1920s tile

Over the years I've learned from tile courses and working next to professional tile setters. I want to share with Tips for Professional Looking Tile Floors.

A pretty, snowdrop themed antique French encaustic floor tile dated c.1920 reclaimed from the kitchen of a town house in Bethune, northern France. The 14cm q tiles are reverse marked MCM, the inscription for Societe Mosaique-Ceramique Maubeuge and we include a scan from their period catalogue in our possession in the photo gallery.

Our home was built in 1929 and we love all the charm older homes have. Unfortunately, ours was extensively remodeled in the 1960s. Some of the original wood win…

In my search yesterday to replace my floor plan I found this beautiful full-color mosaic tile catalog, circa 1900. I believe you can buy a reprint of this tile catalog from the Tile Heritage Center for $75, or you can download it for free from Virginia Commonwealth University Library Digital Collection here. OMG, this catalog is stunning. The color plates are a marvel. Download it yourselves, but I'm going to share a few of my favorite patterns. Wow, I wish I was rich. I'd fill my house with…

Today we meet Rachel, Brian, and their pug Chloe… and look at their recent project to renovate their lovely 1920s yellow bathroom. The bathroom also features an unusually configured shower that stumps even my experts. Rachel writes: Hi Pam, I’ve been a reader for quite a while, and LOVE your site! I have a house…

See this gorgeous true-to-period 1920s bathroom renovation! This brand new bathroom has classic styling that looks like it is original to its 1920s home.

So… the bathroom renovation has begun… and I definitely don’t want to start the post with a photo of the chaos that it is right now, so peonies in a pretty garden urn will have to do. The bathroom is looking like nothing but a shell as we speak. As usual, there are always not…

Penny round, hex, or square, mosaic tile lends itself to utilitarian floors that are showpieces of pattern.

We look in a 1929 Friederichsen Floor & Wall Tile catalog to oogle 112 patterns of vintage mosaic floor tiles. You've gotta see these amazing designs!