Guides
Plan the room before you build it.
Practical answers from a tile company: materials, layouts and the decisions that matter before demolition.
Porcelain or natural stone for a Florida bathroom?For most Florida bathrooms, marble-look porcelain is the lower-upkeep choice: it doesn't need sealing and shrugs off humidity. Natural stone is worth it when you want a one-of-a-kind look and will reseal it on schedule.Read the guide 
Planning a walk-in shower, decision by decision.Plan a walk-in shower in this order: size and entry, curb or curbless, drain type, niches and lighting, bench, then glass. The waterproofing underneath matters more than any of them.Read the guide 
Waterfall islands: what to know first.A waterfall island works best in quartz or a veined natural stone cut from one slab, with tight mitered corners and the floor tile installed first. Plan the seating overhang and the seams before the slab is cut.Read the guide
The Tile & Stone Library
Every sample is from a room we finished.
Marble-look
Violet-veined marble-look
Shower walls · Floors
- Good for
- Shower walls and bathroom floors. All the drama of veined marble, in a porcelain that needs no sealing in Florida humidity.
- Watch out for
- Bold veining needs the tiles laid out dry first, so the lines flow. Ask to see the layout before it goes on the wall.
Tell us about the room.
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