February, 2014

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CEVISAMA 2014: What a sight!

Tile of Spain USA

'We’ll have a complete review of the sights of CEVISAMA 2014 in the coming weeks. Nearly 700 brands from 40 countries exhibited at the show. It was quite the sight! In the meantime, here’s a look at some of our favorite tiles showcased by Spanish ceramic tile manufacturers at the February 2014 show in Valencia, Spain. Details from Keraben.

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Royale Collection Displays

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

'Royale Collection is an extraordinary collection unlike any other. Combining exquisite mosaics of marbles, slates, mother of pearl and metallics and creating a timeless collection fit for a queen! Seven groupings coordinated to create a myriad of accents like shimmering jewels. Each display holds 14-6”x13” boards, 25 current boards in total, so either one display or two, you can mix and match to accommodate your customers’ preferences.

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Avente Tile Talk: Designing with Tile: Fireplaces & Hearths

Tile Talk

'Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Designing with Tile: Fireplaces & Hearths. An ever-increasing back-to-basics philosophy is leading homeowners towards the path of refreshing and renewing the look of their living areas. Be it a fresh coat of paint, updated flooring, dramatic lighting, and so on, the need for a soothing environment trumps even the most prudent of budgets.

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Installation Equation: Fez in the Desert

Granada Tile

'This time of year, snowbirds are flocking to desert locales—Phoenix, Scottsdale, Palm Springs—drawn by the promise of warmth and, this year, a break from the frigid Polar Vortex. If you happen to be one of them and find yourself in Palm Springs, then you need to check out the Hard Rock Hotel there, the newest addition to the Hard Rock family. It also happens to boast a must-see cement tile installation featuring Granada Tile ‘s own Echo Collection ‘s Fez cement tile design.

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Designing a Backsplash with Glass Tile? Choose Starlike® for the Best Backsplash Grout | Tile Doctor

Tile Doctor

'Functional and Aesthetically Pleasing Backsplash Glass Tile Grout? Yes, it does exist. For homeowners creating a backsplash, glass tile is a well-liked, striking option. Glass tile is available in a seemingly endless variety of colors and styles, allowing the expression of personal style to really shine. However, to.

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3Q 2013 U.S. Ceramic Tile Industry Update

The Tile Council of North America Blog

'Economic Overview. Bolstered by the improving housing market, the U.S. economy and ceramic tile industry continued to expand in 3Q 2013. U.S. unemployment continued to steadily decline through 3Q. As of Sept. the rate was at7.2%, down from 7.8% in Sept. 2012 (source: Bureau of Labor Statistics). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, new home starts in Sept. were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of873,000 units, up 2.2% from Sept. 2012.

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Tile of Spain Quick Ship Collection Captivates with Museum Series

Tile of Spain USA

'The Tile of Spain Quick Ship Collection brings museum inspired design and artistic flair with the Museum Collection by Alttoglass. Stunning tiles made from the highest quality aluminum, will inspire any kitchen with the captivating tile display. Part of the stunning Museum Collection is the Moma design tile. Sleek, modern with geometrical shapes, the aluminum tile graces rooms with an avant-garde sophisticated design appeal that embraces beauty and art at its very best.

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Avente Tile Talk: Tile Fireplace Design Tips

Tile Talk

'Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Tile Fireplace Design Tips. — Written by Bill Buyok , Avente Tile As February comes to a close, so does this month’s focus on tiled hearths and fireplaces. Today I will share three tips that can help you achieve the best design for your tiled fireplace. Tile will dramatically alter the look of a fireplace and improve a room’s look and character for a modest cost.

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Breaking News: What’s New with Cement Tile in Print and Online

Granada Tile

'The Pacific Northwest is synonymous with coffee—some great brews come from the upper left corner of the United States. If you happen to be in Olympia, Washington, near Seattle, be sure to pay a visit to Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. , an award-winning micro-roaster with three locations around the city. Of course, we wouldn’t just be telling you about the place if not for one other, very important detail: The company’s newest outpost just so happens to feature a stunning wall installat

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Interview with Atlanta General Contractor Todd DiFiore

Tile Doctor

'At Tile Doctor, we’re on a mission: to promote contractors, designers, and industry professionals who support our vision of providing innovative solutions and products to homeowners. Today we’re proud to feature Todd DiFiore, owner of Creating Space, a general contracting company in North Metro Atlanta. Let’s welcome Todd as.

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FLORIM USA INTRODUCES PIETRA ROMANA and PIER

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

'Florim USA has introduced its Pietra Romana Collection to North America. Beautiful porcelain tile for both residential and commercial applications, with the “look” of natural travertine found in yesterday’s, today’s and tomorrow’s Rome. Offered in four stunning colors, Avorio, Dark Grey, Noce and Silver, Pietra Romana may be selected in the following large format modular sizes: 18 x 36, 6 x 36, 12 x 24, 18 x 18 and 3 x12.

