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Plain Tile & Trim
Welcome to DESIGNS IN TILE's Plain Tile & Trim page. We appreciate your interest in Designs In Tile. We have served the restoration and new construction community since 1978. Our popularity and the fact that we refuse to compromise the quality of the work that we produce forces us to adapt some of our business practices.
Our production schedule is completely booked until 2008. We are no longer accepting jobs on a wait list.
We will not be providing takedowns, custom designs (new commissioned tile art or layout of tile installations) or custom glaze matching until further notice.
We are only selling overage from other current and prior jobs at this time. Specials, Overruns & Closeouts
Please call if you have any questions and/or concerns.
We, as always, appreciate your continued support.
Designs shown in the Decorative Tile Lines section represent fully coordinated patterned borders, corners and field tiles in historic reproduction motifs or traditional patterns. The patterns may be used together and modular elements may be arranged to fit almost any architectural design. These designs usually represent only a part of the installation. Often, there were no sources for coordinating, plain, undecorated field tile and/or trim. If you found the most wonderful decorated tile, you had to settle for plain tile that was not the same size (the grout joints wouldn't line up), not the same thickness (the planes of the field tile and decorated tile were not level), or not the same edge treatment (some tiles were square-edged, while others had a "pillowed" - or rounded - edges). These are not desirable characteristics of a beautiful tile installation.
Fully coordinating decorative tile and plain field tile and trim can elevate a plain tile installation into a work of art. DESIGNS IN TILE is pleased to be able to offer such products. Our Portfolio of Tile Installations shows many other examples of beautiful decorative tile combined with coordinating field tile and trim.Plain field tile in the style of Victorian or Arts & Crafts period reproductions and adaptations in many styles are produced on a per job basis.
decorated and coordinating plain tile and trim.
Victorian styled tiles are generally square-edged, white body wall tiles fabricated in a 6" x 6" modular size (true 6" x 6", 3" x 6", 1-1/2" x 6") often with high gloss majolica glazes. The 3" x 6" tile is often used for wainscots and may be referred to as "wainscot" tile or "subway" tile. The tiles are very regular and can be set with a minimal grout joint (1/16" - 3/32").
Our most popular color is "Historic White" -- a glaze that has been matched to old historic tiles sent to us, although other colors are available. A full complement of standard and decorative molded tile trim is also available. Prices are dependent on color and quantity.
A specialty tile in the same category is known as MAJOLICA fireplace tile. Custom sized, square edge 1-1/2" x 6" or 1-1/4" x 6" (or custom sized including 1" x 3"), was often used for Victorian fireplace surrounds. These majolica glazes are high gloss and semi-translucent, often with variations in color from dark to light within each tile.Click to see more majolica fireplaces
at the Hotel Jerome
White-bodied, square edge tile (AKA "subway" or "wainscot" tile)
- Size: modular 3" x 6" and 6" x 6" (4" x 4", 4-1/4" x 4-1/4"" also available)
- Trim: full line of standard & molded tile trim (including large relief wainscap, "P" Cap & other moldings)
- Usage: walls, backsplashes, wainscots, tub/shower surrounds. Suitable for Victorian and "sanitary areas" of Arts & Crafts homes (kitchen backsplashes and bathroom wainscots).
- Grout joint: nominal 1/16"- 3/32"
- Colors: available in standard and custom colors.
Classic Neutrals: Historic White, Gloss Caramel, Gloss Black (also Bright White Gloss and a selection of satin-matte and matte whites -- not historically accurate colors)
Dark Jewel Tone Majolica Colors: Ruby Gloss, Cobalt Blue Gloss, Forest Green Gloss
Pastel Majolica Colors: Yellow Mist, Pink Mist, Lavender Mist, Celadon Mist, Toffee Mist, Grey Mist
Click to see bath installation using "subway" tiles
Arts & Crafts period tiles were often hand-crafted, faience stoneware tiles in a variety of sizes. Due to the rustic, slightly irregular, hand-crafted nature, the tiles need to be set with a wider grout joint (nominal 3/16").
Reproduction and adaptation tiles can be made in the style of many Art Tile Studios of the 1910's and 1920's -- California Faience, Claycraft, Malibu, Tropico, Grueby, Rookwood, Mosaic Tile Co., Encaustic Tile Co. to name only a few.Hand-crafted, faience stoneware tile
- Size: 6"x 6", 3"x 6", 4"x 4" (plus other custom sizes)
- Trim: full line of standard & molded tile trim (including large relief trim & rope moldings)
- Usage: fireplaces, walls, counters/backsplashes, tub/shower surrounds (floors -- if proper glaze is specified)
- Grout joint: nominal 3/16"
- Colors: available in a very wide palette of standard and custom colors.
Standard colors include many satin-matte and gloss colors.
Click to see floor installation using faience/stoneware tiles
All of our cut-tile geometric work is developed on a custom order basis. We can fabricate a wide variety of patterns for fields and/or borders. We feature the Octagon & Dot pattern because it is the most economical cut-tile geometric floor to produce and by varying the colors of the octagons and dots you may develop many different looks. These three different colorways are only a starting point. Get creative or call us and we can help in the design process.
in the octagon & dot pattern
Click to see cut-tile geometric pavements at the Hotel Jerome
DESIGNS IN TILE also offers two patterns of square-edged porcelain mosaic tile. One is 1" hexagonal tiles in white and the other is a "spiral" pattern in black and white. Call the Studio for more information. We also offer many different styles of mosaics suitable for later architectural periods including the transitional bungalow and cut-tile geometrics that were used in Art Deco installations - each developed to suit your needs.Click to see commercial bath installations using patterned mosaics
Click to see bath installations using patterned mosaics
Click to see a spa installation using patterned mosaics
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