Stile Artistic Designs

You have never seen anything like Stile Artistic Designs. This amazing company out of Rome, Italy brings a revolutionary, artistic approach to tile that is truly unequaled in the industry. What makes them unique is their combination of the highest quality stone, terra cotta, glass, metal, and wood. These materials that are usually used alone are used in beautiful combination to create something completely unique and almost regal.

Stile’s products are in used decorative products, medallions, borders, floor and wall tiles, table tops, sinks and architectural elements such as fireplaces, statues and much more. Imagine a silky smooth white marble tile that is inlaid with pewter in swirling or geometric designs of varying widths and thicknesses. They even combine wood flooring with metal inlays, like something you would see in a palace hall.

Stile also merges hardwood flooring tiles with actual stone, the stone weaved into a floral or vining pattern or more modern, angular designs. They offer several of their products in round “tiles” in varying diameters a well as in square and border shapes that can be 36″ x 36″ for tiles or down to 3″ x 12″ narrow borders. There’s a border to match with every design and color scheme, floral patterns, designs that look like rectangular chain links, starbursts, and flourishes, just to name a few.

Stile has a huge array of styles and designs, but they can also create a custom design that fits your precise needs. Their mosaic creations are amazing, combining different shapes, materials, and colors in stunning designs that end in a unique and dazzling look that puts your home or office on an elite list of customers with Stile’s tremendous style.

So whether you need a kitchen backsplash, a new floor for a foyer, a marble bathroom floor or wall, or even a facing for a fireplace, Stile has the upper echelon of specialized tile that will set your room apart from any other. You can bring a little bit of the rustic Italian beauty right into your home or office or church, and you’ll certainly have a look to be admired.

To learn more about Stile Artistic Design, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Unique d’Clay

Stunning is the only word that can describe the collections offered by Unique d’Clay. The most visually enticing ceramic clay tiles are what arm d’Clay in exceptional quality and unique style. As their website says, “No two rooms are alike with our exceptional products.” This would certainly be the case. Take a look at their galleries, and you’ll be sold.

The company specializes in ceramic tiles for backsplashes, fireplaces, accent walls, and accents for floors that are individually handmade, custom arranged and glazed to meet your requirements. It’s difficult to describe in words how unique and stylish Unique d’Clay’s products are. You just won’t see them anywhere else — embossed glazed tiles with geometric raised designs, fireplace fronts that are designed to make the square of your fireplace look like it’s at the end of an architectural tunnel (this design’s collection, In motion, really says it all), and curved architectural elements that bring that professional level look everyone is after.

The colors and finishes Unique d’Clay offers are just as striking as the designs of the tiles themselves. Every color of the rainbow, from fiery reds and yellows, to baby pinks and creams, to dark blues, burgundies, and browns. There’s certain to be a color that fits your look to the letter.

And in addition to the colors themselves, you can get tiles with different finishes. The company offers a Soft Matte finish, which mimics the look of the natural stone; a Glossy Bright collection, and their Opulence Glazes choices, which give that rich glow but that isn’t too glossy.

Unique d’Clay not only offers their ceramic products in tiles, but also in borders, edging, moldings, and corners, all the fine details that make a ceramic project have that sharp, quality look. So if you’re going for the old world look, something you’d see in, say, Tuscany, with soft, muted earth tones …or if you want an ultra modern look with angles and positioning that might even raise a few eyebrows, then look no further than Unique d’Clay. And if you’re really not sure what look you want to bring to your new room, with all of their choices, you’ll find yourself in what Unique d’Clay has to offer.

To learn more about Unique d’Clay, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Mixed-Up Mosaics

Bold. Brazen. Luxurious. These are some of the words that describe Mixed-Up Mosaics’ large collection of mosaic glass tiles. With big name clients such as the Atlantis in Dubai or the Trump Marina in Atlantic City, you can be confident you will receive the highest quality customer service as well as a product that is unparalleled in authenticity, flavor, and quality.

Mixed-Up Mosaics is a New York City company that is the standard for handmade mosaic stained glass tiles. They’ve got some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry, and they strive to keep on the cusp of the latest trends in interior design and tile work.

Mosaic by Mixed-Up MosaicsThe sets of tiles you order from Mixed-Up Mosaics are as unique as you and your business. Each job is custom-ordered and handmade with the exact design specifications laid out from the beginning of the project. You can provide the company with a template and measurements for your space, and they can create a design for you, or you could start with the beautiful templates they already have set up and then tweak the design to meet your needs and taste.

