{"id":576,"date":"2014-02-16T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2016-02-18T18:24:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:24:51","slug":"hidden-treasures-old-cement-tile-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/hidden-treasures-old-cement-tile-floors\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Treasures \u2014 Old Cement Tile Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our correspondent and fellow lover of cement tile, Russell Mikler in Greece, has been sending us great photos of the tiles he has salvaged from old-old abandoned homes. Some of these old homes have been abandoned for over 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>These red and white cement tiles came from a home built in the late 1920&#8217;s that had been abandoned with a collapsed roof. Some of the tiles had even been covered with linoleum in the past. Russell was not able to save all of them due to the roof debris and damage. He salvaged all he could quickly, as the house is now scheduled for demolition. Russell makes table tops with small amounts of reclaimed cement tile.<\/p>\n<p>Click these thumbnails to see the full size images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cement-tile-topped-table-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-612\" alt=\"S\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cement-tile-topped-table-VLT-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclaimed-tile-1-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-588\" alt=\"stacks of reclaimed encaustic tile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclaimed-tile-1-VLT-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cement-tile-as-rescued-from-old-house-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-586\" alt=\"dirty old cement tiles salvaged\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cement-tile-as-rescued-from-old-house-VLT-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/salvaged-cement-tiles-cleaning-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-590\" alt=\"a washed cement tile next to the salvage ones\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/salvaged-cement-tiles-cleaning-VLT-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclaimed-tile-red-white-rug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-589\" alt=\"reclaimed salvage old greek cement tiles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclaimed-tile-red-white-rug-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/close-up-rescued-red-cement-tile-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-587\" alt=\"wet cement tiles from scrubbing off years of grime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/close-up-rescued-red-cement-tile-VLT-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nThe photos show how the tiles look before and \u00a0after cleaning decades of grime off of the encaustic cement tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Sure there are a few stains, but really they clean up beautifully&#8230; these tiles are almost a century old! Bravo to Russell for saving these lovely tiles from being discarded with the building rubble. Wouldn&#8217;t the original craftsmen of these tiles be proud to know that Russell cares enough to save their tile and that the cement tile will live on long after the original structures are gone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclamed-estrella-tile-originals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-593\" alt=\"antique cement tile before cleaning\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reclamed-estrella-tile-originals-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/estrella-border-reclaimed-washed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-591\" alt=\"classic pattern estrella cement tile rescued\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/estrella-border-reclaimed-washed-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/estrella-reclaimed-washed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-592\" alt=\"reclaimed encaustic cement tile in Greece\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/estrella-reclaimed-washed-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nRussell now has a small workshop and makes new tiles in limited quantities. If you \u00a0live in Greece and are interested in buying reclaimed old cement tiles let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our correspondent and fellow lover of cement tile, Russell Mikler in Greece, has been sending us great photos of the tiles he has salvaged from old-old abandoned homes. Some of these old homes have been abandoned for over 35 years. These red and white cement tiles came from a home built in the late 1920&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/hidden-treasures-old-cement-tile-floors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hidden Treasures \u2014 Old Cement Tile Floors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antique-encaustic-cement-tile","category-design-and-style"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hidden Treasures \u2014 Old Cement Tile Floors - 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\/hidden-treasures-old-cement-tile-floors\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lundy P. 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