Beltrami the wholesaler of stone tiles and slabs has launched a number of new natural grey stones this summer.

Hima Basalt is a durable stone suitable for all outdoor areas including patios, terraces and paths.
The consistent grey colour offers a lovely background to the vivacity of plants in the garden.

Available in paving stones for a country cottage look, or larger tiles for a more contemporary garden, this stone has a subtle non-slip surface making it a highly multipurpose option for outdoor projects.

Tandur Grey limestone is available in 2 finishes - the antico pictured here and a more textured, chipped edge heritage finish.

About Beltrami sources stone ethically from around the world. Their main stock of tiles is held in Belgium with the UK depot in Halesowen, holding an extensive stock of granite, marble and limestone slabs.

With it’s own extensive logistic capability, Beltrami is able to deliver slabs and tiles weekly to customers and sites covering most of the UK.
Beltrami is at the forefront of innovation and promotion of exciting new products in the stone world.

Please visit the website to view Beltrami’s extensive ranges of fine natural stones.

Tel: 01384 564315

Craven Dunnill, the award winning UK retailer and tile distributor, has turned back the clock and added the Minton Hollins Craft collection of artisan wall and floor tiles, to its wide-ranging selection of contemporary ceramic floor and wall tiles.

Minton is a name synonymous with the golden age of tile making in the Victorian period:

• This new collection is likely to appeal to period property owners seeking adornment for their bathrooms and kitchens, sympathetic to the age and structure of their property.

• The many home lovers, who prefer a classic, English country feel to their home, rather than accept contemporary styles, will also admire it.

• Featured here is the Monochrome Botanical Panel: set of six 150 x 150mm tiles. Priced at £124.00.

The Minton Hollins Craft collection from Craven Dunnill is British made in the Staffordshire Potteries and includes a wealth of hand-painted original designs, skilfully applied to specialist crackle and undulating glazes, with co-ordinating plain tiles (field tiles) available in a wide colour palette.

Available in traditional, small sized formats, the Craft Collection includes a wide selection of nature inspired décors, from charming botanical prints to delicate bird studies, through to the flora and fauna of the British countryside.

To view Craven Dunnil’s luxurious collections of quality wall and floor tiles please visit the website.
Tel:   (01746) 761611

The Award winning Elite Sumba Yellow from the CP Group, is a stimulating compilation of floor and wall tiles, mosaics and borders that presents an exciting summer style for the home with its striking marble patterns.

Uniting the distinctive characteristics of marble with boldly diverse tones of yellow, brown, blue and grey, reminiscent of bright summer days and seductive, balmy nights, Elite Sumba Yellow’s modern design sits flawlessly with contemporary streamlined kitchen cabinetry, or can fit equally well with vintage style furniture.

Perfectly suited to the fashion conscious and those that like to make a real style statement, Sumba Yellow’s fascinating marble patterns and honed, matt effect tiles, look more like a piece of contemporary art to adorn your kitchen walls or a striking splash-back behind a cooker or sink, or even a full feature wall for the more daring.

With its muted yellow colour scheme, punctuated with smokey brown marble veining and accents of grey and blue, Sumba Yellow adds depth, energy and colour without being overpowering.

152mm x 305mm and 102mm x 203mm tiles have been designed specifically with kitchen splashbacks in mind, while two 305mm x 305mm mosaic options and a 105mm x 305mm border tile are also available, ensuring a completely unique collection of wall tiles.
For the floor, a large format 406mm x 406mm tile is available to create a real feeling of space.

The Elite collection is available from a selection of leading independent retailers.

Prices:
Sumba Yellow 102mm x 203mm: £2.59/tile or £125/sq m.

Winner of ‘best natural product’ award at The Tile Association Awards 2011, Elite is a superior collection of five distinct natural marble ranges that release the extraordinary beauty of Indonesian stone.

For further information and to view the CP Group’s entire tile collections, please visit the website.

Tel: (0845) 519 7039.

Forbo Flooring has introduced a revolutionary new product -Floorink, to enable design devotees, to craft a truly personalized home interior.

The company in partnership with Printed Space, have created a flooring using digital print technology that provides limitless design options:

• Customers can select from 1,000s of specifically chosen images in the library, or create the floor using their own special ideas.

• Forbo’s hard-wearing vinyl can be printed with photos, illustrations or maps and more, with pinpoint precision to create a luxurious tailored flooring, designed to withstand the trials of daily life.

• The new flooring comes with a ten year guarantee and Forbo’s Aquagrip non slip technology, whilst the dedicated design service ensures unique results.

• Featured here is the Floorink Typo Kitchen.

Forbo’s colour and design expert Margaret Grieve said: “Floorink gives you the freedom to create an individual, memorable interior, from inspiration limited only by your imagination.”

The flooring is priced from £95m² and is available in both 2m and 4m widths.

For more information about Forbo’s unique new Floorink and their dedicated design service, please visit the website.

Tel: (01524) 888808.

UK company 1926, has introduced an exciting and pioneering wood effect flooring range to its collection.

