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Designers Share Their Tips for Pairing Floor Tiles with Wall Tiles in Bathrooms

Granada Tile

Runway models have been mixing clothing pieces with flare for as long as fashion has been an industry. That same expertise for color, size, and pattern is a necessity when choosing to pair floor and wall tiles for your project. Sarah Sherman Samuel is a Los Angeles based Interior and Product Designer. She writes “ It’s essentially just like mixing patterns in your wardrobe, which I can never get enough of, and it’s even better when bringing it into the home.”.

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Tile of Spain Companies Prepare for CEVISAMA 2019

Tile of Spain USA

Tile of Spain companies are heading to Valencia for the 37 th edition of CEVISAMA ! The annual international trade show will take place from January 28 th to February 1 st 2019 at Feria Valencia. This year, hundreds of manufacturers will showcase their latest collections and innovations to what is expected to be the largest edition of the show yet. CEVISAMA is the premier trade show for architectural ceramics, as well as various complementary sectors such as glazes, natural stone, raw materials

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Reclaimed Resources: 8 Ways to Score Recycled Materials

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Building with recycled materials offers two-fold benefits. Not only are you building with cheaper materials that come with a story, but you’re also helping to offset some of your carbon building footprint. It’s no secret that building materials can really eat into your building budget. Just like the housing market, material prices can ebb and flow.

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Cevisama Increases Focus on Architecture and Interior Design

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The upcoming edition of Cevisama, the international event for the ceramic tile , bathroom furnishings and natural stone sectors that will take place January 28-February 1 at Feria Valencia, will reportedly increase its focus on architecture and interior design.

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The Top Ten Requirements for a Quality Tile Installation

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

What does it take to ensure that you have a quality tile installation ? Based on our experience, knowledge and work with the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Handbook , we have identified ten requirements. Note that these aren't all industry requirements. However, they all contribute to a quality tile installation. Here they are.

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Tutto Ponti, Gio Ponti Archi-designer

Ceramics of Italy

Ceramica Francesco De Maio’s hand-decorated majolica tiles on show at the MAD in Paris. There is all Gio Ponti in Paris where Ceramica Francesco De Maio introduces the re-edition of some great works realized by the famous Italian architect, reproducing the white and blue majolica tiles and the extraordinary white and blue embossed ceramics designed by Ponti for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento and the famous white and yellow handmade terracotta tiles that was used to cover the floor

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Krylon’s 2019 Color of the Year: Gloss Gum Drop

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Krylon, a brand of Sherwin-Williams, just announced its 2019 color trends and its color of the year, a lush purple named Gloss Gum Drop. In addition to announcing Gloss Gum Drop, Sherwin-Williams already revealed the Valspar + HGTV Home 2019 color trends. Krylon proves that you don’t necessarily need a paint brush to achieve perfect color. The 2019 color trends also prove that spray paint is versatile enough to achieve a variety of looks, ranging from rustic to urban.

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Crossville introduces new Porcelain Countertops

Floor Covering News

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville, a domestic tile manufacturer, has launched Crossville Porcelain Countertops, a versatile, 12mm porcelain product engineered to provide unique endurance and style for all types of countertop installations, including exterior applications. The line offers designers a range of surface visuals for commercial and residential projects.

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Get Grungy!

Garden State Tile Blog

Garden State Tile’s Flash 3″ x 12″ is designed to imitate an oxidized metal look. With six unique colors, you can get down and dirty with this urban-cool, grungy-chic look. Flash is suitable for interior vertical surfaces, both wet and dry. The post Get Grungy! appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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These Bathtubs Will Make You Want to Soak for Hours

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

While most people prefer to take showers, there’s something about being able to soak in a bathtub that’s downright therapeutic. You can just sit and relax in a tub in a way that’s not possible when you take a shower. Being submerged in water can actually relieve stress and soothe aching muscles. And when you add bubble bath – well, that’s another level of relaxation.

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CoorsTek and Deltapore Showcase Benefits of Hollow Ceramic Core Membrane Filtration

Ceramic Industry Magazine

CoorsTek and Deltapore, an industrial water treatment company, recently conducted a series of on-site field tests to compare the quality of coolant fluids using traditional centrifuge filtration vs. ceramic hollow fiber membrane technology.

