Lake Murray Magazine cruise

Thank you kindly to Jason Stegall of The State Newspaper for inviting us along on Lake Murray Magazine's Spirit of Lake Murray cruise last night!


(L-R) Creative Tile designers: Danielle, Becca, Becky, and Athena

Creative Headboards

A tile headboard? Well, of course! Designer Jennifer Freeman of Columbia (The Naked Window) created this headboard for a recent client using leather, coconut tile, and oval crackled glass tiles. We think it looks lovely! :)

For more information on the tile and to receive Jennifer's contact information, give us a call!

For a good cause...

Becky and Scott Heron, owners of Creative Tile, participated in Canoeing for Kids' Raft-a-Rama this past Saturday on the Saluda River.

Canoeing for Kids raises money to offer paddling trips for underprivileged children. To learn more about them, click here.

Lexington Store Grand Opening party pics

Thank you for joining us and the HBA Remodeler's Council last night at the Grand Opening of our new Lexington store at 703 N. Lake Dr. across from Lexington Middle School. We had a grand time!

Vaughn Backsplash

Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn selected a beautiful 1x1 8mm brown/garnet glass for their backsplash. With a little guidance, Mr. Vaughn installed it himself this past weekend. We think it looks great! :)

FOR SALE

Originally used as a display at our West Columbia showroom, we are ready to sell this beautiful, REAL marble fireplace surround. It has some scratches on the hearth and mantel but is still quite pretty. Regularly sold for approximately $3,000.00, we are selling it for $495.00. Call Becca, Becky, or Scott at the West Columbia store for more information. 796.4861

Dyer Home

Designed by Mrs. Dyer and Creative Tile's Becca Bertok, the tile work for this new home was almost a year-and-a-half in the making. The Dyer family was looking for a classy and minimalistic approach to the tile designs, which I think we achieved nicely.

Construction was completed by Kaufman Builders, and the tile work was done by Hoover's Flooring. Call Creative Tile for contact information for the persons listed.

The Master Bath features a 2x4 polished Antik Onyx border and Chocolate Travertine rope, Opera Aida porcelain, dots of 2" Cafe Emperador marble, and Crema Marfil marble slabs.




The whole house, excluding the bedrooms, features 17" Opera Aida porcelain flooring which Creative Tile imports from Argentina. You can see in the photo below that Aida offers a calm and beautiful neutral palette, resembling an Ivory Travertine.


Natural Autumn Slate was installed on the porches in a Versaille pattern.


The additional bathrooms were all similarly designed using a classic art deco staple, 3x6 gloss white subway tile, and a handful of 5/8" mosaics. The study bath, below, features 5/8" Mosaico Onyx.


Both girls' baths, one pink and one blue, feature 5/8" Mosaico Opera.

The gameroom bar features Opera Aida on the floor and Ubatuba countertops.

The gameroom bath has a mixture of 1x1 Nazca Mosaic, a beautiful mix of slate, glass, and copper, Aida Harlequin on the shower floor, 10" Landscapes Meadow porcelain on the main floor and shower walls.


The home's kitchen, and certainly the show piece of the design, was designed in a circular fashion.

On the backsplash, we used a 2" honed and filled Ivory Travertine, to allow for the curve of the wall, along with a travertine and metal border and Durango Travertine pencil. Ubatuba countertops were fabricated to follow the radius.

The area behind the range features 4x8 honed and filled Ivory Travertine and Noce Travertine harlequin and rope with 1x1 metal dots.

It's fun taking a home design from this...

and this...

to this...