Sat.Feb 20, 2016 - Fri.Feb 26, 2016

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Paving with Porcelain

Architectural Ceramics

February 2016 – Rockville, MD – Twice as thick as most tiles, Garden 2cm is one of Architectural Ceramic ‘s first outdoor pavers. Despite its exterior purpose, it is actually made out of porcelain, affording it all the same benefits – being frost-resistant, skid-resistant, durable and easy to clean – yet Garden 2cm has an incredibly high breakage load (up to 2,000 pounds).

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Chess adds a new dimension to classic subway tile

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

Chess is a pristine beveled edge glazed ceramic wall tile that perfectly complements our CD Linear Collection. Available in a concise palette of hushed neutrals, it adds a contemporary flair to a traditional Chess adds a new dimension to classic subway tileclassic. Available in 3″x6″ subway tile in five shades including Arctic White, Biscuit, Dark Grey, Sand Beige and Tender Grey.

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New Valverdi Indoor-Out Ranges Now in Stock at London Tile

The London Tile Co.

Last year we saw a huge increase in the number of people using tiles outside to replace concrete slabs and natural stone paving. Extending this tiling to the inside of your house through continuous material selection makes the space feel larger and more open – creating a natural flow from your kitchen or dining area to your patio. Valverdi Indoor-Out offers a range of co-ordinating indoor 10mm and outdoor 20mm porcelain tiles to help you do just that – and they have just introduced s

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Granada Tile Fez Cement Tile In The Kitchen of Emma Magazine’s Editor

Granada Tile

Sarah M. Hubbell is the editor-in-chief of Emma Magazine , a quarterly publication for the modern domestic featuring lots of beautiful DIYs (that are actually do-able), gorgeous food shots (that are delicious) and tips on home and entertaining (that are actually practical). She also hosts a lifestyle web series for Ulive. Known for her interior styling, she’s been featured on West Elm and Design Sponge.

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Get Inspired!

The Tile Shop

Good morning, I have some fabulous customer photos to inspire you this Friday! This first luxurious bathroom is from Anna Wachtler in our Plymouth, MN showroom. My jaw literally dropped when I saw this.amazing!! Features our new Camilla with Mirror Mosaic and the Antique Mirror 3" x 6" : Please click on the images to view: Next, a kitchen backsplash design by Joe Hessling from our Holland, OH store.

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The data is clear, Pixel is perfect for modern spaces

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

Pixel is a sophisticated wall tile series that combines a minimalist, sleek matte white field tile with a three-dimensional textured decorative tile that work together or individually for dramatic installations in modern commercial and residential spaces. Sizes include; 10″ x 30″ rectified, 10″ x 30″ décor rectified. Special order, 2 – 3 weeks.

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Tidy – chapter six: samples of yes

Making Tile Modern

What does a life look like that is designed with love? Margaret inherited her mother’s house with the words, “Make this house a home.” Margaret is finding out what that means. ( Continued ) Samples. Samples! It never occurred to Margaret that she could get samples. “Oh yeah,” said Cassie who picked up the phone when she called the modern tile company.

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San Antonio San Pedro!

The Tile Shop

Good morning! I just returned from our new showroom in San Antonio-San Pedro and want to share some photos of the new tiles/vignettes in the store. I will have more to come in later posts as well! We tiled the LH side of the building (outside!) to showcase our outdoor living products.here is a snap of the San Antonio-San Pedro team enjoying their slate fire pit!

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Now Available: ARDEX SK 175™ Waterproofing Membrane and Vapor Retarder for Tile & Stone Installations

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

ARDEX SK 175 is a pliable, sheet-applied, bonded waterproof membrane and vapor retarder constructed of polyethylene. Its high-performance fleece webbing securely bonds the membrane using ARDEX mortars prior to the installation of tile or stone in areas requiring topside waterproofing and enhanced vapor protection. Tile can be installed directly onto ARDEX SK 175. • For topside waterproofing over floors and walls. • Very low perm rating acceptable for residential and commercial steam showers (.04

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Six kitchen counter ideas

Kitchen and Residential Design

via Choosing the right kitchen counter is extremely important. After all, you use it on a daily basis, and if you don’t pick one that’s durable enough for your needs or that matches the look and feel of your home, you’ll regret it for a long time. Thankfully, there are many different kitchen countertop options for you to choose from, and the following detail them for your so that you can make a better, more informed choice.

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Granada Tile’s Copenhagen Cement Tile At Cafe Noir New Tribeca Space

Granada Tile

When Cafe Noir, the long-standing bistro in New York’s Soho neighborhood closed after 19 years, fans of the place wondered it would end up. It reopened in Tribeca with a airier look and a revamped menu including nightly large plate specials. Of course, what made us happy was the floor! Granada TIle’s Copenhagen cement tile floor washes an air of Casablanca over the open space, bringing in a touch of the exotic that is echoed in the food.

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Glass Mosaic Tile Design You Can Create Online

Making Tile Modern

Customize your kitchen tile, shower tile or pool tile using our Modwalls tile blender. Mix your own colors of our Brio glass mosaic tiles, then order a sample. Once you’ve chosen your blend we’ll make it for you in about 1 week. We work with non profit Hope Services and their developmentally disabled clients to produce your blends locally. “Live Your Colors” with Modwalls tile!

