White Gold Tile Flooring from Trend Aureo Collection

We LOVE Trend tiles and will be featuring several of their breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL tile flooring and walls tiles at The Decorating Diva.com. Trend captures the very essence of luxury living as illustrated in the above image. This gorgeous room located in the17th century Villa alle Scalette (Trend headquarters) in Vicenza, Italy features luxurious floor and wall tiles from Trend’s Aureo Collection.

The Aureo Collection tiles for floor (F) and walls (W) are hand-cut , glass mosaics hand-crafted from delicate 24 karat gold leaf (shown above in white gold).

The glass tile product names are listed below:

• aureo 004/F
• aureo 003/W
• aureo Gray
• Strass Swarovski Cristal

Photo Credits: photos by Trend.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Trend USA Ltd. (Trend  also has a showroom near the famous Design District in  Miami, Florida)

Lapiz Ceramic Wall Tiles by Artisan Natalie Blake

Natalie Blake is an artistic genius and we fell in love with her incredible, beautiful and moving sculptural ceramic tile artwork displayed at the Ann Sacks booth (for Kohler ) at the recent Kitchen & Bath Industry Show.

We’ve selected a few of our favorites (it was hard to narrow them down – so many beautiful tiles to choose from)  from Natalie’s unique and inspiring ceramic sculptural wall tile collections to feature on The Decorating Diva.com over the next few weeks. We hope you enjoy her creations as much as we do.

Our first pick – Natalie Blake sculptural ceramic wall tile featured above: Lapiz.

Photo courtesy of Natalie Blake Studios.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Natalie Blake Studios

$1 Million Dollar Diamond Studded LuxTouch Tiles by Pietra Firma

We think even Lady Liz Taylor would be slightly green with envy at the above wall dressed in stunning diamond encrusted wall tiles by Pietra Firma.

LuxTouch wall, flooring and ceiling tiles are hand crafted with each individual black marble tile:

“ …inlaid with 95 brilliant cut diamonds, mother of pearl and abalone. The centre of the tile consists of a pitch-black agate circle inlaid with 19 diamonds and a mother of pearl flower petal pattern radiates outwards from the centre. Each of the petals is a single piece of mother of pearl inlaid with a large precious cut diamond and the black agate pieces between the petals are also inlaid with diamonds. The tile’s four corners are inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone shell, achieving a visually stunning counter balance with the radiating flower petals.

When inlaid, the diamonds sit slightly raised above the tile, which results in the maximum tactile and visual effect. Walking barefoot on a LuxTouch floor can only be described as a truly sensual experience. ”

The $1,000,000 price tag gets you one square meter of the LuxTouch tiles – calculated by number of gems and precious and semi-precious stones:  “over 1000 diamonds, 2400 pieces of mother of pearl, 400 pieces of abalone shell and 500 pieces of black onyx”. Take a look at the Pietra LuxTouch tile details shown in the image below:

At a million dollars per square meter the diamond inlaid tiles aren’t for everyone but Pietra Firma wants to redefine true luxury:

“In the 21st century world of brand extension, inbuilt obsolescence and mass market dilution, the word “luxury” has been diluted and overused. 

TRUE LUXURY is not affordable, democratic, mass market, universal, brand extension or mass produced and machine made.

TRUE LUXURY is highly skilled craftsmanship utilizing rare and precious materials, a complete attention to detail, unique, personal, passionate, indulgent, exquisitely sensual, beautiful and artistic. This unique approach to luxury will satisfy the needs of customers who have a deep appreciation of the true essence of luxury.”

Images copyright of respective companies.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Pietra Firma

Barcelona Sculptural Ceramic Wall Tile by Natalie Blake Studios

Natalie Blake Studios creates wall art that captivates the imagination and the Barcelona ceramic tile collection proves it.

The Barcelona sculptural ceramic wall tiles are elegant, beautifully textured and are richly colored with awe-inspiring hues of red, orange, blue and green.

Photo courtesy of Natalie Blake Studios.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Natalie Blake Studios

ArtQuiver.com Art Recommendation Wizard

When it comes to artwork I’m known to be a real diva. I either love a piece or wholeheartedly, passionately hate it. It’s not easy to peg my taste, as it can range from the Old Masters to Modern Art. Even within those genres I can love one artist and abhor another. 

When ArtQuiver.com approached me regarding their online artwork shop, I noticed that they offered a test to help art shoppers find artwork that appeals to them.  I decided to take the test and about five minutes later the results popped up. ArtQuiver.com artwork suggestion tool came very close to identifying my art likes with respect to style and color on page one, as for pages two and three, not so much.

Take the artwork recommendation test at: http://www.artquiver.com/aq_search

Bahamian Starfish Tile from Metaltec Innovations

Create a seaside getaway at home with chic, sculptural metal tiles like the Bahamian Starfish wall tile from Metaltec.

Images copyright of respective companies.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Metaltec

Tree of Life Multi-Color Ceramic Wall Tiles from Natalie Blake Studios

The Tree of Life sculptural ceramic wall tile (amazing wall art in our eyes) from Natalie Blake Studios is a richly colored, hand crafted  visual delight.

Photo courtesy of Natalie Blake Studios.

Home Decor Buyer Resource: Natalie Blake Studios