You’ve made the right choice and decided to use ceramic tile for your kitchen flooring. Exciting options for shapes, colors, textures, and designs await you! Read on to discover which type of ceramic tile is best for your lifestyle and use our tile pattern templates to plan your space. Learn why the choice of ceramic…
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The growing problem of plastic pollution is gaining more and more attention in the media, and for good reason. For example, National Geographic posed this singular question with their June 2018 magazine issue—Planet or Plastic? NatGeo has been covering plastic pollution for decades. After all, they are on the front lines with an army of…
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You could fill a book with the benefits of ceramic tile—from its timeless aesthetic value to its ecological sustainability. The greatest benefit of ceramic tile is that it is made of naturally occurring materials and therefore has a healthy advantage over other flooring options. The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) compiled a bulletin that…
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Fire, Water, and Mold showed up to help a designer and his client make a flooring selection and we debuted the advice at Coverings’18 in Atlanta. These personas of mayhem describe what they love about plastic flooring: harmful chemicals and VOCs, damage by fading, cupping, denting, and scratching, and the health risks of susceptibility to mold…
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A new study, conducted by CNA Risk Control, could help lead to the reduction of slip and fall accidents in America by managing slip and fall risks on hard surface floors. The study, featured in the current issue of Risk and Insurance took place over the past 12 months. It addresses slip resistance and maintenance…
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Did you know that everything you put in your space impacts the quality of the air you breathe? That’s right, including your floors and walls, and every other surface in your home or place of work!
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Other flooring types leave you with limited design options. But ceramic tile floors open up a world of possibilities. With tile you can make narrow rooms look wider, wide rooms look longer, and hide a room’s imperfections. These three popular patterns are easy to install and add sophisticated design to any room. 1. Straight Lay…
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