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28 Creative Tile Ideas For the Bath and Beyond

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

For millennia, humans have been mixing and baking the combination of sand, clay and water to create a flat surface to protect their feet and homes from the elements. Glazed brick dates to the 13th century BC in ancient Iran, marking the advent of humanity’s use of colored tiles to beautify our surroundings. From the Ishtar gate in ancient Mesopotamia to the groovy patterns at the bottom of a Palm Springs swimming pool, time has given us endless inspiration for incorporating tile into our interio

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Tile Tuesday: Coast Capital Building

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

Metroworks Tile & Stone principal Shawn Perepelytz recently completed 3,000 square-feet of 5’ x 10’ x 5 mm Fiandre Maximum Slabs in the Coast Capital Savings Help Headquarters in Surrey, BC. Metroworks used a full line-up of ARDEX tiling products including ARDEX 8+9™ Rapid Waterproofing and Crack Isolation Compound , ARDEX AM 100™ Rapid Set Pre-Tile Smoothing and Ramping Mortar , ARDEX X 77™ MICROTEC ® Fiber Reinforced Tile and Stone Mortar ​​​​​​ with ARDEX E 90™ Mortar Admix Tile and

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How To: Install A Cement Tile Floor

Granada Tile

Now that you’ve decided on your pattern, how do you install a tile floor to ensure it will be beautiful for years to come? A recent article in SF Gate that can also be found on Houzz, walks you through all the questions from how to pick your cement tile installer to how long the job will take. See the whole article here. Many of our most popular concrete tile designs, like our Fez encaustic tile , our Cluny concrete tile and our Serengeti cement tile are in stock and ready to ship out t

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Color Variation

United Tile's Blog

Royal Mosa 15Thirty, an example of a V-1 shade variation. Color variation is something we discuss with our customers on a regular basis. It’s important to know if the product you’re ordering is going to have a uniform appearance, a subtle color range, or extreme variation. Sonoma’s Euphoria collection, V-4. Being familiar and comfortable with color variation is especially important when it comes to dealing with natural stone.

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1947 Home in Germany Gets a Contemporary Update

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Place of Peace , a 1947 single-family home in Mühlheim, Germany, was redesigned by ONE!CONTACT. The 3,000-square-foot house offers forest views and contemporary architectural features while maintaining a quintessential traditional appeal. The lavish landscaping includes a stone retaining wall, small pond and waterfall. The features complement the exterior of the home, which boasts a distinctive facade, large, energy-efficient windows and an unusually angled roof whose multiple skylights create a

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Eden Prairie Aquatics Center – Playful tile locker rooms

Rubble Tile

Vibrant design combines two modular Mosa collections The locker rooms of the Eden Prairie Aquatic Center are clad in durable and economical Mosa wall tiles. With creativity and customization in mind, the Royal Mosa company creates modular series that can be endlessly recombined combine to create fabulous new layouts. Mosa even has an online pattern […].

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Remodeling: Staying Organized Part 3

Conestoga Tile Blog

Welcome to our third post offering ideas to help you stay organized as you remodel your home. Truly, making an effort to be organized will save you money, time and headache. In Parts 1 we talked about forming your vision while in Part 2 we spoke of creating a vision board. Once you feel confident about your style and the specific finishes you like, making choices along the way will be much easier.

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Tile Makes the Roof. Regram from @next_top_architects of the.

Heath Ceramics

Tile Makes the Roof. Regram from @next_top_architects of the Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal. Designed by #remkoolhaas and built by Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Stunning.

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Hot Looks in Porcelain Tile: Marble

ISC Surfaces

Nothing conveys classic sophistication, elegance and luxury like the look of marble. This timeless look is beautifully replicated in porcelain for easy care and affordability. For more information about each series, please click its name below: Top Left Corner: Atlas Concorde Marvel Pro Statuario Select Top Right Corner: American Olean Mirasol Silver Marble Bottom Left Corner: Mediterranea Marmol Cafe' Bottom Right Corner: Crossville Virtue Crossville is available from ISC Surfaces in Missouri,

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Treading Lightly

KB Culture

We happen to be in the final phases of a rather extensive bathroom remodeling. Part of that project is a resilient floor. While our design does not include a walk-in shower, I can nonetheless attest to the pleasure of having something soft and warm underfoot rather than hard, cold tile. This brand new product, a cushy shower floor that's pre-sloped to facilitate drainage, is something I'll definitely keep in mind for our next bath upgrade. solidsoft-tray.com.

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Shopping for Antiques — and Inspiration — in Kent

The Perfect Bath

It has been awhile since I was out and about to check out some of my favorite shops. This weekend we took a drive up Route 7 to Kent, Connecticut, where hiding in plain sight is one of the coolest shops, RT Facts , located in the old Kent Town Hall. In the three buildings on property and all over the yard, you’ll find old and new, bold and eccentric objects and furniture artfully displayed (or sometimes piled).

