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Ceramic: The pros and cons of natural stone

Floor Covering News

To be successful with the category, retailers are tasked with educating themselves and the consumer on its pros and cons in order to facilitate a successful sale and installation. From a retailer’s perspective, opportunity for consumers to splurge on natural stone is high across a number of categories—kitchen, bath and outdoor included.

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Metropolitan Mastery

Diary of a Tile Addict

After all, this is one of the long-established staples of the tile retailer’s arsenal, alongside quarry tiles, black and white contrasts, and simulated marbles. This adds real impact at the point of sale … thus the prospect of a valuable extra sale for retailers. Metropolitan from Colorker Group’s ZYX brand.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Let me vent a little about Houzz

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Natural stone is a natural product and even stones that come from the same quarry change radically over time. Contrary to what you may believe, sales people in kitchen and bath showrooms dont exist to extort money from you. Margaret had triplets who were ten when we re-did her kitchen.

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Expect the Unexpected from Tile Variation

Architectural Ceramics

Vice President of Sales, David Benson, also known as the @DCStoneGuy on Instagram, recently visited quarries and factories throughout northern Italy. ” — David Benson, Vice President of Sales. ” Preparing for Variation. Because nothing haunts you more than what you didn’t buy.

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Tile with Money in Mind

Architectural Ceramics

In the kitchen design shown above, the larger 12″x24″ field tile was used on the floor and the herringbone mosaic was used on the backsplash. One is made of natural fibers and the other is quarried from the earth. This collection looks like Calacatta Gold marble but performs like a porcelain. Join our newsletter here.

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Bigger Is Better: Large Format Porcelain Tile

Architectural Ceramics

The color choices used in the bathroom renovation, and the collection itself are both calm and what you would expect to see from natural stone quarried from the earth. AC’s Slim Slab Collection in Calacatta.The kitchen renovation, shown above, features the Calacatta option. It allows for an almost seamless look.

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Working in Harmony: Tile That Embodies the Principles of Feng Shui

Architectural Ceramics

Earth: Quarried from the earth, this master bathroom retreat features natural stone on several surfaces. Earth: Like marbles used in the previous projects were quarried from the earth, so was our 12″x24″ Brazilian Black slate used in a herringbone pattern throughout the home’s main level. Join our newsletter here.

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