Blogs & Ecology

Sonia King is one of the most recognizable mosaic artists working and teaching today.

Solistone, Stones, Surfaces & Architectural Elements, based in Los Angeles, is one of the largest importers and distributors

of fine paving, exterior and decorative stone products in the U.S. They

carry porphyry, granite, pebbles, antique terra cotta tiles, roof and

floor tiles, rare natural stone, and glass and metal mosaics. There’s

more, of course.

Spectra Décor Luxury Hardware + Tile , a company founded by artist and designer Leilani Norman-Young, offers beautiful, contemporary cabinet hardware, door pulls and tile. All the materials used are sourced locally and regionally, and are environmentally friendly: recycled glass, cork and eco-resin combined with pewter and stainless steel. Everything is made by hand, to order.

Comprised of 93% natural quartz, CaesarStone Quartz Surfaces and Countertops offer the

ultimate combination of form and function, allowing for a more diverse, durable, and

practical countertop surfacing material than either granite or marble. With its stain, scratch,

and heat-resistant properties, CaesarStone is the ideal choice for care-free countertops.

The World's Most Complete Collection of Quality Leathers for Residential, Hospitality, Contract, Aircraft, and Marine Use.

Sandhill Industries' products are made from 100% recycled glass. Using its glass-fusing technology, each tile takes less than

one-half of the energy to produce than ceramic tile, and less than

one-fourth of the energy it takes to produce a cast-glass tile. They

are available in 36 colors, from light to dark, subtle to bright. The

company recently received the EPA Evergreen award for environmental

excellence and leadership. Manufactured in Boise, Idaho.

Eco Framing is the first custom picture framing studio dedicated to “green” best practices. They feature sustainable woods, bamboo moulding, advanced recycling and a reinvented supply chain that dramatically reduces the carbon footprint of our work. They offer top quality, museum-grade work at lower prices with faster turnaround.  Some of their feature products include variable content display systems (FlexFrame) that enable on-demand swap out of graphics, and a line of P3 ceramic steel magnetic boards. I like.

Sweet.

Simpson Door

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Justin covered Swedish paints a while back, but after coming across the photos of this old Swedish farm house on Peter Guthries Flickr stream I thought some of the back story on the red paint was in order.

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Read the rest of falu rödfärg, red swedish house paint

Bottlestone, from the kids at Fireclay Tile in San Jose, CA. Cool.

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