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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Today, several tile manufacturers still honor the handmade tradition in shaping and painting natural clay tiles, but drying is done in a closed kiln instead of in the open air. textured surface makes the tile appear like painted brick. Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia.

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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. Handmade ceramics are often hand-painted. Avoid harsh chemical-based products when cleaning the surface of these tiles. Machine-Made Ceramics.

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Avente Tile Talk: Step Up to Spanish Tile | September 2012

Tile Talk

Project Pick: Hand-Painted Spanish Ceramic Tile Risers Aventes Spanish Tiles are beautifully hand-painted in a variety of colors and patterns on ceramic bisque using time-honored techniques. Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll

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Instant Room Upgrade: Mineral Wall Panels by 3DWalldecor

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

These easy-to-install tiles have a seamless surface with a perfect automatic pattern repeat, and can be painted in any color. The 3DWalldecor pure white mineral wall panels are designed in The Netherlands and made in France to be a green, durable, fire-safe and modern high-end interior product.

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Time2Design: My World | My Time2Design | My #BlogTourCGN

Time2Design

I just returned from my #BlogTourCGN adventure, (Thats short for Blog Tour Cologne Germany & Netherlands), and I am sorting thru the thousands of photos I took, the business cards I collected and in general just trying to wrap my head around where to even begin. exterior paint. paint color. paint selection.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Blogtour's coming!

Kitchen and Residential Design

Apologies to Stephen Sondheim for massacring his lyrics, but Im on my way to Germany and The Netherlands next week as part of the latest iteration of the international sensation, Blogtour. Homepath Products. Sherwin-Williams Paint. Its only just out of reach, Down the block, on a beach, Maybe next week. Kitchens.com. Henrybuilt.

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No Passport Required: 4 Global Etsy Trends for Your Home and How to Rock Them

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

We hope you like the products we recommend. Designers from the Netherlands have always been famous for their modern and cutting-edge sense of design, especially when it comes to lighting and furniture. And no other region combines minimalism and statement lighting as well as the Netherlands.

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