Even though the company has only been serving customers since 1994, they have focused its attention on quality and creativity to bring a tile to you that you may not normally expect from such a new business. The goal of Casa Dolce Casa (Italian for “home sweet home”) is to create products with a natural appearance and an innovative use of color.

In fact, Casa Dolce Casa decided to partner with Florim Ceramiche S.p.A., a world-leading company in the ceramic industry, in 2005.

When you surround yourself with Casa Dolce Tile, you are filling your home with harmony — that is the company’s goal. They understand there is a delicate balance between a home and those who dwell within. As such, Casa Dolce Tile is crafted to have synergy between these two elements, people and homes, in order to bring order to a home. Think of Casa Dolce Tile as an “ambassador” to your home.

Casa Dolce Tile understands the meaning of quality. They have created a system that hits on major points throughout the production process:

• Respect for standards and current legislation for the ceramic sector, and paying attention to safety and environmental concerns.
• Reducing waste and reducing costs.
• Paying attention to client needs, including evaluating the client’s degree of satisfaction with the product and installation.
• Continual improvement on all company processes as a permanent goal for the organization.
• Verifying the Quality System, including ongoing revision and correction of inadequacies or inefficiencies.
• Involvement and definition of responsibilities throughout every level of the organization in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency of company processes and, finally, training and improved professionalism.

Casa Dolce Tile is available in two collections: Casamood and Casa Dolce Casa. The Casamood has seven different vibrant colors to choose from and the Casa Dolce Casa collection contains 12.

To learn more about Casa Dolce Casa Tiles, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

Atlas Concorde is synonymous with reliability. These tiles set the standard for the entire ceramic tile industry and are one of the most well-known tiles worldwide. The company was founded back in 1969, and is the parent company of the Gruppo Concorde, which is the second-largest Italian ceramic tile group.

Atlas Concorde believes in providing interior designers, architects, and all of their treasured customers with exciting ceramic solutions that can be used for every destination of use. Atlas Concorde strives for an aesthetic appeal with every product they produce, and are very well aware of the market needs, combined with strength and durability.

Nowadays, you can find the company worldwide, and it exports its products to all major markets – along with subsidiaries in the most sensible geographic areas: Atlas Concorde USA INC, Hollywood (FL); OOO “Atlas Concorde Russia”, Stupino; Atlas Concorde China Representative Office, Beijing.

When you purchase Atlas Concorde tiles, they know that you want perfection and excellence with every application. That’s why the strength of Atlas Concorde lies in its broad, complete, differentiated, and constantly updated catalog of products. Specific employees pay attention to market demands, making sure that Atlas Concorde conform to new fashion standards – ensuring that you get access to only the latest and greatest styles.

For a unique look that’s all your own, check out Atlas Concorde.

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

Looking to remodel your kitchen? A kitchen backsplash may be the most fun you’ll have during your remodeling project. It brings together the counters, cabinets and flooring, allowing for great creativity, and it offers an avenue of personal expression.

1. Measure carefully
Measure the backsplash area carefully. Measure it twice and order some extra. Once you have chosen your tiles, you need to calculate how many will fit. If you have a pattern of differing tiles or a mosaic, look for a way to fit them together to fit the space.

2. Draw on the wall
Yes, draw on the wall by transferring your math.  There’s no substitute for a life-size sketch to visually represent what you are about to do. Spaces! Don’t forget to include the space between tiles in your little drawing.

PRO TIP!
Make sure the space between tiles is consistent. Plastic spacers are available in the tile section in your local home improvement store. The pros use them to get those perfect gaps for their grout, so why shouldn’t you!

3. Cut the tiles
Watch your fingers and cover your eyes for this task. A good idea instead of purchasing a tile saw is to rent one for smaller projects. It is the most cost-effective way to get what you need. If you plan on tiling an entire house, you may consider buying a tile saw. As an option, you can always resell the saw when you’re finished. Make sure to get all your cutting done before you start your adhesives. You’ll thank me for that tip!

