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Switching Gears: AC’s Mosaic Tile Collection

Architectural Ceramics

Photo: AC’s Gears Collection, available in three main options: a honed marble or two matte porcelains. AC’s Gears Collection , offered as a marble or porcelain water-jet mosaic, has several features that will turn your tile project into a unique one: interlocking 12×12 sheet. neutral honed marble.

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Switching Gears: AC’s Mosaic Tile Collection

Architectural Ceramics

Photo: AC’s Gears Collection, available in three main options: a honed marble or two matte porcelains. AC’s Gears Collection , offered as a marble or porcelain water-jet mosaic, has several features that will turn your tile project into a unique one: interlocking 12×12 sheet. neutral honed marble.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Grout is used to allow for this expansion and contraction. The iconic blue and white ornamental scenes used in Chinoiseries made an impression on western Europe, where it was adopted in the 18th century. Western Europe: It’s hard to take Western Europe’s wide range of ceramic tile and narrow it down into one small section.

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Thin Is In: Get The Skinny on Thin Porcelain Tile

Giotile

Thin tiles emerged as a hot trend in Europe a few years ago and are just now trending in the United States. The format also means fewer grout lines, which can help make a small room appear larger. is a lifelike marble porcelain stoneware, available in brilliant gloss or intense matte. GIO _Thin 1.0

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Waterproof: Protecting specialty dealers’ profit margins

Floor Covering News

Bjelin Developed and manufactured in Europe, Bjelin’s hardened wood features the patented Woodura surface technology developed by Välinge Innovation. Generously sized 16 x 32 tiles provide a clean, sophisticated look, while a polished, high-gloss surface boasts subtle veining and color nuances representing a true marble visual.

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Take It Outside: Outdoor AC Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Throughout historic cities in Europe, their streets are paved in cobblestones, the statues are carved in marble, and their monuments are clad in limestone. Or, go for a vein-cut marble instead of a slate with an uneven cleft. These 10″x10″ cement tiles have faux grout lines to mimic small-scale mosaics.

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Decorator On Demand: Change the Face of Your Fireplace, Part 2

Decorator on Demand

This tile is great, it adds really nice texture without seeing any grout joints. The slab was a little more money, but worth it to my clients who dont like grout lines. Oh and yes I took out the tired marble surround and replaced it with the travertine tile I used in the floor of his kitchen to tie it all in. EmberWall. (1).