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Subway tiles are an epitome of elegance and durability

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Subway tiles  have always been the favored ones for a residential backsplash in kitchens and bathrooms. Today, subway tile application has expanded to commercial places like restaurants, hotels, airports, public buildings, etc. Besides being elegant, these manifest hygiene and are easy to maintain. When it comes to style, subway tiles are matchless  and  ever-lasting . Traditional subway tiles were designed in glazed white ceramic, and with a custom size; length equal to twice the height. But nowadays, tile producers have revolutionized the tile industry with porcelain, glass, marble and granite subway tiles. They have introduced additional colors, textures, and patterns to please the aesthetic palate of the user. These can be fabricated to look contemporary or rustic, it's a matter of choice. Subway tiles have survived intense competition and managed to hold a fabled reputation. This is because of the substantial benefits they exhibit: Reasonable price - Subway tiles are i

Complete your home with affordable stone tile

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With an extensive array of choices available, the best material that would bring out the essence of your place would be stone tile. Each slice of stone is an exclusive formation of the earth, and hence it makes one of a kind flooring application. Helping you connect your place with the natural world, the stone’s mountain born qualities give you advantages of the attractive patterns and varied colored shades. And also give you a wide range and quality and gives you the required quantity of resilience and toughness which you might not find in the other tiling options. Natural stone tiles  have always been prevalent for centuries for use on floors. Stone tile brings the textures and colors of nature to your households and enhances the superiority and warmth to a room which is not conceivable with other materials. Now let’s look at the variety of options available to you under the stone tiling options: Slate is almost certainly the kind of stone tile you'll come across most o

What are Grouts for tile? How to use Grouts?

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Grout  is a material that is mostly used for its adhesive characteristics. It is largely accepted as a material for joining and installing floor and wall tiles. Grout  is a mixture of water, white cement, sand, and color, and is as thick as toothpaste. Precisely, it looks like the mortar mixture. There are available several brands of grout, which you can pick, as per preferences. It is applied before and after laying the tile pattern over the floor and wall. It provided the tile with firmness and smoothness. It creates a waterproof sealing. Additionally, there are different varieties of grouts available in the market, as tiling grout, cement-based grout, flooring grout, etc.  (If you are going to install your wall or flooring on your own, you need to pick the right kind of grout. Better it would be, if you consider a tiling expert for this, he will suggest you with the right pick.) Sanded and Unsanded Grout Unsanded grout often catches cracks after drying up, which, at ti

Helping your kitchen reborn

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Kitchen is that one place the woman of the house spends most of the time. So one should ensure that your lady doesn’t have to go through a lot of pain for making food for you. With these ideas you can make your kitchen look good as well as work in there very comfortably. 1. Wall print-  If your kitchen is small, go for vertical prints on the walls so that it gives the illusion of great height. It also turns the gaze away from the slabs in the kitchen. 2. Cabinets-  You can paint the walls and cabinets the same color so as to avoid any obstruction in the flow of one’s gaze making it appear larger. Also, replace the solid doors with glass doors. Be careful not to clutter the cabinet or else the glass doors may be a bad idea. 3. Simple designs-  Don’t go over the top by unnecessary details in the kitchen. Go for sleek and slender designs to avoid occupying the necessary spaces. 4. Bright lights-  You definitely need appropriate lighting in your kitchen. Do not place the lighti