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Tile Tips for an Eye-Catching Backsplash This guest post is by Bill Buyok, the Founder & Owner of Avente Tile. A kitchen backsplash is one place you'll be looking at a lot while you enjoy your home. It's also one place that allows you to really emphasize your style. Creating an eye-catching backsplash that reflects your style and taste is easy with tile. The choices and options are endless and range from a traditional fruit-themed mural, multi-colored mosaic, colorful Spanish tile patterns, or a muted bold pattern with cement tile. Consider the style and color palette of your cabinets, flooring,...

A Match Made in Tile Heaven I've been attending Coverings for over a decade. It's a yearly pilgrimage for me. Although Avente Tile is an on-line retailer of niche products like hand painted ceramic tile and handmade cement tile, I always enjoy and think it is vital to understand and see what the larger players are focused on. Understanding the trends that are driving sales in the US market makes good sense for anybody in this business. Coverings makes it easy with one stop! Coverings consistently provides insight on what's hot in tile and stone with a well-curated and tightly...

Thanks to Jamie Goldberg for giving me the opportunity to provide a guest post. I've been following Gold Notes for several years. I look here weekly to find out what is happening in the world of kitchen and bath design. I'm honored to be sharing tile trends from Coverings 2012, one of the largest stone and tile shows in North America. I'm Bill Buyok the owner of Avente Tile, a company that focuses exclusively on hand painted ceramic and cement tiles. Let me start by saying, I love tile. I'll be sharing trends and some of my personal favorites from...

Note: This post, Cuban Tiles, was first published October 13, 2011 on BuildingBlox. I'm Bill Buyok, owner of Avente Tile and the primary contributor for the company's weekly blog, Avente Tile Talk. At Avente Tile, our passion is hand crafted tile. First, thanks to Todd for the opportunity to guest blog here. Todd also provided a topic that he wanted me to discuss: Cuban Tile. I love to talk tile and Cuban Tile is a favorite of mine. Cuban Tiles are Cement Tiles Cuban Tiles are a moniker for cement tiles. I fell in love with these tiles when I...

I'm Bill Buyok, owner of Avente Tile and the primary contributor for the company's weekly blog, Avente Tile Talk. At Avente Tile, our passion is hand painted tile. First, thanks to JB for the opportunity to guest blog here. JB also provided a topic that he wanted to know more about: how my passion for tile evolved. I started Avente Tile because I was looking for hand painted tiles with an old world design similar to some I had seen from Spain. I couldn't find any designs in local showrooms, tile stores, or online. Once I found the right tiles,...