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SHELF wins the GOOD DESIGN® AWARDS 2018

Ceramics of Italy

Another success – this time international – for the SHELF project, the porcelain stoneware shelf designed by designer Paolo Benevelli for Ceramiche Coem. Already winner of the ADI Ceramics & Bathroom Design Award 2017 , then selected for ADI Design Index 2018 , it has now won the Good Design ® Awards 2018, the industrial design prize awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and promoted by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

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Vintage Style

Garden State Tile Blog

Create a vintage inspired bathroom with our Aged Retro unglazed porcelain hexagon mosaics. Our mosaics are made in three colors — white, grey, and black. The colors can be mixed and matched to recreate nostalgic patterns or create new ones. Also available are unglazed penny rounds and 2″ mosaics. The post Vintage Style appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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Get Inspired By This 1970s Color Flashback

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Get 1970s color inspiration from this stunning living room. Image: MindfulDaze. Retro paint colors have us falling in love right now. Neutral colors have ruled the interior design world for years, but now we’re seeing exciting new colors everywhere. Though the colors we’re seeing may seem new, many are flashbacks to more colorful palettes of the past.

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Increasing Focus on Sanitation to Propel Indian Tile and Sanitaryware Market

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The Indian tile , sanitaryware and bathroom fittings market was worth $5.9 billion in 2017, according to a recent report.

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Client Feature: Armijo Design Group

As The Tile Turns

Beth Armijo has a natural eye for design. She has long held a deep fascination with the arts, with her diverse interests and inspirations manifesting in her acclaimed Colorado design firm: Armijo Design Group.

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Americana Collection

Garden State Tile Blog

The Americana series of porcelain tile products consists of four types of surfaces — concrete, wood-look, and two marble looks. Spirit is a lively industrial concrete-look that features bold, modern decorative pieces. Creekwood wood-look is on trend with its 24″ x 24″ parquet tiles. Paradiso replicates the look of elegant, high-end marble.

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Our Favorite Stores to Shop on any Budget

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. . Creating your dream home can be a lot of fun, but it can also turn into a very frustrating experience. Even if you’re a DIY whiz, there are some pieces that you just need to purchase. You might be a master re-upholsterer but no good at art.

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016: Architecture in the Real World

Life of an Architect

Pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and let me tell you about architecture in the “ real ” world. I thought I would try to make this an upbeat article but as I sit down to write it, I’m not so sure how successful a job I am going to do (good thing we’re drinking here, right?) Andrew Hawkins and I recently got together to discuss the perception of being an architect versus the realities of being a practicing architect and the disconnect that frequently exists between the two.

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Showhouse Trends You’ll Want To Steal For Your Home

Trendir Magazine

Every interior design enthusiast knows there is nothing quite as inspiring as checking out showhouses. Showhouses are specifically constructed by designers to bring forth the best features of a room. In fact, they offer so many designing tips and tricks that we have compiled them together to inspire you to upgrade and rejuvenate your home. Flower Power Any room that needs a bit of sprucing up can always count on a floral accent to bring it back to life this includes the powder room.

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Made in the USA

Garden State Tile Blog

At Garden State Tile, we now have several tile products that are made in the USA. The post Made in the USA appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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5 Ways to Get a Creative and Fun Boho Style

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Have you always wanted a more free-spirited and artsy space, but have never quite had the courage to try it? Then 2019 might be your year for getting an exciting boho style. Boho is showing back up in home trends this year. Short for bohemian, boho style is all about finding what’s unique, fun, interesting, artsy and relaxed for a home. For instance, boho style tends to emphasize bright colors, complex prints, unique furniture and anything that makes a space unusual.

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Kyocera to Purchase Major Assets of Renovis Surgical Technologies

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Kyocera Corp. recently announced that its U.S. headquarters, Kyocera International, Inc., has finalized an agreement with Renovis Surgical Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based orthopedic and spinal medical device manufacturer and developer, to purchase the major assets of Renovis’ business operations relating to artificial joint and spinal products.

