Today’s post is about a physical phenomenon called efflorescence and how it relates to cement tile.

It's important to understand what an encaustic tile is and what a cement tile is. The names get confused by everyone, even by tile manufactures and tile vendors. Both are unglazed; however, there are very important differences.

In general, plan on sealing your cement tile installation with a "high quality" water-based penetrating stone and tile sealer. Sealers are not created equal and you get what you pay for.

Here are four ways to use hand-painted decorative or deco tiles as design accents.

Fireplace cement tile installations are easily adapted to new installations since you can adjust the width or height of the fireplace marginally to avoid cuts and maintain the pattern.

Make your fireplace the focal point of the room with hand painted tiles. Here's four tile fireplace surrounds that use beautiful hand painted ceramic tile.

Handcrafted cement tiles provide both long life and distinctive beauty. This stunning Alcala cement tile pattern in a custom colorway creates an eye-catching floor with its showy pattern and border using warm colors and earth tones.

Glazes for hand painted tile are an amazing mix of chemistry, magic and skill of the tile artisan or glaze master.

Today’s cement tile tour is a special treat! In this tour, you’ll get to experience the vacation home of Oscar Imbert, located in Punta Cana on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

What happens when one goes to the tile store and after hours ogling the eye candy, falls in love only to learn the price seems too expensive? The beloved tile seems an extravagance and is forgotten (tears do get shed). This need not be the case.