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Coverings 2014 Kicks Off Tile + Stone Photo Sweepstakes

The Tile Council of North America Blog

'(ALEXANDRIA, VA—February 2014) Coverings 2014, the largest international tile and stone exposition, has launched an online photography contest to honor the inspiring tile and stone installations, artwork, buildings and structures found around us everyday. The social media-driven sweepstakes also serves to commemorate Coverings'' 25th year, with two Grand Prize Winners earning a trip to Las Vegas during the show, which takes place April 29—May 2, 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Kate-Lo Tile & Stone is growing!

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

'Kate-Lo Tile & Stone strives to be the leading distributor of tile and natural stone in the Upper Midwest. We are dedicated to supplying our customers with products of unsurpassed quality, providing them with honest, extraordinary service and exceptional value. We have a number of positions available throughout our company located at various locations in the Upper Midwest.

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Avente Tile Talk: A Tiled Fireplace Will Warm the Home All Year

Tile Talk

'Tuesday, February 11, 2014. A Tiled Fireplace Will Warm the Home All Year. With heart-shaped candy boxes and cuddly teddy bears taking over store shelves, theres no denying that Cupid has his arrow poised to strike lovers this Valentines Day. But nothing says love like a cozy fireplace with hand-crafted tiles. With cold days and long nights, there is nothing better than warming up to a fire in the hearth with friends.

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Cement Tile Spotlight: Concrete Tile Favorites in Small Packages

Granada Tile

'While Granada Tile ‘s most popular Echo Collection cement tile size is our eight-by-eight inch, we’ve got other sizes for when your project demands something larger or smaller in scale. Today, we wanted to highlight some of our littler guys: our six-by-six inch collection of cement tiles. While the collection features several designs exclusive to the range (see Santiago and Lis for example), it also includes cement tile designs in some of our most beloved patterns, making it a cin

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The Beauty is in the Details: The Best Waterproof Grout for a Pool or Deck | Tile Doctor

Tile Doctor

'Luxury Pools and Decks Deserve Top of the Line Grout When you’re looking for grout for your pool or deck, waterproof grout is an obvious choice. But what other qualifications does a grout need to have to make it the best for your pool or deck? It’s important to.

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Tile Installation-Tile Repair-Tile Experts: Tile Excellence: hello.

Tile Excellence

'Thursday, February 6, 2014. hello Malaysia and france 50 visits from here so far this month. Hey There, Regards, Chris tileexcellence.com seopoweredwebsites.com. I want to personally welcome our Malaysian and French readers this month.We love all our readers But so far this there is a tie for second place USA being in first But second is neck and neck with France and Malaysia with 50 views each.

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The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty: The Shoshanna Bath

The Tile Shop

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty. Design Tips, Inspiration, and Tile Shop updates. Search This Blog. Loading. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. The Shoshanna Bath. Good afternoon, I hope everyone is having a great day. We are still under the polar vortex- so were looking forward to SPRING!! The Shoshanna vignette was one of our favorites in the new Shrewsbury, MA store- we love the high contrast and high "fashion" look it has : Please click on the image to view: Take

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Metal Mosaics

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

'Check out these cool new metal mosaics from Olympia Tile. They consist of a thin layer of stainless steel over a ceramic base. Silver & Copper colors in various styles, in Brushed and Mirror finishes. They are suitable for interior wall applications and may be used in showers, but not swimming pools. Share it now!

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Avente Tile Talk: Understanding Cement Tile Bullnose Trim or Molding

Tile Talk

'Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Understanding Cement Tile Bullnose Trim or Molding. Trim and molding seems to be one of the most confusing details in a tile installation. Its easy to understand why there is so much confusion. First, there are no industry standards and this results in numerous colloquial terms used to identify the same type of finished edge.

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Get Inspired: Cement Tile Developments on February’s Share Designs Page

Granada Tile

'With cement tile firmly part of the zeitgeist— we’re seeing it on the pages of design magazines and, more importantly, on walls, floors and backsplashes, it’s no surprise that February has been another particularly busy month on Granada Tile ‘s Share Designs page. We also happened to notice our dedicated concrete tile-philes leaning toward springy hues, an impulse that’s partly aesthetic, and, we’d imagine, inspired by a desire to get over winter already.

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TEC® Expands Color Offerings of TecniColor™ Commercial Grade Grout

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

'TEC® announces the addition of seven new colors to its TecniColor™ Commercial Grade Grout line. The new colors will be available in November 2013. TecniColor™ grout delivers an easy-to-use formula for use in commercial and public spaces. Introduced in June 2013, the product’s increasing popularity among installers has already led to a demand for its expansion.

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comments and customer and reader appreciation - Tile Excellence

Tile Excellence

'Sunday, February 2, 2014. comments and customer and reader appreciation. Hey There, Regards, Chris tileexcellence.com seopoweredwebsites.com. We are so happy to have received so many comments from readers. Its such a inspiration because for us after hard days of laying tile and keeping up with bills and daily life ,It is at times really hard to write a blog at the end of the night.But after reviewing the hundreds of comments since we started the blog We have a renewed motivation to write more.

