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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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kbculture: Hot Stuff

KB Culture

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 27 February 2014. Hot Stuff. The launch of a full line of new kitchen appliances has been a rare event during the fiscal malaise. Costly in time and money, its an investment for which not many manufacturers have been willing to ante up. So the April advent of the Benchmark collection is cause for celebration [at least for k/b geeks like me].

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Modern Glass Mosaic Pool Tile at Modwalls

Making Tile Modern

'Brio Atomic Ranch Mid Century glass mosaic tile blend makes a “cool without blue” pool liner. Brio Glass Mosaic Tile Glass Mosaic Tile Glass Tile Mid Century Modern modwalls Mosaic Glass Tile Pool tile brio glass mosaic tile [link] mcm modwalls tile pool liner.

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It’s A Brand New Look For “The Ace of Space” Blog”!!!

The Ace of Space

'It’s HERE!!! I think I hear trumpets, or at the very least a large round of applause. Today is the official unveiling of my “new look” at “The Ace of Space Blog” When it went live yesterday, I must have looked at it 100 times, it’s better than a brand new pair of Tory Burch […].

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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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kbculture: Water Colors

KB Culture

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 26 February 2014. Water Colors. Sheathing the spout in silicone not only gives the Pop a smack of color, it also introduces a matte element into the otherwise-glossy design mix. The bright hues are playful indeed, but the black/grey combo is surprisingly chic. zazzeri.it. Posted by Leslie Clagett. at 5:53 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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Serene Bathroom Featuring Modwalls Tile

Making Tile Modern

'Another lovely bathroom by our friends at Hatano Studios.This one features our Lush 4×12 Cloud on the backsplash and ModRocks 100% Recycled glass pebbles on the shower walls. Shop the pebbles: [link].

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heard around the architectural studio #012 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #012 “I’m Norwegian where it counts.” heard around the architectural studio #012 Posted by Bob Borson onFebruary 26, 2014 In Heard around the architectural studio quotes 13 Comments The Best Things about my.

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The Annabelle Guest Bath

The Tile Shop

'Good morning! Here''s a bright and cheery new vignette from Shrewsbury. The store is petite- so we used some smaller vignettes with high impact- we used Kate Spade NY Home accents and custom art to complete the look! Please click on the image to view: We hope you all have a great day….

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kbculture: Winter Rewind

KB Culture

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 24 February 2014. Winter Rewind. As we are about to replay the infamous Polar Vortex scenario, this kitchen seems a fitting way to welcome this soon-to-be-frigid week. Let me explain my snow-scrambled thinking. Of course, its more than the ice-white color that makes it appropriate; the quasi-circular form of the islands underscores the cyclical path of nature. artichoke-ltd.com.

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Glass Tile Blends in Personalized Designs at Modwalls.com

Making Tile Modern

'Another Brio Custom Tile Blend just created with our online blending tool. #customtile #tile #brio #modwallstile #mcm #glasstile #glassmosaictile #mosaictile #personalized #briotile #brio.

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Books: Selling the Dwelling

The Perfect Bath

'I was fortunate to catch the last day of the exhibition, SELLING the DWELLING, The Books that Built America’s Houses, 1775-2000, at the Grolier Club in New York. Richard Cheek, exhibition curator and author of the accompanying book, is a photographer who records the visual history of America’s architecture as well as a bibliophile. The exhibition was an opportunity for Richard to display his collection of historical materials that document over 225 years of literature related to de

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My Life In Watercolour

The Ace of Space

'Ah…a week without snow, and I’m not sure I’m really ready. Truth be told, I actually like the white stuff. Since I’m from Upstate NY (near Canada, not NYC), I start wearing sweaters in August and I’m really not ready to put them away until maybe April. That’s how my internal clock works. Yes, this […]. Architectural Detail Art Bolick Interiors Portfolio Color Design Inspiration Interiors My Life Neutrals theaceofspaceblog.

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Floating Joy: Takao Tanabe Banners at the Humanities Centre, University of Alberta

Margaret Almon Mosaics

'Humanities. 3rd floor in Canada. My child-self watched the world with intensity. I remember walking through the Humanities Centre at the University of Alberta, where my father had an office in the English Department. This was a landscape, like outside, there of its own accord. It was a surprise to realize that someone designed this space, built it, inhabited it.

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Glass Mosaic Tile Blends Personalized at Modwalls

Making Tile Modern

'People are busy using our online tile blending tool today! Made in 1-2 weeks locally via the workshop at Hope Services- work for developmentally disabled adults. #brio #briotile #mosaictile #hopeservices #glasstile #mosaictile #modwallstile.

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And the Washer/Dryer Goes To.

KB Culture

'The Vanity Fair Academy Awards party? Ho-hum. Elton John''s post-Oscars bash? Meh. Madonna? Yawn. These modern cinematic celebrations pale when compared to the star-studded affair staged by Westinghouse in 1953. Who wouldn''t want to hob-nob with Yvonne De Carlo, Ronald Reagan, Edward G. Robinson, Eve Arden and other Hollywood luminaries as they mingle with various major appliances?

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“The Ace’s” 8 Favorite Wallpaper Companies…

The Ace of Space

'I was going to do a post about a company that I’m obsessed with, but then I saw a picture of the most sumptuous wall-covering, and I simply couldn’t wait to share the love. There are some serious contenders in wall-coverings for 2014, and someday when we are not “the house” that all the kids […]. Ace Pick of the Day Art BlogTour 2014 Color Design DIY Wall Treatments Boutique wallpaper from Spain Clarke & Clarke Cole and Son Farrow & Ball Fioretti Fusion Pr

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Kitchen Peninsulas vs. Kitchen Islands

Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens Inc.

'Islands are featured in many kitchens—they are a convenient and attractive design element. But what about peninsulas? Kitchen peninsulas are similar to islands but have one side that is built into the wall or protrudes out from another counter surface. Are you interested in an entirely new custom kitchen design? Should you install an island or peninsula?

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Awesome Light Fixture By Form Us With Love

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'Filed under: Lighting, Products Tagged: Form Us With Love.

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Down to Earth—Literally

KB Culture

'A head-turning design belies the very—and I do mean very —basic function of this waterless toilet. Liquid waste drains away into a grey-water system. Nothing revolutionary about that, right? But solid material takes a different path. It is conveyed into a composting chamber that is populated by earthworms, who do what earthworms do to ensure a clean commode. ecodomeo.com.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Career / Architectural Job Starter Kit Architectural Job Starter Kit Bob Borson — February 28, 2014 — 27 Comments March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the “summer interns” and freshly minted architectural graduates are … well, knocking on the door.

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The Best Things about my Future New Office | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Architects / The Best Things about my Future New Office The Best Things about my Future New Office Bob Borson — February 24, 2014 — 33 Comments I am counting down the days to when we expect to move out of our current office and into our new one.

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