{"id":814,"date":"2014-11-21T19:20:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T01:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2015-06-01T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T17:17:13","slug":"black-white-kitchens-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/black-white-kitchens-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White and Cool All Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Maybe it stems from newspapers which are often read in both rooms, or maybe it comes from historical roots, or maybe it is so all colors of accessories look bright and cheerful; but no matter the reason, black, white and sometimes with shades of gray is a popular combination for cement tile floors in kitchens and baths. A popular choice is our Cubes pattern because it is both age-old classic and edgy modern&#8230; crisp and clean.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contenporary-kitchen-cubes-cement-tile-VLT-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contenporary-kitchen-cubes-cement-tile-VLT-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Cubes cement tile floor in a modern contemporary  kitchen in New York\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contenporary-kitchen-cubes-cement-tile-VLT-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contenporary-kitchen-cubes-cement-tile-VLT-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contenporary-kitchen-cubes-cement-tile-VLT-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>C<\/a>ubes encaustic tile in a modern NYC kitchen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cubes-tile-bathroom-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cubes-tile-bathroom-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"cubes-tile-bathroom-VLT\" width=\"439\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cubes-tile-bathroom-VLT.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cubes-tile-bathroom-VLT-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Villa Lagoon Tile Cubes cement tile in a bathroom<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT\" width=\"620\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/nandos-peri-peri-cement-tile-VLT.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Black and white stripe tile in a restaurant bathroom in the Washington DC area above<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/phillip-sides-ikat-tile-backsplash-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/phillip-sides-ikat-tile-backsplash-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"phillip-sides-ikat-tile-backsplash-VLT\" width=\"620\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/phillip-sides-ikat-tile-backsplash-VLT.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/phillip-sides-ikat-tile-backsplash-VLT-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>P<\/a>hillip Sides used our black and white Ikat tile (above) for this kitchen backsplash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/stanley-matz-kitchen-VLT.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>L<\/a>andscape designer Stany Matz chose a black and white striped tile\u00a0which forms\u00a0a alternate reverse\u00a0square-in-square pattern for his Miami, Florida kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-cubes-tile-floor-VLT.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This photo and the one below show our Large Cubes pattern tile in a Brooklyn, NY townhouse renovation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tamara-big-harlequin-bathroom-VLT.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe it stems from newspapers which are often read in both rooms, or maybe it comes from historical roots, or maybe it is so all colors of accessories look bright and cheerful; but no matter the reason, black, white and sometimes with shades of gray is a popular 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