Start from the floor to fill your home with character. Don’t be shy when it comes to colour, get creative with pattern, and make a space entirely your own. Get inspired then get the look with our tile matches. 1) Reimagined Classic A contemporary take on a classic pattern, the feature floor of this joyful kitchen ties all the colourful cabinets together. Get the look … Continue reading Get the Look: Feature Floors
Inspired by the beauty of block printed textiles, Mosaic Factory‘s new collaboration with British designer Molly Mahon brings her striking motifs to cement tile. On fabric, wallpaper, and homeware, Mahon’s patterns form a rhythm, layering vivid colours, checks, and details to delight the eye and infuse spaces with handcrafted charm. Their cement counterparts carry this same artisanal spirit, translating the characterful irregularities of block printing … Continue reading Mosaic Factory x Molly Mahon
My first look at the vibrant work of Brazilian tile company Studio Latitude was during an Instagram ‘research’ sesh, when I stumbled upon this (pictured below, and featured in our most recent Get the Look post), an intensely joyful, sunshine-filled shower decorated in tiles I didn’t recognise. Although the company wasn’t tagged in the post, a quick reverse image search revealed the tile design – … Continue reading Studio Latitude
Vintage mosaic motifs from zig-zags to pinwheels bring old-school cool to Appiani‘s Pastelli collection. Pastelli’s eight shades reference countless historical periods – from Rococo to Art Deco – with dusty pink, rich maroon, faded sea foam, and pared-back blue bringing a splash of colour to be mixed and matched amongst a quartet of greyscale neutrals. Seven mosaic patterns create a spectrum of shades and designs, … Continue reading Vintage Versatility
Adding yet again to our never ending list of tile companies and delightful patterns, today we’re talking Glazentile. Sharing a passion for authenticity in design, skilled craftsmanship, and the endless possibilities afforded by creativity, the husband and wife team behind Glazentile work with master artisans to create a collection of cement, zellige, and bejmat tiles that blend tradition with modernity. With classic Arabesque patterns like … Continue reading Glazentile
Clay Imports welcomes another wonderful collection to the tile world with their new collaboration with Davey McEathron and Rebecca Holliday of Rock Paper Build. Finding inspiration in Mexican city San Miguel de Allende and on the motifs of cowboy boots, Rock Paper Build have created four designs – Bayas, Naranjas, Conectada, and Pomelo – with an enticingly retro aesthetic. These motifs decorate a selection of … Continue reading Tiles inspired by cowboy boots
With colour, joy, whimsy, and endless half-moons, designer Aimée Wilder‘s tile collections are sure to inspire. Waves in playful shades, versatile geometrics, and a few unique takes on terrazzo, this extensive catalogue of designs takes a trip away from tradition to bring us a range of finishes solidly in the 21st Century. Wilder’s choices of colour and contrast emphasise the wobbling shapes, offering a highly … Continue reading Wilder’s Waves
A second lot of lovely wallpaper/tile combos, these five feature the bold, the beautiful, and, on occasion, the unexpectedly porcelain. 1) Olive Jungle Richly textured olive green zellige tiles pair with the palm foliage and tropical plants that decorate the walls. Get the look with from 1043 from Mosaic Factory and Florida in Tobacco from Manuel Canovas. 2) Porcelain paper Passion flowers and leafy fronds … Continue reading Five foliage-forward wallpaper/tile combos
Partnering with Los Angeles based design studio Commune Design, Exquisite Surfaces have created a striking selection of handmade tiles, rich with earthy charm and enticing personality. Eight different designs – Sitio, Najavo, Zuni, Mochi, Circle, Drop, Bean, and Abstrakt – provide enormous variety, both across the design families and within them. Sitio alone is made up of eight variations of surface relief and four contrasting … Continue reading Commune Collection
This fabulously fishy feature tile collection from Italian handmade tile design house Ceramiche Arcea takes mix and match to the next level. Seven different compositions, each consisting of an individual head, body, and tail piece, make up Poisson. These compositions are distinguished through colour and pattern with three blues, one pink, one red, one yellow, and one black trio all making use of a different … Continue reading Pick and mix your Poisson
