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  • LincolnBath Products Review: Tile
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/21/2006)
  • Speaking at the 2006 Coverings tile and stone exposition, Leatrice Eisman, director of the Pantone Color Institute, noted that 35 has been designated by marketing gurus as the ideal median age to target. "Young people, more exposed to what we call the luxury market, 'get it' when it comes to furnishing or buying their first home in terms of more sophisticated styling. From the opposite end, baby boomers are thinking younger." These two extremes of demographics, she says, blend into a pan-generational consumer not so stuck on having to do things the way they've been done in the past.
  • Tile
  • REMODELING Magazine (9/1/2006)
  • Lately, residential design seems to be a bit inside-out — or outside-in, depending on your vantage point. More and more, homeowners are requesting “outdoor living spaces” or are looking for ways to “bring the outdoors in.” Choosing the right kind of tile is one more way to accomplish these goals, with an array of styles bearing natural, earthy colors and elements. Far from being cold underfoot, these tiles bring warmth to almost any room.
  • MetroflorInterior Products Review: Tile
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (11/21/2005)
  • Just a few years ago, Houston builder Gary Bumpass decorated bathroom after bathroom with 4-1/8-inch squares of shiny white ceramic tile. Today, he's lining shower walls and powder room floors with earthy-colored squares as big as 20 inches, rectangular tile bricks in mix-and-match sizes, and even tiny glass mosaics that sparkle when they're wet.
  • New Arrival: Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/1/2005)
  • Four new products include Villa Valleta and Castle de Verre glazed porcelain floor and wall tile, Alta Vista porcelain floor tile, and Navelli glazed floor and wall tile. Tiles come in slate, marble, and natural stone patterns in a wide selection of sizes. Many coordinating trim pieces also are available.
  • MetroflorNew Arrival: Floor and Wall Tiles
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/1/2005)
  • Based on couture designer Angela Adams' drawings, this line of floor and wall tiles offers sophisticated textures and shapes. Expressive forms are made by either raising or cutting in relief; other patterns are hand-drawn with a glaze filling. Four styles, exploring texture, line, and bold color in a variety of dimensions, are offered.
  • Finishing Touches: Mosaic Tile
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/1/2005)
  • Minos mosaics are handcrafted to create authentic and traditional patterns, the firm claims. Made in Israel, the mosaics come in a variety of colors and finishes and can be used in interior floor, wall, and ceiling applications in kitchens, bathrooms, and foyers, and in fireplace surrounds.
  • New Arrival: Porcelain Mosaic Tiles
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/1/2005)
  • Unglazed hexagon porcelain mosaic tiles measure 1 inch by 1 inch and are dot-mounted for simple installation, claims the maker. The tiles come in 21 solid colors and a variety of standard and custom patterns. Hexagon tiles can be used in a variety of applications and are designed to stand up to frost, abrasion, and more.
  • Finishing Touches: Zoo Animal Tiles
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (5/1/2005)
  • Imported Antigua collection Zoo Animals tiles are ideal for kids' playrooms, claims the maker. Designs include 15 hand-painted animal themes such as an ox, camel, elephant, leopard, hippo, lion, monkey, bear and cub, zebra, rhino, penguins, walrus, two ostriches, and a giraffe. The 4-1/8-inch-by-4-1/8-inch tiles depict the animals in various settings and scenes.

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