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Unexpected Color Palettes That Actually Work

Trendir Magazine

Bring on a bold touch to your home with a unique, unexpected color palette. There is something about an uncommon color palette that helps bring a room to life almost immediately. With that being said, here are our favorite unexpected color palettes that actually work. Teal & Red Add a bold red chair to bring beauty and a new approach, add accents of teal to make it come back to life in a grand appeal.

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Tarkett employees volunteer during national sales meeting

Floor Covering News

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett’s North American sales and marketing teams donated their time during their 2019 sales meeting to work with three non-profit organizations in Orlando, Fla. This volunteer effort was made possible through Tarkett Cares, a key component of the company’s corporate social responsibility program. More than 300 Tarkett employees had the opportunity to work with […].

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Garage Doors Aren’t Just for Garages Anymore

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Both garages and garage doors have come a long way. Homeowners are deciding to turn their boring garages into showstoppers. And as garages become more stylish, it’s natural that garage doors would also evolve. But who knew that they would become so stylish that they’re now being used as design elements in other applications? Should homeowners follow these trends or stick with more conservative uses for garage doors?

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VERIFI® In-Transit Concrete Management System Recognized as 2019 Constructech Top Product

The A to Z of Building

GCP Applied Technologies is a renowned company that specializes in providing construction products technologies around the globe. The company has recently announced that its VERIFI® in-transit.

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MIDWESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC.: Separator Screen Changing System

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Midwestern Industries, Inc. recently launched its Electro-Lift separator screen changing system, an ergonomically designed lift system that is electrically powered to reportedly assist in making separator screen changes easier, faster and safer.

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FCLC research assesses financial impact installation labor shortages

Floor Covering News

Chicago—In January 2018, the Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC) commissioned an independent research firm to conduct a multi-phase study to quantify the scope and severity of the lack of installation professionals on the flooring industry's sustainability and growth. The Blackstone Group, a Chicago-based research firm, was contracted to conduct the research, whose quantitative component focused […].

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You’ll Never Want to Come Down from These Attics

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The attic used to be the place to store items you rarely – if ever – used. In horror movies, apparently, it was also the place where the boogeyman would rest and regroup. Perhaps as a result of this media portrayal, there was a tendency to avoid going up into the attic, if at all possible. However, homeowners are discovering that the attic can provide a lot of usable square footage, creating new places to sleep, play, work or just hang out and do nothing.

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Bricks Incorporated with Biosolids Could be a Sustainable Solution for Wastewater Treatment and Brick Manufacturing

The A to Z of Building

How would it be possible to recycle the world’s stockpiles of treated sewage sludge and improve sustainability in the construction industry, simultaneously? The solution is to transform those.

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Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Continue to Drive Growth in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to increase at a rapid pace, driven by the growth in hybrid and electric vehicle (xEV) production and the use of lithium-ion batteries in energy storage systems (ESS).

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I4F to exhibit at TISE 2019

Floor Covering News

Willemstad, Curaçao—I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, is exhibiting at The International Surface Event (TISE) at booth #363, Jan. 23-25, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. I4F’s entire management team is attending the show and will be available to meet with licensees and new prospects. […].

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These Home Staging Mistakes Are Impossible For Buyers To Forget

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Home staging is a huge part of putting your home on the market. For one thing, it helps your photos stand out and get potential buyers in the door. For another, once they’re there, it helps them visualize themselves living in the space and, hopefully, encourages them to write an offer. With that in mind, it’s incredibly important to get staging right and, yet, it’s also easy to make home staging mistakes.

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500 Cornish-Type Housing Association Homes Get High-Performance Insulation in Herefordshire

The A to Z of Building

A five year programme of energy efficiency upgrades to council houses in Herefordshire has passed a major landmark, with 500 Cornish-type homes having significantly improved energy efficiency thanks.

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Superior Graphite Relocates and Updates Research & Development Center

Ceramic Industry Magazine

Superior Graphite recently announced that it has invested in an updated R&D laboratory located adjacent to its existing production facility in Bedford Park, Ill.

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U.S. Coalition to Fight Quartz Tariffs

Stone Update

Industry group formed to oppose proposed unfair-trade tariffs on quartz surfaces manufactured in China.

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