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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

Porcelain tile from AC’s Himalaya Collection , made to look like polished or matte marble. Stains like red wine on a marble surface are the enemy. Stains like red wine on a marble surface are the enemy. With this matte marble-look porcelain, stains from a capsized Cabernet aren’t as worrisome.

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Decorating with Moroccan-Inspired Cement Tiles

Granada Tile

Dating back to the 10 th century, Moroccan tiles are truly historic pieces of art that originate in the old city of Fez, Morocco and parts of Spain. Granada Tile has traveled across the globe to Morocco to find inspiration for our very own Moroccan cement tile designs. Sources: [link].

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Cement Tiles Inspired by World Travels

Granada Tile

If you take a trip to Morocco , you’ll quickly notice that dazzling, colorful tiles embrace the walls and floors of nearly every building you come across. Cement tiles are made using a totally different process, with a mixture of cement, powdered marble, sand and pigments that are embedded into the tile. Moroccan Tile. Cuban Tile.

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Spotted: Granada Tiles Fez Cement Tile in East Hampton’s Moby Restaurant In Design Sponge

Granada Tile

To get that certain sheen that’s one of the things that makes Granada Tile different from run of the mill concrete (not all of which is as carefully made or durable as ours) is that we use marble powder in the surface layer along with the color pigment, which gives the tiles a subtle sheen.

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The History of Ceramic Encaustic Tiles

Granada Tile

While ceramic tiles are made with clays and glazes and are fired in a kiln, cement tiles are made with a mixture of cement, marble powder and pigment that is then compressed under two thousand pounds of pressure and then air cured. The biggest difference between ceramic tile vs. cement tile is the manufacturing process.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Originally, handmade tiles were used to adorn places of worship like temples and mosques throughout countries like Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco. Italy: Most people likely think of marble before ceramic tile when they hear the name Italy. Africa & The Middle East: Ceramic tile’s history began in the Middle East.

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Revisiting Pierre Chareau at The Jewish Museum

The Perfect Bath

He came to America after a stay in Morocco and become a close friend of Robert Motherwell; he built a small house on his property but his career did not flourish here. I loved his drawings of interiors, the exquisite furniture with their wrought iron details and especially the lights constructed with iron, wood and marble.

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