Today we’re sharing two branches of the same creative family tree – StoneImpressions and Livden. The story of StoneImpressions began almost three decades ago in a makeshift studio where Melinda Earl transformed simple natural stone into patterned beauties using a patented process. Textured stone and the irregular patterns created by veining and tonal variation create an enticing background for the orderly and finessed designs printed … Continue reading Creative Company Duo
It all started when I was doing research for one of my Interior Inspo posts. I saw some gingham tiles. Then I saw some more. I squirrelled them away in my ’tile matching’ folder, hoping to be able to use them one day if I ever found a third gingham tile to complete my collection. Not only did I find that missing piece, I found … Continue reading A whole bunch of Gingham tiles
Offering up a finishing flourish with boundless beauty to behold, Bert & May‘s Borders cement collection is one for the books. Six distinctive designs in smoky grey and stony white make up the range. A simple half and half stripe, a tri-tonal top and tailed triple stripe, and a diamond ad stripe combo design are the more classic options of the set. Briging something much … Continue reading The Border tiles of your dreams
We’re adding to our massive list of companies today with an online retailer offering tiles full of finesse. Thoughtfully formed 3D shapes and watercolour glazes as well as deeply pigmented Moroccan zellige, handmade terracotta, and hand painted traditional Portuguese tiles make up the curated collections from Loja Do Azulejo. Twisting, angular, geometric roses, 3D striped hexagons, asymmetric wedges, scored motifs, and classic shapes in a … Continue reading Loja Do Azulejo
We love a unique glaze, and if there’s one that gets the mind tingling with magic – it’s lava. Wildly unpredictable but ultimately beautiful, these five tiles show just how miraculous a lava glaze can be. 1) ExCinere from Formatantasma and Dzek Created from the collaboration between Formafantasma and Dzek, ExCinere are glazed in lava ash from Mount Etna in a process that took “three years of exploding, … Continue reading Five tiles made with LAVA
An exhibition round-up wouldn’t be complete without a little look at the wood-effect tiles on offer. Although there were fewer than we’ve seen on previous years at Cevisama, there were still some unique designs worth sharing. Ceracasa‘s Deco Forest collection features four distinct inlaid wood-effect patterns in a tri-tonal style. Mixing a pale pine, warm honey-toned oak shades, and a darker walnut, Deco Forest plays … Continue reading Cevisama Curiosities: Wood
Today it’s all about the curious collection of pattern pick n mix from Cevisama. From florals to Fibonacci, these marvellous motifs made our trip a whole lot more fun. Partnering vintage florals, watercolour flowers, and art nouveau fans, Decocer‘s Bouquet collection in green and blue offers up a party of mix and match potential. Decorated with unusual zig-zags, warm tones, and irregular lines, Aparici‘s Crea … Continue reading Cevisama Curiosities: Pick n Mix
Amongst the many Curiosities Cevisama had on offer, there were a few that added an extra dimension to their designs. These textural treats all have relief work in common, here are our 3D finds from the show. These lovely elongated metro tiles from Cebimar feature a raised frame and glittery crackle-effect surface in a delicious minty apple green for a verdant a vintage vibe. Like … Continue reading Cevisama Curiosities: 3D
Amongst the many magnificent Cevisama stands that brought the best of tile and design, there was one where almost everything on display made it to my camera reel – Nanda Tiles. Colourful, playful, and rich with joyful motifs, the Nanda Tiles stand was an absolute delight. The first collection that called to us from across the exhibition floor was Giardino. Fabulous florals in soft pastel … Continue reading Cevisama Stand-Out
Despite a smaller number than expected of large format specialists at Cevisama, there was still plenty of wallpaper-effect tile action going on. Some kept it dainty, and some went big and bold, but all of them made a big impact wherever they were displayed. One of the most wonderfully three dimensional wallpaper-effect designs came from APE with their Deco Set (3) Hoss. Bold tropical leaves … Continue reading You’ve Got Wallpaper
