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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

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Grout is used to allow for this expansion and contraction. Countries like Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands all have signature styles: Photo: A wall in the Alhambra; image via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. Holland made an excellent access point for moving tile from the Netherlands to the UK.

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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

Ceramic tile has a colorful history because of its global contributors, like delicate Delft blue and white tile from the Netherlands or bright and geometric tile from Morocco. Your contractor already sealed the crackle tile before grouting it during installation. Doing so could discolor the tile or the porous cement grout around it.

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