Rondine’s Inwood range features ceramic surfaces with a charmingly rugged feel to both sight and touch. The six colour options, with their attractive warm tones, have been selected to bring out the natural essence of wood in all its beauty and imperfection. The tiles’ shade variations are capable of creating different moods depending on how they are laid. Continue reading Walking In A Wooden Wonderworld
The use of tin ceilings really developed in the mid-nineteenth century, when mass produced sheets of thin rolled tinplate became readily available in America. They reached the zenith of their popularity in the 1890s. As a result, many old buildings, such as the colonial town houses of central Sydney, boast antique tin ceilings, cornices, wall panels and wainscots. Continue reading Trending: Tin Ceiling Tiles
I’m away on holiday until the 13th February, so I’ll leave you with some tile humour. Well, it may be humour! Dado: “Could I interest you in one of these, Madam.” Decor: Plain tiles with a consistent visible fault. Description: Product specification characterised by its complete absence from all tile boxes and price lists. Design: Someone else’s idea with your name on it. Displays: Obsolete; … Continue reading Tiling Thesaurus: D
Marianne Smink designs and makes screen-printed ceramic tiles, and digitally-printed wallpapers. Her aim is to achieve beauty through the inherent imperfection of hand-made work, drawing on the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. Continue reading Inherent Imperfection
Refined and reassuring, Treverk by Marazzi combined elegant lines with delicate colours and subtly shaded contrasts. Continue reading Treverk by Marazzi
