Series Episode III: Ellipse's Three Choices

Ellipse Kitchen Backsplash

The Ellipse collection has a total of three color schemes: Chrome Grey as featured in the above kitchen backsplash, Noire Black, and Azure Blue. Ellipse’s embossed texture and continuum of diamond to circular shapes moves the pattern outside of each 12” x 12” tile and integrates the pattern on a larger scale. As you can see from the backsplash, Ellipse stretches from counter-top to cabinets without missing a beat.

Ellipse Noire Black

Ellipse Noire Black is bold and glossy which creates strong definitive artwork for your home.

Ellipse Azure Blue

  

 

Ellipse Azure Blue is a subtle matte suitable for bringing out light and soothing colors.

Ellipse comes on a large 12" x 12" Carrara stone. Come check out the Ellipse collection here or visit ArtisanStoneTile.com to see the rest of our collections.

Series Episode II: Duo Kitchen Backsplash

Duo Kitchen Backsplash (Nickel)

The Duo Pattern is our second example of modern patterns in the Artisan Stone Tile Carrara line. Duo’s Nickel color scheme highlights this kitchen’s simple steely and minimalist styles. The grey and pearl tones create a 3-dimensional depth on the kitchen backsplash. Duo’s diagonal shifts and the alternating colors are distinct to this pattern creating a unique feeling of movement along its surface. I particularly enjoy this backsplash because of the green and red colors that draw the eye. This example really shows off how the Nickel monochrome color pattern can bring out the other colors around your kitchen.

Duo (Glacier)

Another alternative is our Glacier Blue color scheme. Glacier Blue is named after its nearly translucent usage of blues just like a glacier. The blues nearly fade back to the natural Carrara stone as you approach the center of each diagonal line. Though it departs from the monochromatic scale of the Nickel pattern, it retains the subtlety of its colors.

Duo is offered on 6” x 12” Carrara stone.

Artisan Stone Tile Series: Evolve

To celebrate the success of the showcase at Coverings 2015, we want to give our blog followers and faithful designers some in depth knowledge on the Artisan Stone Tile Carrara line. So, for the coming weeks, we'll post about some of our favorite new designs and talk about some insight from the artist herself, Melinda Earl!

Evolve (Oyster) on Carrara

Evolve, one of our most prominent new designs in the Artisan Stone Tile Carrara Line, is shown above. The unique negative space in this design creates a pattern similar to a budding lotus flower. The calming Oyster color allows the tile to sit comfortably in the background, accentuating the features of the room, without demanding too much attention. The Carrara stone has unique natural veining across its face, giving the subtle reminder of its organic origins. The Evolve is available as a large 12" x 12" tile, which is where the design is truly able to flourish!

StoneImpressions' new tile designs featured at Coverings 2015

 

We exhibited at Coverings 2015 last week and it was a roaring success! 

 

 

Everyone loved the new tile designs and we truly enjoyed seeing our loyal dealers and putting faces to names. And it was fun to meet all the new people who were drawn to our eye-catching displays.

Our booth featured both collections from our new tile catalog and beautiful Carrara designs from our in-stock tile line Artisan Stone Tile.

 

 

 Looking forward to next year!

 

New Carrara Tile Designs...coming soon

We are working on a whole new catalog that will be full of Carrara designs.  Here's a sneak peek.

Could this be the beginning of a beautiful tile?

A collage of some of the new concepts that our designers are noodling around with.  This always starts with many, many choices.  And you never quite know where it will end up.  Some designs that we absolutely LOVE could eventually fall out of the running.  And sometimes the opposite happens. A timid, unassuming design idea that nobody gives much attention, can leave us breathless once it is dressed up and displayed on stone.  It can be a wild ride, but oh so much fun!

Colorful and fun tiles - Deco Dots

Deco Dots are sets of colorful, decorative 1x1 mosaics* that you can use in a variety of ways. Think of them as jewelry to dress up your plain and boring background tiles.   You can find them on page 141 of our newest tile catalog.

