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Installing External Porcelain Tiles With PorcelQuick Adpeds

The London Tile Co.

Traditionally the most popular materials for patios have been natural stone and concrete slabs for many years, but recently porcelain has seen a huge increase. Porcelain paving tiles are slip resistant, extremely strong and resistant to staining as well as moss & mould growth While some retailers may treat these tiles just like the paving they are used to, we are careful to advise and recommend based on the fact that they are porcelain and need to be handled differently.

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Austin Architectural Lunch & Learn presented by Tile of Spain

Tile of Spain USA

Tile of Spain was one of the featured speakers at the Facades+ AM Austin conference presented July 18 th by Architects Newspaper. The CEU, titled “ Great Outdoors: New Growth for Ceramics ,” reviews developments that are positioning tile to be the go-to material choice for exterior cladding and paving solutions in 2017. From gauged thin porcelain panels to ½” thick pavers, ceramics now have the perfect formats and performance to tackle the external skin and landscape of architectural

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9 Great Bathroom Trend Ideas

JG Kitchens

This week’s Ninth Anniversary Pinterest board celebrates 9 Great Bathroom Trend Ideas. As regular Gold Notes readers know, I don’t spend too much time fussing about the latest finish or color trend. Those change every year or so, whereas your bathroom will be around for a decade or more. Here are some trends with smarts and staying power.

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Whimsical Mosaics by Cean Irminger

As The Tile Turns

"Whimsical" really is the best word to describe the Kiddo Collection of custom mosaic tile designs by Cean Irminger for New Ravenna. There are no boring swaths of uniform mosaic tiles to be found here. Instead, Irminger has created intricate tile patterns that are stunningly unique. These mosaics are perfect for bathrooms, but they could also be used as feature walls in creative agencies, publishing companies, hospitality or any business that embraces a child-like imagination.

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West Coast Style: Icon Tile and Design

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

Icon Tile and Design recently completed the entire floor and subfloor of a Bellevue Towers condo in Bellevue, Washington. The project was about 1,000 sq. ft. and they used a host of ARDEX products, including: ARDEX P 51™ Primer, ARDEX SKM™ Skimcoat Patch & Finishing Underlayment, ARDEX FEATHER FINISH® Self-Drying, Cement-Based Finish Underlayment​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, ARDEX V 1200™ Self-leveling Underlayment, ARDEX X 5™ Flexible Tile and Stone Mort

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15 Tile Showers To Fashion Your Revamp After

Trendir Magazine

Tile showers have a certain bit of luxury attached to their design. And fortunately enough, they’re easy than you think to design and create. You just have to have the right bit of inspiration to get your vision started. Here are 20 tile showers to fashion your revamp after and hopefully spark some creativity! From ceiling to floor, this warm, enveloping shower design is filled with dark tile and pebbles too.

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Awesome Vintage Campers and Camper Van Decor for Your Next Road Trip

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Why not camp out or road trip this summer in one of the coolest vintage campers around? Airstream camper vans are hot and can still be found for a good bargain if you’re willing to put in a little work — and even add some stylish camper van decor. An Airstream looks like a silver bullet and was first introduced in 1936. But it took a good 20 to 30 years before it reached its peak of popularity in the late ’50s and ’60s.

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Addressing Lippage in Large Format Tiles

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

The tile and stone industry is constantly evolving to keep pace with new innovations and trends in the marketplace. One of these recent trends has been the development of large format tiles. A large format tile is loosely defined as any tile with at least one edge 15” or greater, though the size of tiles currently on the market far exceed these measurements.

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Dimensional Stacked Ledger Panels

Garden State Tile Blog

Coming soon to Garden State Tile are porcelain stoneware Ledger Panels for walls! Eight color options will be available — four natural stone looks and four awesome woods. We anticipate the Ledgers to be here and in stock before August! The post Dimensional Stacked Ledger Panels appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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Simple Ways to Incoporate Pattern into Your Home

Trendir Magazine

Patterns just like bold colors can be a bit daunting when it comes to adding them to a room. Many of us have no idea how to play up the appeal of pattern or even how to incorporate pattern into the décor we already have. Instead of adding more items or completely redecorating your home to bring in more color consider adding pattern. When done correctly pattern can help improve and modernize the décor you currently have.

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Live Your Colors with Modwalls Tile

Making Tile Modern

“Wakey wakey walls…!” This fun color blend is made with our Kiln American made ceramic tile in a mod 2×8 size. Many shapes and sizes and 75 colors from which to choose. #madeinusa #ceramictiles #liveyourcolors #walltilewednesday #colorwins #homedecor.

