Category Archives: flooring

Handmade Cement Tile from Avente Tile

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Avente Tile has traveled worldwide to offer this expansive collection of unique patterned handmade cement tile. There are traditional, geometric and contemporary patterns, made one tile at time, in each of the cement tile lines which can be paired with coordinating solid color cement tiles. All of the tile in the Cuban Heritage Cement Tile collection are historical designs. Continue reading

Custom and Classic Tile from California Pottery & Tile Works

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California Pottery & Tile Works (CPTW) was established in 1994 primarily to continue the tradition of California tile making and decoration perfected by the Malibu and Catalina Potteries in the early 20th century. They have efficient production capacity in the US and Mexico enabling them to produce large and small custom jobs for both residential and commercial projects. Their custom work includes historical reinterpretations of classic designs, producing exquisite Persian, Islamic, Saracen, Spanish Colonial and  Mayan designs as well as the classic floral designs of the early California potteries.

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Campground Blue Pine from Sustainable Northwest Wood

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Campground Blue Pine is a unique and beautiful material for flooring, wall and ceiling paneling and furniture. It can be any species of pine tree that acquires a natural blue stain after being infected by the Mountain Pine Beetle. These beetles are infecting forests in the American West at epidemic rates with Ponderosa and Lodgepole Pine the dominant evergreen species being affected. Sustainable Northwest Wood is proud to partner with small mills that are salvaging beetle-killed pine trees from public parks and campgrounds where the dead standing trees pose a risk to human users. Continue reading

Juniper Decking from SNW Wood

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Restoration Juniper Decking from SNW Wood is a beautiful, distinctive and long-lasting alternative to cedar, Trex, imported tropical hardwoods like ipe, and other decking options. It is made from untreated Juniper wood harvested during grassland-restoration projects in Oregon’s high desert. Juniper contains natural oils that make it more rot-resistant than cedar or redwood, so it provides an alternative to pressure-treated wood decking. Continue reading

Slate Wall Cladding from Vermont Structural Slate

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Since 1859 Vermont Structural Slate has been quarrying slate in Vermont producing all types of architectural cladding, flooring and roofing products for commercial and residential buildings. They can provide panels and split-face veneers and shingles, as well as the uneven brick-like pieces used as masonry as pictured above. Continue reading

Infinity Stone Porcelain from Gardenia Orchidea

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Infinity Stone is a handsome porcelain stoneware product from Gardenia Orchidea that is produced in large slabs and as well as small modules. The natural surface is ideal for exterior cladding and with the modularity of the collection perfect geometric patterns can be created. The company offers the stone in 12″ x 12″, 12 x 24″, 12″ x 48″, 24″ x 24″, 24″ x 48″ and 48″ x 48″ sizes and it is available in Moka, Nero, Grigio, Noce, Beige and White. Continue reading

Terralite Cement from Terra Bona Materials

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Terralite Cement™ is a revolutionary, lightweight product made from cement and a proprietary, lightweight aggregate that only requires the addition of water. The tiny aerated Terralite Aggregate™ gives the cement a range of unique properties, including sound and thermal insulation. Since it is 80 percent lighter than traditional concrete it is ideal for flooring, wall systems, roofing and Geotechnical fill.  Continue reading

Bamboo, Hardwood and Cork Flooring from USFContract

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USFContract has an excellent range of Eco-friendly flooring that includes two bamboo products, Bamboo Basics and Bamboo Hues, the first bamboo floors to be certified by Greenguard Children and Schools, the Bretagne and Citadel Collections of FSC hardwoods and Cork, one of nature’s most renewable and sustainable resources. The Basics product is a strand woven bamboo flooring created primarily to deal with questions of durability of regular plank bamboo versus traditional hardwoods. Continue reading