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Celebrating Distinctions in Mexican History and Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Today, Cinco de Mayo isn’t considered a major holiday in Mexico, but in the United States it has become an important day, especially for those with Mexican-American heritage, to honor Mexican culture by way of festivals filled with parades, music, dancing and food. A vintage-vibe kitchen with terra cotta tile floors.

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Touting the merits of glue-down vinyl

Floor Covering News

Throughout the United States, there is a recent uptick in glue down usage versus click-lock flooring in new construction because it is less expensive and faster to install,” noted Casey Johnson, CEO, Happy Feet. “The Inspired by decades-old painted floorboards, Silver Farmhouse Oak is part of Karndean’s popular Van Gogh collection.

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Fall intros: Key selling season touts hot new products

Floor Covering News

Available in 60-inch planks with 7- and 9-inch width options, Essentials Plus also features a painted bevel for added realism. The collection features 9 x 60 planks with painted bevel edges and registered-embossed surfaces, making each plank look and feel like natural wood. It is also manufactured here in the United States.

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Breaking News: What’s New with Cement Tile in Print and Online

Granada Tile

The Pacific Northwest is synonymous with coffee—some great brews come from the upper left corner of the United States. We love how designers are taking the idea of wall tiles beyond the backsplash and bathroom and bringing them into spaces where paint or traditional paper or fabric wallcoverings would be more often used.

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EPA Announces Inclusion of Green Squared in Federal Government Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing

The Tile Council of North America Blog

. “We’re incredibly proud to see it now be accepted as part of the United States federal government’s benchmark for sustainability, and to garner credibility both from the government, and by association with similar, recognized industry marks for categories like furnishings and paint.”

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Yumi and Hatano Studio: The Yoga of Color and Design

Making Tile Modern

In 1997, I moved to the United States and, after finishing graduate school in Texas, I worked in NYC as a business analyst/project manager for financial firms. We were allowed to choose different materials, paint colors and so on. While in NYC, my husband and I were thinking of relocating or finding a vacation home.

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Wellmade expands capabilities

Floor Covering News

By Quinlan’s count—even before the new equipment is added—Wellmade currently produces roughly 50% of all the SPC made in the United States. All this has impacted our decision to continue to make investments in the United States as opposed to somewhere else.”