Ceramic Tile Design Ideas

The brightly colored glazed Malibu Yerba Buena ceramic tiles add just the right balance of eye-pleasing design and interest when they are coupled with our Rustic Paver collection (shown here in Normandy Cream). Our collection of hand-painted Malibu Ceramic Tiles are an homage to the Malibu and Catalina Potteries of California of the 1920s with their classic patterns and colorways. These tiles are created using the cuerda seca (dry cord) technique that produces deep, rich colors from the pooled glazes. Perfect for all indoor applications, this collection is also suitable for outdoor installations, such as stair risers, pools, fountains. However,...

In Los Angeles, CA, you may notice that neatly tucked into quiet, more established neighborhoods a common architectural theme is Spanish Colonial Revival. Pockets within the city of Los Angeles, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and neighboring areas, feature colorful ceramic tile, clay tile roofs, roughly plastered walls, arched doorways, and wrought iron window grilles. According to historians, Spanish Colonial Revival was one of the most popular architectural styles in the Southwest. Inspired by the Panama California Exposition of 1915 as well as travels in Spain and Mexico, many architects found southern California the ideal setting for this type of...

The hand-painted designs of Spanish tile add charm and color to this powder room. Together with the terracotta Arabesque floor tiles, these La Merced ceramic tiles from our Barcelona collection reveal a warm and friendly surrounding. We wish to thank Ines Haml, Designer and Principal of The Sky is the Limit Interior Design Concepts in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her vision, warmth and patience made this project very successful. The project was also featured in the March 2016 issue of Home and Cottages magazine.   Designing with Spanish Tile The geometric patterns of Spanish tiles have created alluring charm in...

A classic and timeless look for this bathroom in Monterey, CA, was created using hand-painted Spanish Ceramic Tiles in a traditional blue and white palette. A tile rug was created for the shower wall using 6-inch square tiles using our Spanish Caceres tile pattern. The complex, intricate patterns in the Spanish Caceres pattern works well with the plain white tile and blue trim. The palette is ideal for a bath and complements the terracotta Spanish Paver flooring. The blue trim is an excellent design example of how trim or molding can be used to bring attention and highlight a design...

Spanish ceramic tile conveys warmth and instills Old World ambiance in any environment. With centuries-old tile designs, our versatile Spanish ceramic tile collection includes borders, corners, large decorative tiles and accent dots. Its because of its inherit versatility and stunning colors that homeowners Buck and Marsea Ryan chose our hand-painted 6"x6" Cadiz Spanish ceramic tile series for their kitchen backsplash. The Ryans, who live by the Maine coast near Acadia National Park, chose the vibrancy of Cadiz to add much-needed focal points to the white tile backsplashes behind their oven and kitchen sink. We think the unexpected pops of color...