Fishscale Tile: The Complete Scallop Guide
Some tiles follow trends; fishscale tile starts them. The scallop shape — also called mermaid tile — turns flat walls and floors into surfaces with movement, and our new fishscale collection brings it in hand-poured cement tile: eight colors, in stock, shipping from...
Outdoor & Patio Tile Trends 2027: The Early Report
Our outdoor guides are the most-read corner of this blog, so here is the forecast readers keep asking for: the patio tile trends for 2027, spotted in what designers are specifying right now for spring installs. If you want next year's patio instead of last year's,...
Tile Rugs: How to Zone Open Floor Plans Without Building a Single Wall
Open floor plans solved one problem and created another: everything flows, but nothing is defined. The designer's answer is the tile rug — a zone of patterned tile set into plain flooring that marks a "room" the way an area rug would, except it never slides, stains or...
The Holiday-Ready Home: Navy Tile That Sets the Table for the Season
Every year around October, the same realization hits: the holidays are coming, the house will be full, and the floors and walls everyone will see haven't changed since... a while. Here's the designer move for a holiday-ready home that outlasts the season: deep navy...
How Long Do Cement Tiles Last? The Honest Durability Guide
Short answer: cement tiles last 50 to 100+ years when installed and sealed correctly — and there are church and hacienda floors on their second century to prove it. Long answer: durability depends on what the tile is made of, how it's installed, and how it's...
Charcoal Hexagon Tile: The Moody Floor That Makes Every Material Look Better
If white hexagon tile is the crowd-pleaser, charcoal hexagon tile is the scene-stealer. Our HEX-324 Charcoal — an 8x8 hand-poured hexagon in deep smoke gray — gives floors a grounded, architectural quality that makes wood warmer, brass brighter and white walls whiter....
Kitchen Tile Ideas 2027: The Early Trend Report
The 2027 kitchen has a personality again. After years of gray-on-white minimalism, next year's kitchens embrace warmth, pattern and materials that feel made rather than manufactured. Here's our early kitchen tile ideas 2027 report — the trends designers are already...
Tile Borders and Frames: The Finishing Touch Most Floors Are Missing
Ask a designer what separates a good tile floor from a finished one, and they'll point at the edges. Tile borders frame a pattern the way a mat frames a print: they define where the design begins and ends, ease the transition to plain flooring, and make even a simple...
Black and White Tile: Why Juice Black Never Goes Out of Style
Trends rotate; black and white tile stays. It's the palette that survived every design decade because it works with everything that comes after it. Our Juice Black design distills it into a bold botanical geometric — handmade cement tile that gives walls and floors a...
Bathroom Tile Ideas 2027: The Early Trend Report
Bathrooms are getting warmer, moodier and more personal in 2027 — and tile is doing the heavy lifting. After tracking what designers are already specifying for next year's projects, here's our early bathroom tile ideas 2027 report, with the in-stock designs that let...
Chevron Tile Floors: How Ligne Brisée Black Makes Zigzag the Star of the Room
Some patterns whisper; the zigzag speaks up. Chevron tile floors bring instant movement to a room, and our Ligne Brisée Black design does it the artisan way: hand-poured cement tile with a crisp black-and-white zigzag that reads modern from across the room and...
Floor Tile Ideas 2027: The Early Report
Our floor tile trend reports have become an annual tradition — and every year, readers ask for them earlier. So here it is: the first look at floor tile ideas for 2027, published while there's still time to plan, sample, and order ahead of the January rush. What...
Tile Samples: How to Order Them and Read Them Right
Here's the least glamorous, most valuable advice in flooring: never buy a floor you haven't held. Ordering tile samples costs a few dollars and a few days; skipping them has cost homeowners entire rooms of regret. And with handmade tile — where depth, texture, and...
Tile Wainscoting: The Half-Wall Guide for Every Room
Some design moves are so old they've become new again, and tile wainscoting leads that list. The half-tiled wall — tile from floor to chair-rail height, paint or plaster above — dressed Parisian bistros, Victorian baths, and Mexican kitchens long before it started...
Fall 2026 Tile Trends: Warmth, Hexagons and Hearths
Every September, interiors quietly change temperature. The breezy whites of summer step back; deeper colors, warmer textures, and rooms built for gathering step forward. This year the shift underfoot is unmistakable — and if you're tracking fall 2026 tile trends, the...
Airbnb Flooring: Tile That Books More Nights
Scroll any booking platform and count the seconds before floors decide for you. The listings that stop thumbs share a trait: at least one unforgettable surface — and it's usually tile. If you own or manage a short-term rental, Airbnb flooring isn't an interiors...
Saltillo Tile vs. Cement Tile: The Honest Comparison
Two floors define the warm, earthy Mexican-Southwest look Americans can't get enough of — and they get confused for each other constantly. Saltillo tile vs. cement tile is one of the most useful comparisons in flooring, because the two materials share a heritage and...
Pet-Friendly Tile Flooring: Kid-Proof Floors That Stay Gorgeous
Here's a flooring truth nobody prints in the catalog: the most beautiful floor in the showroom hasn't met your golden retriever, your toddler's sippy cup, or the great juice spill of next Tuesday. Searching for pet-friendly tile flooring — or kid-proof, or just...
Cement Tile Fireplace Surrounds: Design Guide for Fall
Every fall, the same discovery sweeps through living rooms: the fireplace everyone ignored since March is suddenly the most important wall in the house — and the builder-grade surround around it is not dressed for the occasion. If you're researching cement tile...
Terracotta Hexagon Tiles: The Complete Design Guide
Some tiles follow trends; others start them. Right now, the shape doing the starting is the hexagon — and the color is terracotta. Put them together and you get terracotta hexagon tiles: warm, geometric, hand-pressed floors that manage to feel both centuries old and...