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New Rim bowls! We designed this glaze especially for.

Heath Ceramics

New Rim bowls! We designed this glaze especially for @tartinebaker and @lizprueitt_tartine to be used in their new project in the @heathceramics SF building, but it also available to for all in our shops and online soon.

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How to Save on your Kitchen Remodel this Season

Stagetecture

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kohler. All opinions are 100% mine. Last month I attended the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) and it was great to see Kohler who always has a great variety of kitchen faucets for every budget. Whether you have been thinking about a kitchen remodel for your outdated kitchen or you’re trying to stay on a strict budget to keep your kitchen remodeling costs down, it can be a challenge.

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Posh!

The Tile Shop

Good morning! We are currently renovating our Wilmington, DE showroom- adding some new products and designs to their store. Zoe sent me this snapshot of their Christos under construction. I want to share it with you because we used the new Marseille White with Moonstone Mosaic with the Tempesta Neve Marble. We used the mosaic as a wallpaper on top of the marble wainscot.

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Architectural Digest Show 2016 Preview

JG Kitchens

Another year, another AD show, another miss! I’ll get there next year — or the one after. I’m sure of it. In the meantime, though, I thought I’d share some cool products I definitely would be checking out if I were attending next month. (I’ll be in Santa Fe and southern New Mexico then.) Please enjoy my AD 2016 Pinterest Board in the meantime.

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Making & Gathering: K Studio

Heath Ceramics

When we first came across K Studio’s work , we were immediately charmed. It’s impossible not to be—hand-drawn shapes, animals, and faces, all a little askew, perfectly translated through embroidery onto linens. They’re sweet, evocative, and delightful. It’s rare for home goods to elicit such joy, so we were curious to know more about the designer and the story behind our new favorite textile line.

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Innovative Treehouse Takes Glamping to a Higher Level

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If you like to connect with nature without sacrificing the luxuries of a relaxing weekend retreat, you can now have the best of both worlds, thanks to this sustainable project from Belgian company Trees and People. Dom’Up is an octagonal structure that is suspended between two trees. The innovative treehouse creates an outdoors experience similar to glamping but has no effect on the environment, leaving no trace on the trees or the ground once the unit is deconstructed.

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Customer Photos

The Tile Shop

Good morning! I have some awesome customer photos to share with you today! This first bathroom is from Valerie Licsauer in our Charlotte, NC showroom. Valerie says, " This was a DIY customer of mine who really did a fantastic job. He used the Calacutta Bianco Matt 30x45 on the walls, an accent strip of the Hampton Carrara Cardine Mosaic and Somersets to add a little pop of shine that the Mrs. wanted, and finished it off with a nice Hampton seat and Hampton Cobble floors.

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West Coast Art & Frame Expo :: Trends 2016

The Ace of Space

I love art. Before I settled in Atlanta, I was fortunate to live in several booming metropolis’s both of which offered an array of diverse cultural experiences. Also fueling an insatiable appetite for all forms and genres of art. In Washington, DC my friends & I were frequent (and enthusiastic) fixtures on the museum circuit […]. The post West Coast Art & Frame Expo :: Trends 2016 appeared first on The Ace Of Space Blog.

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Get to Know: Butch Anthony

Heath Ceramics

Right now in the Boiler Room at Heath SF, we’re featuring art from Brendan Monroe , Butch Anthony , Rinne Allen , Stan Bitters , and Tung Chiang. The show, Boiler Room: Selected Works , sits beautifully at the intersection of art, craft, and design. We love embracing the differences between each maker, making it a room full of genre-crossing work.

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High Tech Meets High Style in This Unique Home in Germany

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

“Life in a high-tech format” was the concept behind this unique home in Germany, built by an engineer in the fields where he once played as a child. Convinced by architect Harald Eppler of Eppler + Bühler , the owner opted for a timeless, modern design in tune with his personality. Some of the client’s requirements — space for his collection of cars and motorbikes, a pitched flat roof and a metal facade — helped shape the design of Haus Stahl.

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Episcopal Diocese Announces Ground Breaking of New $3 Million Program Center

The A to Z of Building

The Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, March 1, at 2 pm., for a new, $3 million Program Center at DaySpring Episcopal Center, the diocese's.

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Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2016

Life of an Architect

It’s hard to believe that the time is here to announce the 5th Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition! There has been a lot going on behind the scenes since last years competition ended. First and foremost, I have some new partners … This year – and possibly in an ongoing manner – my playhouse competition will be facilitated by Houzz and with the support and encouragement of the national arm of the American Institute of Architects.

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New tile palette with some natural clay tiles and layered glaze.

Heath Ceramics

New tile palette with some natural clay tiles and layered glaze tiles.

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Small Apartment in Sweden Is a Contemporary Urban Oasis

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

This one-bedroom apartment in Gothenburg, Sweden, neighbored by a park and the city’s botanical garden, combines turn-of-the-century charm and contemporary design. The 610-square-foot home was discovered by Freshome on real estate broker Alvhem ‘s website. With access to an inner courtyard, the apartment provides opportunities for relaxation in the heart of the city.

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