Blog

quartz stone

Tile and Stone Glossary

A helpful glossary of tile types for remodeling projects, including marble, granite, travertine, and slate Natural Stone: Granite Granite is a natural stone created from magma that has cooled beneath the earth’s surface. It’s available in a wide array of colors and textures, and it’s harder than other natural stones, making granite countertops a popular

Tile and Stone Glossary Read More »

kitchen backsplash ideas

Kitchen Backsplash Ideas

Transform your kitchen with one of these stylish backsplash ideas. Think Green Exercise your earth-friendly mindset while expressing great style with a backsplash of recycled glass tiles. In this kitchen, the matte recycled glass tiles inspired the color scheme of warm grays, creams, and brown, which also repeat in the recycled glass countertop. Hardworking Wall

Kitchen Backsplash Ideas Read More »

granite in a kitchen

What is Granite?

Two places where you might be most likely to encounter granite are kitchens and cemeteries. But the material’s importance goes far beyond its uses, because it forms the foundation of our continents. Definition Granite is an igneous rock composed mostly of two minerals: quartz and feldspar. It is an intrusive rock, meaning that it crystallized from magma that

What is Granite? Read More »

pebble tile

How to apply pebble tiles

Tiling a shower floor with pebble tiles gives a rustic, customised look to any remodelled shower and is no more difficult to do than installing standard tile.   You will need: Pebble tile mosaic (wide selection at Tile Warehouse) Tile adhesive Tile grout Notched trowel Piece of scrap board Sponge Disposable gloves Masking tape Here’s

How to apply pebble tiles Read More »