4. Apply adhesive
Apply a layer of thinset adhesive using a 3/16″ square notched trowel and comb the thinset at a 45-degree angle. Don’t apply more thinset than you can apply in a 5 minute time-span. When setting the tile, don’t press so hard that you have thinset squish out between the tiles. Press it in lightly and wiggle it back and forth to get out any air bubbles.

5. Set tiles
Wipe each tile clean and do some back buttering (apply a thin layer of thinset to the back of each tile). Start at the center and work your way out to the edges. Have an odd size at one end? For symmetry’s sake, you’ll need to install the tiles from the center of the wall so you can split that odd size between the left and the right. Looking good!

6. Grout
Grout between the tiles. It’s not hard, just wait until after the tile is set and adhesive is dry.

7. Seal
Apply a sealer about 48 hours after the grout is set to protect against water. Good news if you purchased a glazed ceramic tile,  they only need to have the grout sealed. If you use decided to go with slate, terra cotta or marble…yup, you guessed it… you need to seal the tile too, in order to prevent stains.

To learn more about what tiles or stone you can use for your next kitchen backsplash project, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

Choose from the following collections to instantly enliven your home: America, Eolie, Futura, Mete, Metropoli, and Stone.

In the Soluble Salts collection, you can see finishes such as the Kansas Extra White and Montana Beige (both in 60 x 60 cm & 11 mm thickness), Kansas Extra White in a 30 x 60 cm (and 11 mm thickness), Iceland Super White and Africa Extra Black (60 x 60 cm in 9.5 mm thickness), Kansas Extra White and Alabama (40 x 40 cm in a 9.5 mm thickness), and Rodi & Corfu (in a 50 x 50 mm size with a 9.5 mm thickness).

In the Double Charged Polished collection, you will find the Indiana Bianco, Texas Noce, Maine Grigio, Ohio Beige, Nevada, and Antracite all in a 45 x 45 cm size in a thickness of 10 mm. In the 30 x 60 cm size, you will find Indiana Bianco, Texas Noce, Maine Grigio, Ohio Beige, and Nevada Antracite – all in a 10 mm thickness.

In the Uni-Color Polished collection, you will find colors like Bianco, Giallo, Salmone, Verde, Blu, Grigio, and Nero.

In the Eolie Collection, you will find such exciting colors such as Lipari Beige, Salini Grigio, Stromboli Marrone, and Vulcano Nero. Each comes in 60 x 60 cm size for your convenience.

The Futera collection offers such colors as Beige, Grey, and Black. Choose from 60 x 60cm size or 30 x 60cm size for your flooring needs.

The Mete collection contains such colors as Banyan Tree, Sabi Sabi, Madinat, Taj Lake, in a thickness of 10.5 mm in two sizes: 20 x 60 cm or 60 x 60 cm.

The Metropoli collection comes to you in a 10.5 mm thickness, in either 60 x 60 cm size or a 30 x 30cm size. Choose from Helsinki, Perth, Mombaza, Nadi, or Cordoba.

Finally, the Stone collection is offered in Grey, Black, White, Beige, or Brown, and choose from either 30 x 60 cm size or a 60 x 60 cm size – all in a 11 mm thickness.

Quality and good service are hallmarks of Casa Italia Tile.

To learn more about Casa Italia Tile, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

Franco Pecchioli was founded in 1897 by the Chini family (pronounced “Keeney”) and the Pecchioli family. Galileo Chini, a master ceramicist and partner of this fledgling firm, opened the original formace (or ceramics factory) and called it LArte della Ceramica in the small village of Borgo San Lorenzo. Chini first worked with decorative stoneware vases, making his work stand out from the rest with intricate glazes and bright colors.

Later, he became one of the influencers of Italian ceramics throughout the early 1900s and 1920s; this daring artist was commissioned by the king of Siam to create large-scale frescos all around the royal palace. Unfortunately, the ceramics factory was bombed in World War II by U.S. bombing raids. This lead to a merging with Pecchioli, who financed the rebuilding and expansion of the company. Today, the Pecchiolis controls the business side of the company, with the Chinis controlling the artistic side.