DDS311300 Deco Dots Saybrook Vibrant Set

DDS311301 Deco Dots Saybrook Natural Set

Place the Deco Dots randomly in a mosaic to add a subtle touch of color to your walls. Or use them as diagonal inserts in any straight tile layout. 

You are in full control of where you insert the Deco Dot Tiles.  Go wild and random or keep things more orderly with even spacing.  You can add one whole set of dots into a single square foot of mosaic.  Or you can spread them out over a few square feet for a more spacious feel.  Place the Deco Dot Tiles exactly where you want them to create a unique design that is truly your own.

Deco Dots mix perfectly with other materials like ceramic or glass. Choose the Vibrant color scheme to make a bold statement or go with the Natural colors for a more subdued look. A simple and beautiful way to add life to your walls. 

*Actual size of each individual square tile is 15/16" x 15/16".

New Tile Catalog is here!

 

The brand new
StoneImpressions Catalog
is our best ever.

It has 156 pages filled with our great selling originals like Marseille and Cynara, along with many brand new designs that are sure to become classics.


Take a look at the online version here:

StoneImpressions Catalog

Introducing Carrara marble

Baku Listello on Carrara

We are excited to announce that we have just added Carrara marble as one of our stone options. The honed Carrara joins our Limestone as another choice with a straight edge for a cleaner, more modern feel.  It is incredible how vibrant and rich the colors are on the smooth, white surface of the Carrara.  We have also designed new black and white collections specifically for the Carrara tile.   These new collections will be introduced in an upcoming catalog to be released very soon.  Here is a preview of some of the new tile collections on Carrara:

Cambridge Collection on Carrara

Sailboat Accents from our Nautical Collection on Carrara

 Windsor Collection in Soft Blue and Dove Grey on Carrara

 Carolina Summer Accents on Carrara



Keys Collection on Carrara

 Serenata Tile Pattern in Iron Color

Like other signature StoneImpressions products, the decorative Carrara tiles are created using an exclusive artist-developed process for hand printing almost unlimited designs on stone. Designers and homeowners can choose from a vast library of murals and patterns or choose their own design to make an especially individual statement.   StoneImpressions’ other stone options are Light Travertine, tumbled Durango, tumbled Botticino, tumbled Bianco and straight-edge Limestone.  All StoneImpressions’ designs can be resized and printed on any stone type.

New catalog coming soon!  Keep an eye out for more information.

Nautical Tiles on Carrara have arrived!

New catalog coming soon and one of our favorite new looks is the Nautical Collection.  Some of our more vocal East Coast fans have been asking for this for a while now.  (We won't mention any names. [Frank])  

These designs are perfectly suited for our new stone type - Carrara.  Carrara is a beautiful white marble with clean lines.  So far, for everything that we have printed on the Carrara tiles, the colors just sing!

Clipper Ship mural on Carrara

Lighthouse Accent Tiles on Carrara

Compass Accents on Carrara Tile

Sailboat Accents on Carrara Tile

Black & White Accents on Carrara Tile

New Pattern Tile Designs

Our designers have been working their tails off on new product for our upcoming catalog.  Lots of new styles with vibrant colors.  Here are some preliminary photos of a few new patterns.

 

We'll post more as we get more photos. 

New Tile Designs

A few things in the works:

Click on any of the pictures for close ups.  Feel free to let us know what you think.  We'd love to hear it!

Tile Collection Displays

Our Production Elves have been puttering around in the sample and display area recently.  They have started to put together potential new display boards.  Compact in size at 9" x 13" and simple in design.  The boards are black and lightweight, so easy to carry around to hold next to other elements you are considering for your room design.  Some examples below:

Chateau Collection

Marseille in the Truffle color

Cathedral Collection

Listellos from our Wrought Iron Collection

Metal Amore Collection

Labyrinth Collection

We haven't finalized any display boards, but we love how they are looking so far.  And the Elves just won't stop talking about them, so we had to throw some pictures up on the blog.  Now maybe they'll pipe down and get back to work!