by Original Mission Tile | Apr 14, 2026 | Blog
Spanish-Style + Mediterranean Interiors If you want Spanish-style and Mediterranean Interior Design to feel authentic (not themed), don’t start with furniture—start with the floor. Most “Mediterranean” rooms feel off for one reason: the tile pattern is either too...
by wpengine | Apr 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re probably in one of two places right now. You’ve fallen for the look of cement tile flooring and want to know if it’s practical, or you’re specifying a project and need more than the usual mood-board talk. That’s the right instinct. Cement tile isn’t a generic...
by wpengine | Apr 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re probably standing in one of two places right now. Either you’ve fallen for a patterned floor in a café, hotel, or old house and want that same warmth at home. Or you’re farther along and already comparing samples, trying to figure out whether handmade cement...
by wpengine | Apr 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re usually standing in one of two places when encaustic tiles come into the conversation. You’re either looking at a room that feels too clean, too flat, too forgettable, and you need a surface with memory in it. Or you’re staring at samples that all claim to be...
by wpengine | Apr 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re probably standing in one of two places right now. Either you have a kitchen that works fine but feels forgettable, or you’re deep into a remodel and trying to choose a backsplash that won’t look dated the moment the dust settles. A moroccan tile backsplash...
by wpengine | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
You are probably standing in front of a shower that still looks solid at a glance, but the grout is telling a different story. The joints are dark, cracked, crumbly, or pulling away at the corners. On a standard ceramic shower, that is annoying. On handmade cement...
by wpengine | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
A tiled wall can be almost perfect and still look unfinished. That usually happens at the edge. The field tile is beautiful. The pattern is doing its job. The color is right. Then the exposed side, outside corner, niche return, or backsplash termination gives the...
by wpengine | Apr 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
You are looking at two samples right now that seem to promise the same thing: a white marble herringbone that feels elevated, and a tougher alternative that may not have the same romance on first glance. Many projects encounter issues at this stage. The decision gets...
by wpengine | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
You picked porcelain because it looks clean, sharp, and built for real life. Then the first haze shows up. Dust settles into the grout. A shiny floor starts looking dull in traffic lanes. In kitchens and baths, the problem is not the tile failing. It is residue, the...
by Original Mission Tile | Apr 6, 2026 | Blog
Retail Stores Tile Design If your store looks amazing online but “tired” in person, it’s usually not the lighting, the fixtures, or the product mix—it’s the floor. Your floor is the only surface every customer touches. If it looks generic or worn, your brand instantly...