Pecchioli distributes their products to not just Europe and Asia, but to the U.S., the Carribean, Bahamas, and Bermuda through the forged relationship with Una Terra, Inc. Pecchioli has already started to leave its mark on the United States businesses. Some commercial work that Pecchioli has done include: a Buffalo subway station, the Buell Theater in Denver, The Renaissance Center subway station in Detroit, and a Thai and a Burger restaurant in Las Vegas. Many residential bathrooms, kitchen floors, backsplashes, fireplace surrounds, foyers, and sun rooms have also experienced the artistic touch of Pecchioli through Una Terra.

Experience Pecchioli for yourself! They have a wide variety of tile available. Check out their standard tile collections, such as Water & Sky, Blacks & Whites, Violets & Roses, and more. Each of their standard tile collections are glazed using machine-made Italian terra cotta biscuits in different sizes, thicknesses, and shapes. Pecchioli also sells beautiful plumbing fixtures that will make you (and your guests) gasp with surprise and pleasure. What better way to make a unique statement than to order a vessel sink, shower base, and toilet in matching colors? If you want to make a statement at your dinner party, consider a dinnerware set in rich colors, dipped and fused together with gold, silver, and platinum. The guests wont want to put food on the plates and cover up the glinting beauty winking back at them!

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

Carina Works creates beautiful environments with wall tile, metal floor tile, and metal flooring. Most notably, they use these materials as an accent with any granite, stone, marble, or ceramic tile field; however, some of Carina Works clients have opted to use their work as an impact site for home or commercial presentation. Carina Works talented artists can customize the colors in their existing designs, or they can use your ideas, color palette, and/or artwork to create something that is uniquely yours. Custom color or design can range anywhere from $50 to $150.

Carina Works will allow you to sample their product in your home first, in order to help you choose the right colors. They want you to be happy with the colors that you choose for metal tiles in your home.

It’s even possible to request special samples from Carina Works, by working with Catalfamo Gallery. You’ll need to know the number of tiles you’ll need, and then request your sample. When you receive your total order, your sample will be part of the count.

Carina Works tiles are a great way to customize your home and to show off its beauty. Whether you want one of their selected lines, or want a custom tile, you can talk to a Catalfamo Gallery representative, and we can help you.

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

CR Studio 4, a family owned and operated business from Southern California, is a place where integrity and dedication to craftsmanship prevail. In this day and age, machine-made products and assembly-line mentality have become commonplace, but with this shift, the spiritual and truly individual beauty of the products for our homes and offices is often lost. But not with CR Studio 4. If you want a touch of artistry for your new project, then look no further.

The company offers basically two different styles of tile: stone and metal. Within those categories lie ceramics, granite, marble, bronze, and pewter. All of CR Studio 4’s tiles are handmade and crafted. And they do all of their own designing, mold-making, casting, bench and foundry work. When you have a CR Studio 4 product, you know you have something unique. The different styles and materials can be used in pretty much any combination, depending on your vision.

Studio 4’s various products can bring a unique flare to your wall or accent your floor. Their products are used as kitchen countertops, backsplashes, showers, or even office walls. The only place Studio 4’s products are limited are in your imagination. They not only have the basic tile pieces, but they also provide stunning trim, moldings, rail caps, and deco accent tiles and murals that add that finishing touch of class. They even have an amazing decorative threshold piece in pewter that stylishly connects one type of flooring to another.

Color selection at Studio 4 is just as varied and eclectic as its styles. From their metal line, Pewter is a gorgeous metal that has depth of color with varying shades of gray and black, adding texture and old-world charm. Though color varies in the metal, the Bronze line has a copper-type look, and depending on wear and exposure can darken over time. If you like that look, great, but you can also restore the brighter color and shine by buffing with some soap and water and a ScotchBrite pad.

You can also choose stone tiles in colors like Lemon Pesto or Rusty Matte or Silver Snow, just to name a few. Basically take the rainbow, soften the colors, and you have the palette that Studio 4 provides.

So to make your everyday living spaces glow by installing the luxury and artistry of CR Studio 4’s amazing products.

To learn more about CR Studio 4, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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.