September 12th, 2007

Florence Tile Floor

by Melanie in Decorative Concrete, Experimenting, In the Studio

One of our decorating projects in Florence next month will be to do a large floor area (250 sq. ft) in Alison’s studio with an aged tile treatment that we will accomplish with SkimStone and Modellos. I had shared some of the tile treatments we did in a recent SkimStone class and these four samples build on that idea.

Modello tile samples for Florence art trip

With the exception of altering the blue color slightly these all use the same few colors, but they are layered a little differently. I am always amazed at how many different looks can be achieved with the same pattern, product and colors. The advantage of creating your own “tile” floor, of course, is that you can make it look any way you want. You can’t get that at Home Depot folks!

5 Responses to “Florence Tile Floor”

  1. Mélanie Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 4:00 am

    Florence Floor ..Waouh !!!I love it

  2. Bonnie May Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 4:17 am

    Bella! Exciting project for the painting tour. I look forward to helping, guess I might pack the knee pads! :) Bon

  3. Rhonda Canales Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    You guys are going to have a great time. I am so bummed I cannot not get away for that long in October. The work you are going to be doing and learning looks amazing.

  4. Melanie Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 8:25 am

    Thanks all! Yes, Bonnie, knee pads are in your future.

  5. Encaustic Cemment Tile Says:
    January 15th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    The tiles that you admire, I also love. As a service to others, I have gathered a lot of info and resources for them on one web page:
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    encaustic-cement-tiles.htm

    If this link is not functional, go to the main site and click to see the first house mentioned pages and the Concrete Tile Link is on there, top right.

    We are coming out with a new line of Encaustic Cement Tiles for the States, esp. coastal locations, with designs of elegant sea life, shells, plus sailboats and more for children’s rooms. Should be taking orders by late spring.

    Your blog is beautiful..what a joy to read.

    Lundy

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