Fine Homebuilding Magazine has long been a reference tool for craftsmen of the highest order. In fact, all of the Taunton Press magazines are exquisitely produced. We are glad they want to introduce our tile to their many readers.
Tile Climbs to a Higher Resolution
Update: As of October 2015, we have discontinued advertising the ceramic and porcelain tile murals on our website, in order to tighten our focus on cement tile. For purchase inquiries, please contact us, and ask for Dave.
The original, September 2012 post:
Of course Villa Lagoon Tile is home to artist, designer and cement tile expert Lundy Wilder, but we also keep our eye on the future. While we specialize in making it easy to bring the old-world charm and beauty of hand-made cement tile to your home or business, we love all beautiful tile, whether the techniques are old or new.
We are proud to announce our newest line of tile products: tile murals. Thanks to advancements in materials and dye sublimation printing, we can produce beautiful and durable tile products with printed images… painting reproduction, photographs, digital art, you name it! Break that image across a large grid of tiles, and now you have a beautiful tile mural, limited only by your installation space. Villa Lagoon Tile partner Dave Perry has made it his mission to study these processes and source the finest in materials and techniques to beautify your projects.
Our catalog of stock images for mural production is now available online, and debuts with more than 8,400 images. Ranging from classics like Van Gogh’s Starry Nights and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to modern marvels such as shuttle launches and Times Square, you’ll be amazed at the variety.
Not enough for you? We can use your own photographs, logos and art for truly custom tile murals! Spread your company logo across the wall behind the reception desk, put images of your own restaurant’s menu items on an accent wall near the entrance, the possibilities are endless. For questions, ordering or submitting your own work for custom murals, as always contact Villa Lagoon Tile, and ask for Dave.
A Wall of Wonderful on DiY and HGTV
For most of this month, with air dates continuing into September, DiY Network and HGTV have been showing the I Hate My Bath episode, “Pot O’ Gold Bathroom” (Season 2, Episode 3). Contractor and host Jeff Devlin guide homeowners Jeff and Kim through a remarkable bathroom makeover. Their dated and deteriorating green and gold bathroom is completely re-envisioned with modern appointments and an old-world twist.
One of the more prominent features was the Moroccan-style cement tile used to surround the shower. Using Villa Lagoon Tile’s “Lantern Trellis” in-stock cement tile.
Jeff helped this couple install a beautiful, luxurious shower featuring high-end fixtures, well-engineered sliding glass doors, and beautiful cement tile. While using the Lantern Trellis pattern for most of the shower wall, they used the complimentary single-color charcoal cement tile to accent the fixture wall, and finish the left-side knee-high wall.
See more from this installation, then give your own project that old-world elegance with cement tile from Villa Lagoon Tile. Not only could you achieve this look, but you may consider custom orders of Lantern Trellis with different colorways.
You might also consider our Arabesque Classic shaped tile…
Bathroom Re-Do with Villa Lagoon Tile
Week from Tonight! DIY Network….9:00 pm Central, 10 pm Eastern/Pacific, Tuesday, August 7 (additional showtimes).
Watch what you can do to YOUR BATHROOM on TV tonight. Create a Cement Tile Bathroom.
DIY Network’s I Hate My Bath series gives homeowners hope with economical yet clever bathroom design ideas using amazing new products and cool tools. See homeowners surprised by our Salamanca (in stock now) Cement Tile in their new bathroom on one of TV’s popular home improvement shows.
Cement Tile Makes a Big Splash on TV!
Villa Lagoon Tile’s in-stock “La Española” tile was recently featured in an episode of DIY Network’s “Kitchen Crashers”. Episode 204, “Time to Tear out that Carpet” originally aired July 12, and showcased our beautiful cement tile both as a backsplash, and a rich and beautiful accent wall.
Villa Lagoon Tile’s founder and designer, Lundy P. Wilder was proud to help Rebekah Zaveloff (of Design in a Bag and KitchenLabs fame) bring her beautiful vision together with our La Española cement tile.
Host and designer Alison Victoria did a great job bringing the crew together to provide this Chicago area couple with a kitchen most only dream of. Stop daydreaming and make your dream kitchen come true!
Cement Tile Finding New Popularity
Gisela Williams of the Financial Times recently published a story in the House & Home section titled, “Tile style: down with beige”.
Handmade cement or ceramic tiles, inspired by those first produced in Portugal, Spain and France, have been lining the most unexpected surfaces lately. From bedroom walls at the new Soho Beach House in Miami to the dining room floor of interior designer Ashley Hicks’s country house in Oxfordshire, tiles are making a comeback.
This great article continues to discuss the history of cement tile, and its modern resurgence in popularity. They even highlight some of Villa Lagoon Tile’s Jeff Shelton Collection tiles. Read the article here!
Our New Blog is Live!
We’ve moved! Our old blog, hosted at Blogger, has now been moved to the Villa Lagoon Tile home domain, here at https://www.villalagoontile.com/blog/ . We expect the new platform and new look will help us bring you more news and design ideas faster!
Our USA TV Debut !! TONIGHT
This week is “Crash” week on DIY…
And I’d like to invite you to watch DIY Network’s “Kitchen Crashers” tonight – July 12 10:00PM Eastern/ 9:00PM Central- 10:00PM Pacific.
Villa Lagoon Tile will be used in a project called, “Tear Out that Carpet.” The tile used in the project is called, “La Espanola.” It’s one of our most popular tiles !
Interior designer and host, Alison Victoria, picks a birthday girl out a large crowd after she claims her carpeted kitchen is as bad as it gets. The green carpet is just the beginning of a long list of issues in this dated, isolated and under-utilized kitchen.
Hope you can catch this episode and see how our hand-made tiles can be used to make a surprised homeowner’s day…
And the Winner is ….
See our tile designs on a Costa Rican painted canvas rug! We won a contest for a design submitted. Read more…