The versatility of the tiled creations from Mixed-Up Mosaics is incredible. You can use their tiles in any number of residential, commercial, or aesthetic settings. You could design a stunning backsplash for the kitchen or bar area, tile the area around a pool or sauna, create unique and dramatic tops for counters, tables, or bar tops, or even add a beautiful wall design to your church or synagogue. The possibilities truly are endless.

Custom Mosaics from Mixed-Up MosaicsYou’ve just got to take a look at this company’s collections, especially in the What’s New Section as of the posting of this article. You can view samples such as their Vanishing Point pattern, that is a wonder of linear “motion.” You can also see the Tiki design with its out-of-square squares and boxes, or the Circles pattern that each throws convention to the wind. Or check out their Plaid or Leopard designs — all made simply with custom cut and colored glass tiles.

So if you have a space that’s screaming for vibrant, unique treatment that will make your home or business stand out in a beautiful, exciting way, you have to consider Mixed-Up Mosaics.

To learn more about Mixed-Up Mosaics, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Plantation Hardwood Floors

Plantation Hardwood Floors has a promise: “a beautiful and unique floor, accompanied by a pleasant and professional experience.” This is what everyone’s looking for when they need any product or service. And this is what Plantation delivers. Their unique, custom-order system sets them apart in that they can provide different styles, lengths, and custom features for each customer’s unique needs.

This customer-centric philosophy brings a quality and dedication to the entire process at Plantation. Their factory in California has state-of-the-art machinery to create the basic forms of the hardwood planking, but the things that make Plantation’s finished product so special are the artisans who meticulously apply finishing touches such as detailed handscraping, which gives the floor that old-world, rustic appearance so popular in today’s designs. But because the details are not done by machine, you’re certain to get a truly unique product for your new home or office.

And if green, eco-friendly practices are of primary importance to you, then Plantation Hardwood Floors is a company you can trust in. First, they make certain that the companies from which they receive their raw materials are in compliance with regulations and employ eco-friendly practices. They recycle their scrap and wood “waste” from their manufacturing process by making interesting and unusual flooring alternatives and samples for customers. Also the company only uses stains and finishes that are either water-based or emit no volatile organic compounds into the air. And because the factory is in California, that reduces overseas transportation emissions, and also helps create and keep jobs in the U.S.

Plantation offers a huge selection of colors, styles, and of course offers unique, custom finishing that is only limited by your imagination. They have several collections, including limited edition lines, in addition to their bases for custom orders. They also have a parquet floor offering that can be custom-made for your personal style and tastes. Plantation hardwoods truly are unique and have a striking appearance, from red oaks available in traditional, classic grains, dark chocolate or red/rust tones to striking walnuts in varying levels of the distressed look to smooth, luxurious gloss.

So definitely take a closer look at what Plantation Hardwood Floors has to offer. You won’t find another company that gives its customers such superior quality in custom looks.

To learn more about Plantation Hardwood, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Listone Giordano

Hardwood flooring is a classic way to bring value and luxurious charm to your home or office. It’s been used for generations…and for a good reason. Its longevity and timeless beauty is unparalleled.

The artisans at Listone Giordano have successfully embraced the challenge of taking the benefits of traditional hardwood flooring and creating for us their unique engineered hardwood flooring. It takes the best of nature and technology and produces a product unmatched in looks and use.

Listone Giordano, a company located in Umbria, Italy, with offices all over the world, including Boston, not only provides a functional and beautiful product, but at the heart of their mission is the protection and sustainability of the natural resources they use.

With multiple thousands of acres in areas in Italy, France, and South America, Listone Giordano prides itself on its commitment to replenishing and managing their forests properly to make certain the forests that have painted the beautiful landscape in the respective countries for centuries continue to thrive and produce raw materials for responsible human consumption, the harmonious relationship we should have with our environment. In basic terms, when a tree is taken, one is planted. And the methods and timing of their forestry also protects the ecosystems involved, for a product you can be proud of and confident didn’t come at too high a cost.

