Tile Talk Newsletter - September 2011

Project Pick: Traditional Alcala Cement Tile Patio


Classic Alcala Cement Tile Patio

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. You can achieve this dramatic look for about $10 a square foot. The border nicely frames the pattern in a room or hallway and is a traditional method of using cement tiles to create a 'rug'.

Solid color cement tiles are used to fill the edge of the room and any irregular shapes outside the cement tile carpet. Using solid color cement tiles on the edge of the room also simplifies an installation because cuts don't effect the border or field pattern.

In this beautiful installation, Traditional Alcala Cement Tiles are warmed with a fall color palette of:

Suede	Blonde Wood	Indian Red	Brown

You can use these colors to create a totally different feel in an alternate palette that uses cool blues:

Traditional Alcala Cement Tile Pattern in Cool Blue

Amber White	Chocolate	Stormy Blue	Bayou Waters

See how color changes the look and feel of the tile? Don't be limited by these colorways. Get creative and design your own color scheme. Choose from any of the 89 colors available in the exhaustive Heritage Cement Tile color palette.

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Design Tip:

Use tile as your color key for design. Interior Designer, Lisa M. Smith at The Decor Girl Blog points out that, "Color has to start somewhere." Colors for a room, home or cement tile pattern create a color palette and come from a color key. Lisa adds that, "Using a color key works like a charm, every single time."

She further explains what a color key is and how to use it.

Color Key: This is your color road map for interior success. An object used as the basis for the color scheme of a room or home. It may be a piece of fabric, artwork, or a rug. Colors which appear in a color key are selected for areas and furnishings. Each color used in the room or home needs to appear in or coordinate with this piece.

Find out more in her post How To Create Color Palette Success.