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What Is Rectified Tile?
What Is Rectified Tile?
Today, we’ll be going through what rectified tile is, how it’s made, and it’s benefits for your clients. So by the end of reading our short guide, you’ll feel a sigh of relief and a newfound love for promoting the tile for your next projects!
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What is LVT?
What is LVT?
“LVT” stands for “Luxury Vinyl Tile” and is a hard surface flooring designed to mimic wood, stone, or ceramic. It’s typically chosen for its durability, waterproof properties, and affordability. The “luxury” part comes in how it’s manufactured, with high-tech processes yielding an ultrarealistic look through...
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Top Glass Tiles for Kitchen Backsplashes
Top Glass Tiles for Kitchen Backsplashes
With kitchen backsplashes, you want something that will stand against common wear and tear as well as spills. Today, we discuss glass tiles as an option.
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Creative Subway Tile Patterns for Your Next Project
Creative Subway Tile Patterns for Your Next Project
In this post, we go over the top 6 lay patterns for subway tile that should be on your mind next time you go into a design project:
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A Quick Guide to Picking Pool Tile
A Quick Guide to Picking Pool Tile
Looking for pool tile ideas? Check out this guide from our design experts to helping you choose from limitless options.
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Encaustic Porcelain Tiles: Its Uses and Variety of Offerings
Encaustic Porcelain Tiles: Its Uses and Variety of Offerings
Encaustic porcelain tiles have gained significant traction within the domains of interior design and architectural environments. Their notable attributes encompass a harmonious fusion of resilience, adaptability, and visual allure, rendering them highly coveted across residential and commercial domains alike. Embellished with elaborate designs and vivid...
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Encaustic Tile: Historic Beauty, Modern-Day Quality
Encaustic Tile: Historic Beauty, Modern-Day Quality
You’ve surely seen some form of encaustic tile before — in the great cathedrals you toured on your honeymoon, in old Victorian mansions, maybe even in government buildings — but you may not have known you were looking at it.
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What’s Next in Tile: Designers and Collaborations
What’s Next in Tile: Designers and Collaborations
Designer season has now taken over 2022 and it feels wonderful to see the world opening up for both fashion and design. Not only are we gathering in fabulous places again, with a newfound appreciation for anything that isn’t our own space, but we are...
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Designing with Natural Stone Tile
Designing with Natural Stone Tile
Beautifully organic and highly enduring, stone has always been a sought out element in architecture and design. From the grand temples of the Roman Empire to the embellished marble facades of Baroque churches, stones like marble, granite, limestone, travertine, and quartzite have been a consistent...
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Going Green: Choosing a Sustainable Tile
Going Green: Choosing a Sustainable Tile
Sustainability is not just a buzzword anymore. As more and more companies are making a commitment to eco-friendly and ethical production, it is clear that sustainability will not only shape the future of our planet, but also the future of design. However, sustainability is not...
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Made in the USA: Redefining American Luxury
Made in the USA: Redefining American Luxury
What does “American” design mean in the 21st Century? From traditional colonial style with British influences to the bold and gritty industrial style of New York City. From the glitz and glam of Art Deco to the refined serenity of Mid-Century Modern Design. The truth...
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Ready to Update Your Kitchen Backsplash? Here’s How to Do It Yourself
Ready to Update Your Kitchen Backsplash? Here’s How to Do It Yourself
Ready for a new backsplash? Adding kitchen backsplash tile is simpler than you think and you can do it yourself in just a few days! Backsplashes are a great first tile project and an easy way to update your kitchen without the major cost of...
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Designing with Thin Porcelain Slabs
Designing with Thin Porcelain Slabs
When most people think of porcelain, they think of a durable tile that may look like stone or concrete, but that is where the excitement ends for most. Porcelain has historically been about performance that sacrifices beauty and design, but thanks to modern technology, that...
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Industrial Design Using Tiles
Industrial Design Using Tiles
Using exposed materials, sleek neutral colors, and a heavy play with textures – industrial design has reshaped and redefined contemporary décor. What started as a trend at the beginning of the 2000’s has become the definition of modern urban interior design, balancing between form and...
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The History & Art of Terrazzo
The History & Art of Terrazzo
Terrazzo is everywhere. The popular decorative surface has broken free from its institutional reputation to realize its place in contemporary design and become the go-to surface for architects and designers around the globe. From authentic poured terrazzo to its use as an inspiration for modern...
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Bringing You the World of Design: TileBar’s Designer Collaborations
Bringing You the World of Design: TileBar’s Designer Collaborations
There are certain movies that have a way of teaching us something, whether we are ready for it or not. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ was one such movie where we all expected Meryl Streep to be amazing and see pretty fashion, but it turned out...
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Art Nouveau Making Moves with Elizabeth Sutton
Art Nouveau Making Moves with Elizabeth Sutton
Who Is Elizabeth Sutton? Elizabeth Sutton is a Miami-based artist with New York roots who has exploded onto the art scene in the past few years. With design and influences spanning multiple industries and media, her patterns have reintroduced a stylized view of natural elements...
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Creating a Home Oasis with Krista Watterworth
Creating a Home Oasis with Krista Watterworth
Who Is Krista Watterworth? Krista Watterworth is a well-known celebrity interior designer who has been featured on multiple television shows for HGTV and the DIY Network. Her highly sought-after design studio, Krista + Home, shows off her signature style where the Palm Beach-inspired relaxed luxury...
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