{"id":13,"date":"2012-04-18T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:17:07","slug":"versatility-of-cement-tile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/versatility-of-cement-tile\/","title":{"rendered":"Versatility of Cement Tile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/images\/new-college\/new-college-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/images\/new-college\/new-college-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Some people are drawn to cement tile for the historic patterns and old world charm. Others appreciate the wide open design options. I can&#8217;t think of any durable surface with such capacity for custom artistic expression. A well known honors college in Florida wanted a tile design based on their school logo. New College of Sarasota has a logo with swirls of wind heading our in all four directions. This logo was adapted by school personnel and the architect for a two-tile pattern.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/images\/new-college\/new-college-tile-entrance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/images\/new-college\/new-college-tile-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The resulting cement tile was used in a 10&#8243; size on the exterior of the new admin building and a blue version was used in lobby areas. Just think how hotel and restaurant logos could be modified to make wonderful tile patterns for installations unique to the location. Contact us for your own custom tile based on your drawings or favorite motif.<\/p>\n<p>We have some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/cement-tile\/in-stock\/\">in-stock tile of the New College pattern in reverse.<\/a>We call it &#8220;Tradewinds&#8221; and it is in our warehouse and ready to ship. This is a 10&#8243; tile so it is an economical choice too. We think it is a perfect pattern for a patio or sunroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people are drawn to cement tile for the historic patterns and old world charm. Others appreciate the wide open design options. I can&#8217;t think of any durable surface with such capacity for custom artistic expression. A well known honors college in Florida wanted a tile design based on their school logo. New College of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/versatility-of-cement-tile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Versatility of Cement Tile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cement-tile-installations","category-project-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Versatility of Cement Tile - Cement Style<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/versatility-of-cement-tile\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lundy P. 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