Carlisle’s popular Urban Collection of wide-plank prefinished white oak flooring, shown here in Optimistic Stone, delivers a natural mix of light and dark gray hues with a soft and gently worn texture.
Made in Spain, the new Grain collection from Walker Zanger replicates the look of wood in a porcelain tile that features natural wood grain and subtle variations in wood tones, available in brown, ochre or beige (shown) in wide planks and chevron patterns.
The contemporary, geometric patterns of Ethereal, Akdo’s new marble and metal collection of mosaics, are reminiscent of brightly shining constellations. Shapes range from sleek triangles to intricate stars. Through Klaffs, klaffs.com.
Murano, Italy’s ancient art of millefiori is incorporated into Artistic Tile’s new glass tile pattern Fiammato. The interlocking waterjet mosaic blends hand- and machine-cut glass into a decorative pattern, with beautiful flowing lines and sophisticated, delicate detail. Through Connecticut Stone, connecticutstone.com.
Brittanicca Gold, new to Cambria’s Marble Collection, has flowing streams of copper, gold, fog and translucent greige plus ribbons of warm earth tones against a light background; available in matte or high gloss. Through Ring’s End, ringsend.com.
New work from Kibak Tile uses the natural terracotta clay body of the tile as the foundation of the pattern—clean lines meet natural material to give the work a modern Nordic aesthetic.
Influenced by early-Renaissance Venetian architecture, Neolith’s new sintered stone for 2018 is Retrostone—a mosaic of marble and granite chips set in concrete stone—in the Fusion collection. Through Nukitchens, nukitchens.com.
Five colors have been added to Silestone’s Eternal Collection of quartz. Eternal Emperador is a warm, tobacco brown with light veining and highlights that run completely through the material. Through Fordham Marble, fordhammarble.com, cosentino.com.
Versailles Revolution, Ann Sacks’ latest collection of mirrored tiles resembles aged mirror yet weaves in a textural element for a modern twist. Offered in four patterns—Small Hexagon (shown), Large Hexagon Brick Offset, Argyle—in Silver Light, Medium or Dark. Through Best Plumbing Tile & Stone, bestplg.com.
Florim’s Artwork by Casa Dolce Casa combines the classic look of Venetian tiles and Memphis style patterns of 1980s Milan. These tiles are designed with small fragments of various colors that range from black and white motifs to red and blue tones.
Hastings Tile & Bath’s black and white Décor collection embraces the handcrafted with hand-drawn patterns of horizontal lines, hashed lines, dots and greater/lesser symbols. Through Klaffs, klaffs.com.
Nemo Tile’s Aster Collection of Moroccan-inspired porcelain tile has bold geometric patterns and is available in three colorways and five patterns, as well as a mix of nine patterns. One tile from Colors mix shown here.
Bold graphics define the tile designed by Lisa Eisner for Exquisite Surfaces as part of the its twentieth anniversary E/S20 collection consisting of 20 different handmade cement tiles by interior designers, architects, product designers and artists.
With its tonal cloud-like patina, Caesarstone’s Cloudburst quartz has a textured, low reflective matte surface, which works well with light and dark timbers, stainless steel and concrete. Through Bender, benderplumbing.com.
Geoluxe’s Pyrolithic Stone with natural veining is suitable for indoor and outdoor surfaces and is available in polished or new honed finish, shown here in Eramo colorway.
This article appears in the March 2018 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).