen and Bath: Kitchen Funnies - May I Have Some.

Discerning Design

'Friday, March 30, 2012. Kitchen Funnies - May I Have Some Coffee? "Hey Sharon, mind if I grab a cup of coffee?". "You bet! Let me grab this laundry and Ill be right there.". "No rush. Ill make you a.". "WAIT! Do NOT use my favorite cup!". *Wait, what!?*. via. Think kitchen designers have never had to design around a collection? Think again. This post would be longer but I have to run to the dish store.

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Have A Little HOPE: modwalls work with our community

Making Tile Modern

'We believe that everyone in the world has the right to feel fulfilled and know that their work serves a purpose. From day 1 it has been one of our business goals to help employ those who may not otherwise have work that is readily available to them. Since 2005 we have contracted with Hope Services to produce modwalls® Brio® custom glass mosaic tile blends in a local workshop for their developmentally disabled adult clients.

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Photos of Antique Mexican Cement Tiles

Cement Style

'We visited Mexico and while there we took snapshots of shop and office cement tile floors as we strolled around. Amazing cement tiles were everywhere. Often times the office personal or shop keepers would invite us in for better photos. Everyone was proud of their historic tiles…well, not everyone. Some shops had covered over their tiles with cheap ‘modern’ flooring, which usually was not holding up nearly as well as the old tiles.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Notes from New Orleans and the.

Kitchen and Residential Design

'Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Pages. Home. About Me. Contact. My Work. My Store. Social Media Training. 10 March 2012. Notes from New Orleans and the cities of the dead. Posted by Paul Anater. at 2:44 PM. One of these days Ill get back to writing about kitchen and bath design but in the meantime, Im going to continue to write about whatever comes to mind.

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From Clothes to Tile: The Story of Tile Doctor

Floor Trends Magazine

'Innovation is an interesting thing and it comes in many different forms. The definition of innovation involves the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies and ideas.

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pitcher and cup set

ModCraft

'Perfect for keeping summer beverages cold, this stoneware pitcher is accompanied by a 4 cup set. Cool and smooth in the hand. Details: Pitcher-. -Stoneware/white glaze inside and out. -11? tall, 7? diameter at top. -4″ at neck/handle. Cups-. -Stoneware/white glaze inside and off white outside. -4″ tall, 3.5″ diameter. -Handmade in New York. $145.00 plus shipping.

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Cupboards Kitchen and Bath: It's Fix a Leak Week!

Discerning Design

'Friday, March 16, 2012. Its Fix a Leak Week! This is the annual Fix a Leak week sponsored by WaterSense (an EPA partnership) where homeowners are encouraged to do some minor household repairs to take care of any wasted water. Everything WaterSense shares is good stuff, but rarely do people understand the magnitude of a leak(even a small one). This is one of the best illustrations on what an even tiny leak can add up to!

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Modwalls Tile in Katie Brown’s Gorgeous Amagansett Home – Final Edition!

Making Tile Modern

'Today we’re rolling out the last set of photos we have from Katie Brown’s lovely little Amagansett gem of a home. This place is SO CUTE! When it came time to renovate & revamp her Hamptons residence, Katie choose to use modwalls® tile for every bathroom and her kitchen… sweet! We first shared her seriously beautiful master bathroom, which features our Lush® 3×6 Driftwood glass subway tile (check out all of the photos on our previous post here ).

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Ikat Underfoot

Cement Style

'The word “ ikat ” means “to bind.” It is a very ancient way of creating designs in fabric by resist-dyeing the threads before the fabric is woven. The resulting fabric has a soft zig-zag edge where colors change. . Our new Ikat Tiles reflect this popular look in a mix and match set of four patterns. . Create an exotic tropical look using our Ikat Tiles wall to wall or visualize a woven rug by combining central pattern tiles with border tiles. .

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Anthroplogie continues to offend

Kitchen and Residential Design

'Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Pages. Home. About Me. Contact. My Work. My Store. Social Media Training. 11 March 2012. Anthroplogie continues to offend. Posted by Paul Anater. at 6:00 AM. I walked past an Anthropologie store in New Orleans this week and was mortified to see their store windows decked out in some bad reproductions of Mark Rothkos work and they were calling it and their new collection as "Abstract Expressionism.".

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From Clothes to Tile: The Story of Tile Doctor

Floor Trends Magazine

'Innovation is an interesting thing and it comes in many different forms. The definition of innovation involves the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies and ideas.

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Porcelain Pendant – The Boss

ModCraft

'Dimensions: 12″ wide x 12″ tall. Lamp includes: -Translucent porcelain body. -Clear gloss glazed. -Medium Base socket. -White cord-set with white canopy. -Includes (1) 75 watt equivalent /5500k CFL. -Available in non-glazed porcelain. -Handmade in New York. $725 plus shipping.

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Cupboards Kitchen and Bath: 7 Lucky Facts About St. Patrick's Day

Discerning Design

'Saturday, March 17, 2012. 7 Lucky Facts About St. Patricks Day. St. Patricks Day is here! Better have on your green or somebody will pinch you! Posted by. Nick Lovelady. at. 5:30 AM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Labels: Holiday , st. patrick's day. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Inspired By…. Tasty Treats

Making Tile Modern

'Today’s tile was inspired by our “cheat day” =-D. On the left is a yummy snack and on the right is our Brio® Rocky Road 3/4″ glass mosaic tile blend. This delish mosaic snack is just $5.95 per 1.15 square foot sheet. Mmmmmmm! Nom nom nom nom. color Food Fun Stuff Glass Mosaic Tile inspired by architecture backsplash tile bathroom tile brown mosaic tile brown tile budget tile cheap tile cheat day chocolate chocolate tile colorful tile design designer tile discount tile D

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Great Day for Up !

Cement Style

'Cement tile enthusiast Susanna, living in Sevilla has a nice blog about discovering old cement tiles. Her latest post is about looking up at the undersides of balconies in to see the cement tiles which probably cover the top sides of the balconies too. Susanne was in Cocentaina (Province of Alicante) in Spain and took some interesting photos of some very old cement tile while she looked upward.

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