Tile

A bright yellow and gray textile tile by Jordaan.

The Zebra textile tile by Jordaan.

Bernstein reconfigured the entryway to the street level; guests ascend to the main living space. Ironspot clay tile and FSC-certified cedar clads the facade.

Bold color is embraced in the home’s first bathroom, with tilework by Trend Mosiacs. Faucets are by Grohe and vanities are by Hastings. A Flos Glo-Ball pendant light illuminates the space.

As long as you’re within 150 feet of the missing laptop, tablet, keys purse, or wallet, you can open the app and a display will blink according to your proximity to the Tile.

Each account can monitor up to 8 Tiles.

They come with a double-sided adhesive so they can attach to flat surfaces, or hang from a keychain loop.

A downside is that each Tile’s power lasts for about a year and then the whole unit needs to be replaced—the batteries aren’t removable. Tile displays reminders when their life cycles are ending, and the company will send an envelope to return spent units for recycling. Tile is currently fulfilling pre-orders, with more units available online this summer.

The master bath is clad in Area tiles from Mirage.

Textile tiles by Ronel Jordaan-Cape Town winters are no joke. The temperature doesn't actually drop to the freezing point, but houses typically have poor insulation, and central heating is rare. Ronel Jordaan's new wool and cement tiles will be a remarkably cozy solution to radiant heat, although she says that they're working out a few details before installing them as flooring quite yet. For now, she's installing a wall of the tiles in a client's new house to give them the warm fuzzies.

HEXAGON WALL TILES

The wall and floor tile in the bathroom is from Statements Tile. The fixtures are Kohler.

In the bathroom, plain white tiles line the walls and ceiling. The floors are natural stone and the fixtures are by VOLA. Lassen built the sink himself.

The tiles are designed to be impervious to moisture, and spills and stains won’t seep through the carpet. For more information on FLOR, head to the brand's website.

Made from 100% post-consumer paper collected from local businesses, Vancouver-based firm Dear Human's Wallpapering tiles are easy to install and can be printed or painted with custom designs.

The entire room is surfaced in white mosaics from Hisbalit; the bath fixtures are brass and sourced from a local Czech retailer.

The office design was inspired by “blues, jazz and Bossa Nova." Tiled walls help optimize acoustics.

In the master bathroom, the cement floor tiles are by Mosaic House; the glazed subway tiles are from Daltile; and the trim is honed, vein-cut Montclair Danby marble. The Signature Hardware tub sits in a custom wood cradle designed to match the home’s timber frame; the fixtures are by Waterworks. The Twist stool is from Classic Country in nearby Hudson, New York.

The Salvatori marble tiles in the bathroom were added at the last minute, once everyone was confident that they would not put the project over budget.