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The Writing is on the Wall - Crossville's New Wall Tile Handwritten

ISC Surfaces

Private Affair in a Gothic Picket Post Card 3x6 and 3x12 Gloss, Gold Leaf 3x6 and 1/2x6 Arrow Liner Gloss Create your own signature style with Crossville’s new wall line, Handwritten. Designed to look handmade, Handwritten offers a sophisticated color palette and elegant sizes. With nine colors to work with and four great sizes, including a 3x6 picket and 3x6 gothic picket, there are plenty of great design opportunities.

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Tear Sheet Tuesday: Creative Closet Design Tips

Kitchens for Living

It’s time for another Tear Sheet Tuesday where the tears are never sad, just the basis for inspiration. Today’s tears are a collage of sorts. The fun dress shape and typography were torn from the pages of Metropolis (because they send me free magazines along with one of my very own closet renderings. The image of the dress + the idea of customization inspire me to write about the one area that everyone can and should customize, your closet!

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Simple yet Lovely Ideas for a White Room

Trendir Magazine

Modern, chic, elegant and classic are the best words to describe the color white when it comes to interior designing. Whether you seek to have a specific style such as modern chic or minimal and put together the options are truly endless when you are working with a palette that is mostly white. While you are looking for inspiration, check out our simple yet lovely ideas on how to enhance a white room.

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Just Moved? Here’s How to Incorporate Existing Furniture Into a New Space

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. Reusing your design elements after a move is possible. Image: Godrich Interiors For many, moving feels like an excuse to go on a serious design binge. After all, new rooms are the perfect place to try out some of the looks and trends you’ve been drooling over for a while.

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Before & After Villa Park Kitchen Remodel

Burgin Construction

The Evanow Family longed for an open Kitchen and Dining space that provided plenty of space to move and gather around, prepare meals, and enjoy the heart of their home. There was just one major problem…a single load-bearing post. The post was surrounded by cabinets and provided a very open pass-through to the kitchen from the small breakfast nook, but it all took up lots of room and made the space feel cramped and disconnected.

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Traditional Vs. Modern Kitchen Cabinets

Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens Inc.

When considering new kitchen cabinets or a kitchen remodel project, the first thing you want to decide is the type of kitchen design. If you’re like most homeowners, you might feel stuck trying to match your cabinetry with your island counter—when it comes to custom cabinets, there are countless possibilities, and with home design mostly being a subjective topic it can be easy to get lost in it all.

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Colorful Décor That Will Make a Statement in Your Home

Trendir Magazine

When it comes to interior designing many homeowners know exactly what concept they want their home to adapt. However, the problem arises when it comes to adding color into the home décor. Color can be a bit intimidating for many of us as too much color can make the home appear “busy or overly done”. Meanwhile, not enough color can make the home appear dull.

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30 Back-to-School Homework Spaces and Study Room Ideas You’ll Love

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If you’re having trouble getting your kids to do homework, check out these cool study room ideas. Maybe all you need to kick-start your kid’s study habits is a change of scenery! A back-to-school homework space that’s quiet for focus, colorful for inspiration and organized to reduce distractions would make homework time a pleasure for most kids.

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Happy Friday! Really!

KB Culture

But enough about Sean Spicer's just-now-former job. Lordy, we live in a fast-paced world. No sooner had I lined up a Russia-referencing post for Flashback Friday, than bigly news broke about the shake-up in the White House press office. So as we bid adieu to our tongue-tied friend and wish him a subpoena-free life among the shrubbery beyond the Beltway, let's appreciate the anonymous copywriter behind this 1968 ad.

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Nanoindentation can Benefit Crystals in Concrete, Reveal Rice University Researchers

The A to Z of Building

Researchers from Rice University have determined that no matter how small or large a tobermorite is, it will react to loading forces precisely in the same way. However, the strength of tobermorite.

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Ignite The Night With These 15 Brass Chandeliers

Trendir Magazine

Whether it’s the foyer or the dining room, it’s okay to add an extra bit of “fancy” to your home. Ignite the night with these 20 brass chandeliers. Big and small, there’s something for any size space below. Grab some ideas and think about using something similar within your home’s redesign. The White Buffalo Styling Co starts us off with this gorgeous brass chandelier makeover.

