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A Guide to Art Tile
You’ve got to know the lingo when you’re choosing from the immense variety of art tiles. It’s a world that approaches couture in its dazzle and diversity. Here's a tile glossary.
Back Splash Progression
The love affair with tile goes back more than a century for Arts & Crafts kitchens.
Spanish & Art Deco Tile Fantasy
Exuberant color tile in bathrooms of the 1920s inspires us today.
Arts & Crafts Baths Two Ways
Traditional Arts & Crafts elements—wood, tile, classic fixtures—are the basis for rooms that meet modern expectations.
The Floor Can Make the Room
An existing floor, be it tongue-and-groove pine or 1920s tile, sets the tone. If you are doing a major renovation or building new, anchor the room with the right floor, even before you choose moldings and wall colors and furniture.
Sources for Arts & Crafts Tile
An exclusive list of contemporary art-tile manufacturers. Their beautiful tiles are suitable for Arts & Crafts homes.
A Face for the Fireplace
Consider scale, material, and especially craftsmanship for your new hearth.
Countertop, Sink & Backsplash
Look to the past for great ideas for multiple surfaces, sinks that are both beautiful and practical, and an explosion of materials for the backsplash. You’ll find butcher block and zinc, German silver as well as porcelain, and not only tile but also embossed tin.
Dazzling Tile for Art Deco Baths
Bungalow bathrooms before 1920 were of the “sanitary white” persuasion. Not so the bathrooms built after the mid-1920s!
Bartile Roofs, Inc.
With over 20 styles and options in over 500 colors we have the tile to accentuate your architecture and set your home apart from all the rest.
Carreaux du Nord
The Carreaux du Nord studio has been making fine handmade Art Tiles in the Arts & Crafts tradition since 1995, for tile installations and the tile enthusiast.
Clay Squared to Infinity
Handmade tile and polymer clay art showroom/studio located in Northeast Minneapolis Art District.
Kitchen Sinks & Countertops: Go Trendy or Timeless?
Which trends are most likely to stay the course, and which are likely to date a new kitchen in a skinny minute? Choose wisely, and your kitchen will always be in style.