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The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty: Customer Photos

The Tile Shop

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty. Design Tips, Inspiration, and Tile Shop updates. Search This Blog. Loading. Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Customer Photos. Good morning, I wanted to share some new customer photos with you from Amanda H. in our Columbia, MD showroom. They used the Hampton Carrara marble, Malco mosaic and Shanxi black flamed to create this beautiful bathroom.

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Visit us at the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show 2014

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

'Today is the opening day of the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show. Stop by our booth #3642 and see our newest lines! We are showcasing Reclamation and Sideview Glass from Crossville, Wow from Colli, Portand from Olympia and a myriad of gorgeous mosaics from our Royale Collection and beyond. Also, this is a perfect time to learn more about heating your tile floors with Nuheat, amazing linear shower drains from Laticrete and.

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Cape Style Home Remodel by DGR Interior Designs

DGR Interior Designs

'My clients wanted to open up the 1st floor of a small Cape style home and create an open flow while bringing in as much light as possible. One of my clients likes bright, cheery colors (favorite color is orange!!) the other client likes neutral tones. The Casamance drapery fabric from France was our inspiration point. It is a mesh of both neutral and bright tones and the leaf pattern if typical of mid century modern design which is a style they both loved.

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Get Inspired: Big in 2014!

Granada Tile

'As you’ve probably noticed, 2014 is shaping up to be a big year here at Granada Tile. We’ve already had some amazing coverage of our sensational cement tile i n magazines in the last month , and we’ve been delighted by tile pictures our clients have been sending us of their own concrete tile installations. Is it something in the air?

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Time2Design: DEKTON Hot New Surface / Countertop Material

Time2Design

'PAGES. Home. SLIDESHOW. FOLLOW. CONTACT. ABOUT. NEWS. DEKTON Hot New Surface / Countertop Material. Cosentinos Newest Countertop Material / #KBIS2014 #BLOGTOURVEGAS. DEKTON STRATO Tech Collection. Dekton may be what I would consider the next big thing in countertops. It is something new, has a great new look, texture, color and it is indoor/outdoor rated.

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Tile Installation-Tile Repair-Tile Experts: Tile Excellence: Tile.

Tile Excellence

'Friday, February 7, 2014. Tile Installation; Tile Repair- Consumer DIY Help Blog- ask chris: hello Malaysia and france 50 visits from here so f. Tile Installation; Tile Repair- Consumer DIY Help Blog- ask chris: hello Malaysia and france 50 visits from here so f. : Hey There, Regards, Chris tileexcellence.com seopoweredwebsites.com I want to personally welcome our Malaysian and French reader.

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The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty: Shrewsbury, MA

The Tile Shop

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty. Design Tips, Inspiration, and Tile Shop updates. Search This Blog. Loading. Monday, February 24, 2014. Shrewsbury, MA. Good afternoon! I wanted to share some shots of our new Shrewsbury, MA location with you. We did some new things in this store because its smaller than the usual footprint.

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Waterworks Studio

The Perfect Bath

'We launched Waterworks Studio in Fall 2011. The brand is an evolution of our product assortment and our continued commitment to design authenticity, quality and innovation. The design brief for Waterworks Studio was to embrace an elegant and straightforward sensibility in fittings, textiles, accessories and surfaces with deliberately edited and curated styles, colors and finishes.

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12 Steps to a Successful Tile Installation - As The Tile Turns

As The Tile Turns

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Carrara or Carrara Look?

H.Winter Showroom Blog

'I know we have done several posts about the advantages and disadvantages of stone tiles in the past.but let''s take another look at a current favorite: carrara. We have excellent carrara looking porcelain tiles, that give you the feel of natural stone without the maintenance of sealing. To protect the beauty of natural stone we recommend sealing the stone''s surface every 1-5 years dependent on where it is installed.

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Time2Design: Its not your Grandma's Kitchen | Plastic Laminate.

Time2Design

'PAGES. Home. SLIDESHOW. FOLLOW. CONTACT. ABOUT. NEWS. Its not your Grandmas Kitchen | Plastic Laminate Steps It Up! #FORMICA #KBIS2014 #BLOGTOURVEGAS. Even though retro is sort of back right now, it doesnt mean you want your kitchen, your bathroom or any room in your house to really look like your grandmas house. Vintage Formica Advertising Postcards - photo via ebay listing.

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An American in London | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Life in General / An American in London An American in London Bob Borson — February 17, 2014 — 49 Comments I am in desperate need of a holiday – for lots of reasons. Despite the fact that the office was closed between Christmas and New Year’s, I am feeling extremely run down and a bit foggy.

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The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty: Customer Photos

The Tile Shop

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty. Design Tips, Inspiration, and Tile Shop updates. Search This Blog. Loading. Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Customer Photos. Good Morning! I have some more customer photos to share with you today. Again, thanks to all of you who share your pictures- we love to see these and get inspiration from your designs.

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Tiled Kitchens

The Perfect Bath

'The word “backsplash” has become synonymous with renovating, remodeling or creating a new kitchen. It is part of the essential elements of the design. In fact, it can become the defining moment for the ubiquitous white kitchen. However, I have been thinking that tiling the backsplash is not enough in a space that should be easily maintained with a quick wash down.

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