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New Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit Gives You a Free Look Inside His Designs

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

SC Johnson announced the opening of a new Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit of his architecture and furniture. Organized with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona, i t covers most of Wisconsin’s “Frank Lloyd Wright Trail” of buildings and includes 26 miniature scale models of his best work. The new exhibit, On the Wright Trail, is located at SC Johnson’s Fortaleza Hall at its corporate headquarters in Racine.

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The Revival of Wall-Mounted Bath Faucets

The Perfect Bath

I have written about wall-mounted faucets before, but today they seem more relevant than ever. Certainly, mounting a faucet on the wall, especially on an elegantly shaped backsplash, is a space saver. A wall-mounted faucet fills a space on the wall that might otherwise be used for a shelf. For the most effective application, you must make the right design choice, keeping in mind scale and proportion.

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Leeds Scientists Develop New Method to Measure Strength of Concrete Using Light

The A to Z of Building

Scientists from University of Leeds have used the principles of light to find a new way to measure the strength of modern types of concrete – providing the construction industry a better way to.

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Wash and Dry

KB Culture

Part lounge, part tub, this design is lulling me into a restful state just by looking at it. It's a 'statement' bathtub, sure, but its low profile and controlled lines speak quietly. That's a trait I'd like to see more of in fixture design. ustogether.eu.

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Tree House in Cape Town Makes for Peaceful Hideaway

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The creative team at Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design was challenged to design a nature hideaway in Cape Town, South Africa. This modern tree house with glass and western red cedar finishes has an iconic shape that maximizes views of the site. Its vertical layout leaves enough room for a living space on the first level, with a dining alcove and large windows.

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How to Make The Best Fried Chicken Recipe

Stagetecture

Why would you treat your family in a restaurant for a tasty fried chicken if you can do it at home? Don’t worry, you’re in the right place to make the best Southern Fried Chicken recipe. You’ll be surprised how tasty, tender and juicy your fried chicken will turn out. The whole family will definitely choose your homemade Southern Fried Chicken over your local restaurant, any day.

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Toshiba, Taisei Develop Digital Management System to Improve Gatekeeping at Construction Sites

The A to Z of Building

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation and Taisei Corporation have developed a new digital gate management system to enhance the efficiency of managing vehicles entering and exiting construction sites.

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Clean[ing] Machine

KB Culture

I know: This looks like a computer mouse has been dropped in the sink. But the Dolfi ultrasonic washing device is specifically designed for submersion. By emitting ultrasound waves in the water, it triggers a process called cavitation, where [paging Carl Sagan] billions and billions of incalculably tiny bubbles are generated that softly, safely, and thoroughly clean fabric.

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The Best Architectural Instagram Feeds – 2017

Life of an Architect

There are few things that I will admit to having a borderline unhealthy passion about … a brand new sharpie pen, floating in the pool with a cold drink, and the second-to-last time walking through a project I designed. I have been debating whether or not I want to admit the latest possible addition to this list … Instagram. Instagram has been around for a long time so why would I be bringing this up now?

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DIY Summer Idea: How to Build Arbor for your Backyard

Stagetecture

Think of adding an arbor for your backyard? Looking for a way to make an architectural statement in your outdoor home ? Also known as a pergola, an arbor is a great addition to your outdoor design. An arbor is perfect when you want to enhance your garden, walkway or anywhere you feel the need to provide an attractive shade. You can even have an arbor for your terrace or pool to give shade to the direct heat of the sun.

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Timber Neutral Makes Exclusive Solid Wood Bathtub

The A to Z of Building

Is it possible to make a solid wood bathtub out of a single 3000-kilogram (6600lbs) mass of wood, that didn't contain glue or epoxy? More importantly, can this be done in a sustainable manner?

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A Cooling Kitchen

KB Culture

As the temps tick steadily upward, I can imagine taking a respite in this clean, simple kitchen. With soft colors and floor-to-ceiling cabinets and pantry unit, it's a visually cooling space. [Clunky fridge excepted. But it could have been worse.] mrwaller.com.

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5 Easy Outdoor Decor Rules To Try this Season

Stagetecture

Is your outdoor decor in need of an upgrade this season? On a gorgeous summer or spring day, there is nothing as luxurious as breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the sunshine from your own home. However, before you even start thinking about this, you should get your outdoor living area in order: welcoming furniture grouping, fluffy pillows, and comfortable seating will make your patio furniture score big this season. 5 Easy Outdoor Decor Rules To Try this Season.

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