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White Carrera Marble Tile in Your Kitchen and Bathroom

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With the rise in the popularity of all white kitchens, and retro European style baths, white Carrera marble has become a sought after choice for many homeowners who love the rich look and feel of traditional white marble. When you get right down to it, nothing really compares with marble.  This is the perfect tile for both kitchens and baths and there are plenty of ways to redecorate with it.

For your kitchen tile, white Carrera marble can be a chic addition on your kitchen floor or walls and can add sophisticated elegance when it is front and center on a kitchen island. Polished white Carrera marble gives any kitchen a contemporary ambience, but is not the best choice for flooring as it can become very slippery when wet. Honed white Carrera marble tile provides a warmer, earthier feel in the kitchen for counters and walls and will not scratch or etch as easily as polished marble tile.

Carrera as a bathroom tile works well on the walls in the shower area. Or perhaps you have a bathtub that needs a revamp from its old look; a mosaic Carrera look is absolutely perfect for this occasion, especially when you want that natural relaxed look. Carrera marble can also be the background that highlights your bathroom vanity, bringing the vanity details to full view highlighting major attractions like the faucets or the traditional design.

White Carrera marble tile is made of natural stone, so it is resistant to splashes or spills but it can be a bit demanding to maintain.  If the thought of regularly resealing your marble every six months feels unrealistic, consider the many options of faux Carrera Marble tile that look good, will work perfectly for most kitchen and bathroom projects and can be more cost effective.

Marble, with its pros and cons is truly an authentic look that over time develops a lovely natural patina. Perhaps that is why it has been the stone of choice for hundreds of years in many European restaurants and bakeries.

Be sure to stop by our newly expanded Showroom and a take a look at our latest selection of tiles.

2018 Kitchen Flooring Trends

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Is there anything more fun that remodeling your kitchen?  Despite the disruption to daily like, a kitchen re-do can be exiting as you select new appliances, countertops, accent pieces and of course flooring.   Plus investing in a kitchen upgrade can impact the bottom line when it comes to resale of your home.

With so many options in kitchen flooring you want to be certain you not only select what is trending today, but also styles that have longevity in the marketplace.  For starters, wood is in!  Or at least floors that look like wood.  With modern technology, just about any floor can mimic the look of real wood, without the maintenance issues.  Based on FooringInc.com, these are a few trends to look for.

Waterproof Vinyl Kitchen Flooring

WPC vinyl planks usually resemble an upscale laminate floor, giving a modern, convincing wood look. Basically, WPC vinyl is the best of all worlds for your kitchen floor. They are durable, low maintenance, 100% waterproof and on trend

Tile Kitchen Flooring

Tile is durable and easy to clean and has been a flooring staple for year. The wood-look tile kitchen flooring trend is very popular right now.Tile manufacturers are keeping up with the times and following the trends of contemporary wood and stone.

Laminate Kitchen Flooring

As technology improves, so does laminate flooring. You will see even more convincing wood looks and all of the current wood trends including hand scraped wood looks, distressed wood looks and even high color variation.

Engineered Wood Kitchen Flooring

Engineered wood is a relatively new kid on the block. A step up in durability and perception from laminate, engineered wood is the only option (aside from solid hardwood, obviously) that is made from real wood.

Blonde Wood and Wood Look

As more homeowners embrace the light, airy feel in their home, you will see a huge resurgence in blonde wood (and wood-look) floors. Blonde floors, in particular, can give you that light and airy timeless feel.

Espresso Wood and Wood Look

Dark floors are still very popular. In the kitchen, you’ll see these dark floors balanced against bright white cabinets, colorful accent walls and contemporary kitchen decor. Dark floors offer a sleeker look that sets the perfect tone for contemporary lines and minimalist decor.

Gray Kitchen Flooring

Gray flooring, particularly gray wood, has grown quickly over the last decade. Although gray tiles, particularly in stone looks, are also very popular in the kitchen. Gray has quickly become the most popular trend,not just for flooring, but also for kitchens and homes in general.

Stop by our newly expanded and renovated showroom and learn about the many flooring options available for your home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Look Tile from Daltile

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A new popular flooring trend is the use of wood look tile. This type of tile is not new to the flooring market, but recent advances in the specialized technology used in the manufacturing process have recently led to an increase in its popularity.

Wood Look Tile

There are many pros to using wood look tiles in your home design project:

  • Durability
  • Easy maintenance
  • Sustainability
  • Goes well with under floor heating systems
  • Highly Customizable
  • Can be installed anywhere including floors, walls and countertops
  • Affordable

A leading natural stone and ceramic tile manufacturer since 1947, Daltile currently offers ten lines of wood look tiles, each one featuring color variations and a specific aesthetic. They offer a wide variety of sizes to choose from and a distinct collection of tiles with the look of worn-out weathered hardwood.

If you want to find the most realistic wood-look tile on the market, you’ll need to know what you are looking for. Here are some tips from Daltile experts to help you find the best wood look tile for your project:

GRAIN

The first thing you notice with wood-look tile is the graphic. This is the wood grain and color that is printed on the tile. Specialized technology can be used to scan real wood and replicate it on tile with ink jet printing.

Realistic wood graphics should have color variation with highlights and lowlights. Knots and other irregularities make the graphic look more realistic. Also look for a high number of “faces” in the wood-look tile. Faces are how many individual tiles in a series have a different graphic before it starts repeating. The higher number of faces, the more authentic the tile looks.

STRUCTURE

Structure is produced by the tile mod and puts texture on the surface of the tile that enhances the grain.

Other elements of structure that lend authenticity are hand-scraped textures, divots, and chatter marks. These all are found in real wood flooring and add to the rustic nature that is inherent in natural wood.

FINISH

The surface finish is another thing to look for when looking for the most realistic wood-look tile. As with natural wood flooring, some finishes are polished and bright, others are more matte and rustic. Wood-look tile offers the same thing. Newer to the market is a higher gloss tile finish for a clean, polished, and modern looking wood floor.

Finding a realistic wood look is really about the details. A complex grain, touchable texture, and a finish that echoes real wood make for tile that’s hard to tell apart from the real thing without a very close inspection.

Visit Fred Callaghan Carpet & Flooring for a complete selection of Daltile wood look tiles.