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August 2023

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Adapted picket fence tile pattern

79 Floor Tile Patterns: Find the Perfect Tile Layout for Any Space

Ceramic floor tile can help visually expand narrow rooms, elongate wide rooms, and even hide a room’s imperfections if you simply use the right installation pattern. Ceramic floor tile also offers wide versatility in how your floor is installed, — creative choices not possible with other flooring materials. So, how do you know which pattern is right for your space?

Lay It On Me
Pebbles

Sizzling Pebbles Create Cool Projects

 When it comes to pebbles, showers and bathrooms appear to be their natural habitat. Seven ace tile setters shared their pebble projects with TileLetter, including their tips for pebble perfection.

Bathroom Beauties
Stones

Connecting With Natural Stone

Andreas and Naomi Kunert, co-founders of Ancient Art of Stone, know they don’t easily fit into one category. Together they create one-of-a-kind art installations using natural stone, crystals, and bronze.

Art Class
Jury

Tile of Spain Announces the Prestigious Jury Overseeing the 22nd Annual Tile of Spain Awards

The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association (ASCER) has announced the five highly regarded architects and designers who will make up the jury for the 22nd annual Tile of Spain Awards.

 

All Rise! 👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️
Flush plate Sigma50

Material Effect: Well-Being and Personality in the Bathroom

Stone, marble, cement and metal are today’s most on-trend surface finishes in the field of ceramic sanitaryware. They respond to a desire for contact with the earth and with nature in general while bringing a new and highly distinctive character to any bathroom space.

Direct Effect

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Porcelain Pavers

2 cm Gauged Porcelain Pavers for Outdoor Spaces

The demand for outdoor living spaces in both residential and commercial projects has grown tremendously in recent years. This market trend has also seen growth in the use of pavers for outdoor spaces. Modern outdoor pavers can create as much style outside as your inside decor (and even transition inside to outside) with a consistent style. 

Outdoor Oasis
Avoid Thin Set at all Costs!

Don't Patch Your Tile Substrate With Thin Set

You've surely been in the position as a tile installer to deal with job site conditions that require the substrate (floors and walls) to be patched making it “tile ready”. No question, it's critical to get the substrate flat enough to accommodate tile. The bigger question is what should you use to fix the irregularities you've encountered?

Patch Test
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