For quality and versatility, you don’t need to look further than Listone Giordano. They offer their top of the line hardwood flooring in innumerable combinations of species, finishes, colors and textures, and widths. Most people prefer the durable, highly resistant varnish finish because wood, by nature, is a soft material, and Listone Giordano provides just that. But they are also sensitive to the desires of some to have a more traditional approach and offer some of their products with a simple oil treatment, which can bring out the wood’s amazing, natural beauty unlike any other treatment, but the trade-off is a floor you have to patiently protect day to day.

That’s what’s great about Listone Giordano…they give their customers the options they want. And with the strength of their design and cutting-edge sealants, you can even install a Listone Giordano hardwood floor in a bathroom. Bringing technology and beauty together in a tremendous product you can be proud of for years is what they do.

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Max Windsor Floors

Have you recently purchased a home that needs some remodeling? Or maybe you’re a home flipper looking to make a drastic change. Or maybe you’ve just started looking at your existing floors and want to give your rooms a facelift.

Whatever your situation, if you’re in the market for some hardwood flooring, you can take comfort knowing there’s a company like Max Windsor to help. Their exciting and quality hardwood flooring products will definitely give you the inspiration you need to get the ball rolling on your new project.

Hardwood is rarely a mistake. You can’t install hardwoods in just any room (mainly below the surface in basements or in bathrooms that have showers or bathtubs are a no-no), but beyond that, hardwood flooring adds more value to homes than just about any other style of flooring.

It’s also great to keep the continuity in an older home by using products that will capture the home’s original look and feel, as well as bringing a luxurious, warm aspect to your everyday living. Max Windsor offers the full gamut of wood flooring products from solid hardwood to engineered hardwood to laminate flooring.

Solid hardwood is pretty self-explanatory; engineered flooring consists of layers of wood veneers compressed together with layers of fibercore (Max Windsor actually uses a cold-pressing process, which protects the wood from delaminating, cupping, crowning and gapping at its seams); and finally laminates are not actual wood but planking with a fibercore base upon which a manmade “picture” of the selected wood grain is adhered to the top. Though this isn’t traditional, for a project with a limited budget, this can be a perfect choice because laminates can now even come in distressed and hand-scraped textures.

Choosing your product needs to start with where the floor is going to go. As we just said, you don’t want to install solid hardwood in bathrooms or basements because of the moisture exposure, but for engineered hardwood flooring and laminates, it’s no problem.

Once you decide which product works for your style and budget, Max Windsor is right there to bring you into the next step, deciding on the look. They offer hand-scraped as well as smooth planking. The hand-scraped look is going to be that more rustic, earthy look, giving the impression of and older, stable sanctuary. Smooth finishes are just that, a luxurious, glossy smoothness that makes your room glow.

Whichever combination you go with, you can certainly bank on Max Windsor providing the quality product that will bring your vision into a beautiful reality.

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Mirage Wood

Quality. We want it in every aspect of our lives from food to floors. Mirage, a premier supplier of hardwood flooring products, brings just that to the table. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a selection of products of better quality or a company with a bigger commitment to environmental responsibility than Mirage.

First and foremost, if you’re looking for a hardwood flooring supplier that has sustainability and environmental protection at its core, look no further than Mirage. They are the upper crust when it comes to protecting the vital natural resources we have at our disposal as well as utilizing every aspect of the raw materials and recycling.

Mirage has actually put into place several programs and procedures that certainly put action to their claims of an eco-friendly endgame, including using a specialized delivery system that makes sure the wood blocks and cardboard corners used in their packaging are returned to their plant to be used again. They’ve actually reused over 500,000 packages since the start of this program. Not only that, the manufacturing “leftovers” are not scrapped at Mirage. They are used to fuel the boilers of their plants, and some is recycled and used as animal bedding or pellets for fuel.

Mirage also finishes its flooring products with nanotechnology, in the form of Nanolinx™. It’s an incredibly durable coating that is five times more wear-resistant than other types of coatings, has a UV protective element that reduces the effects of direct sunlight on the floor, and is transparent and flexible, allowing the natural beauty and function of the floor shine through.

The hardwood flooring at Mirage comes in three different styles and installation types. There’s glueless or “floating” engineered wood flooring, an engineered product that is glued down, and traditional solid wood planks that are typically nailed down.

Once the method of installation is selected, you can then choose from an amazing array of options including sizes from standard 2 ¼” width up to a wide 5″ planking, colors that range from very dark expresso colors to light blond, natural tones.

Also throw in a hand-scraped, raised pattern option, and your choices are almost endless. Find your vision in their elegant choices.

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