Dive into extremely effective skills and tricks to help you create beautiful living room floors with ceramic tiles. Ceramic tiles are not only durable and easy to maintain but also offer a vast array ...

A pattern by many names -- the crosshatch, the basket weave, the parquet -- it all describes how lined tiles are arranged in ...

Tile flooring is great because of its durability and multitudes of designs and ... The National Association of Home Builders estimates the average lifespan of ceramic tile floors to be around 75 ...

A great flooring solution for the home, inside or out is porcelain tiles—not the boring tiles of yesteryear. These new high definition porcelain tiles are made to look like many different ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.. If you want to tile a bathroom floor, square tiles are the simplest option—they fit together without any gaps in a grid pattern ...

Beloved for their old-fashioned charm, small mosaic tiles are resonating with homeowners who want floors that are uniquely patterned and boldly expressive. From itty-bitty hexagons to miniature ...

While you can apply hard-wearing stickers to existing tiles or buy a stencil to spray patterns onto floors and walls, self-adhesive tiles are another route to a speedy transformation.

Dear James: We have vinyl kitchen flooring which is badly worn. We think a ceramic tile floor would look good and wear well. Can this be put over any old floor and what are some installation tips ...

The slate tile flooring needs to cure in the thinset for at least 24 hours, and preferably for 48. Without the grout between the tiles, you can easily dislodge them as you walk or kneel on them.

The difference between the old floors and the new ones is very discernible: the matte sheen of the old tiles is quite different; the way water dries on the two surfaces also varies; although both are ...