Elesgo Supergloss is the first 99% high gloss laminate flooring to combine deluxe looks, low-maintenance and strength:

• With a dependable Uniclic jointing system, these floors are designed to allow an easy clean laying of the floor without glue, to ensure perfect results without gaps.

• This range has been developed to be long lasting, requiring minimal maintenance and suitable for all rooms in the home except for high traffic areas such as hallways.

• The hardwearing floor surface is designed to withstand the effects of daily life, as the surface of the product is patented to be scratch resistant.

• The Elesgo Supergloss range is available in a wide variety of stunning and realistic timber and stone finishes, featuring a large choice of wood-effects - Traditional cherry, beech and walnut look spectacular, while Dark Bamboo and Golden Yew Single Plank can offer a more personalised look to your décor.
• Priced from £17.65 m².

1926 Trading is one of the UK’s leading distributors of wood flooring, doors and carpet tiles, and have attained the impressive status of a Kahrs Authorised Internet Dealer and Heuga Premier Retailer.

To view the wide variety of the Elesgo Supergloss realistic wood and stone finishes, please visit the website.

Laminate flooring is a wear-resistant decorative surface made of resin-based melamine - a material, which is bonded to a moisture-resistant wood-based core.

Due to the density of the resin wear layer, laminate flooring is extremely difficult to stain, scratch, or burn and is an ideal solution for many types of flooring requirements.

Clean, classical and classy, Carrara Marble from the Arte collection by Quick-Step, captures the beauty of marble to create a statement flooring for any interior.

• Choosing only the finest grade marble to mirror, Quick-Step has captured the interplay of blue-grey and yellow-brown veins of Carrara Marble and the result is a stunning laminate floor virtually indistinguishable from the real thing.

• Packed with Quick-Step’s usual quality and with a lifetime warranty, Arte Carrara Marble is priced from £28.99 per square metre.

For further information about Quick-Step’s melamine collection and stockists, please visit the website.

For 2011, leading Italian mosaic tile maker Trend has enriched its top-line Liberty collection with 10 sumptuous new colours, all handcrafted from stained glass and featuring the signature chromatic and iridescent textures of this exclusive design.

Composed of hand-cut tesserae in a variety of compatible shapes, Liberty reinterprets glass mosaic design, by presenting a selection of different tile shades and sizes, with both straight and sinuous lines, so that the reflective light of the material is the predominant decorative element.

The new Liberty creations

• Extend from the shimmering brilliance of Diamond and Pearl, through the contemporary look of Denim and Dove, to the dramatic, deep tones of Bronzite, (pictured here) Onyx and Tobacco.

• They join six existing colours that include tonal Black and White statements, as well as luminescent Blue and Red stained glass effects.

• Ideal for accent mosaic panels or flamboyant showcase walls and ceilings, Liberty is offered in film-faced modules measuring approximately 26cm x 31cm and retails from £275 to £320 per square metre.

In line with Trend’s ‘green’ ethos, focusing on the use of eco-sustainable materials, Liberty mosaics are made from up to 75% post-consumer recycled glass.
This allows architects, interior designers and builders to obtain LEED credits for sustainable buildings certification and enables homeowners to select Liberty glass mosaics with a clear environmental conscience.

Unique to Trend in concept and execution, the Liberty collection results from a design collaboration with celebrated Italian artist Giulio Candussio, creator of the dramatic ‘Iridescent Lightning’ mosaic mural at New York’s World Trade Centre, and enables his artistic vision to become part of today’s interior design language.

For nearest stockist and to view the new Liberty mosaic tile creations, please visit the trend GB website.

Tel:  (01892) 509690

For those special projects H&E Smith have the manufacturing capabilities and expertise to create something really unique:

The company has been manufacturing beautiful tiles since 1926 and their factory in Stoke on Trent continues to produce exceptional designs to this day.

Besides their popular standard collections the company also has tremendous flexibility in producing bespoke tiles of varying size, shape and glaze finish.

Traditional techniques coupled with modern computer-aided technology and an inherently skilled workforce make the company an Interior Designer’s dream come true. From exclusive commissions to restoration projects, tiles can be manufactured from original designs quickly and cost effectively.

Featured here is a bespoke project completed by H&E Smith.

2003 saw the start of a vast re-furbishment programme by the London Underground, and since the company had already supplied heritage style tiles in the previous decade for several stations, they were again requested to develop special colour glazes and tiles to match the existing designs of 100 years ago.

In more recent years the company have complemented their range of ceramic wall tiles with some carefully selected porcelain floor tiles. They now offer clients the Westminster range of top quality Victorian style porcelain geometric floor patterns and designs together with a quality range of polished porcelain large format tiles.

The company are always happy to speak to customers considering bespoke projects and price is on application.

To view the H&E Smith range of stylish wall and floor tiles, please visit the website.

Tel:   (01782) 281617

Giving your kitchen a makeover but stuck for inspiration on the floor tiles?

Leading luxury stone specialist, Lapicida, has launched a revolutionary phone application to provide instant design inspiration for iPhone, iPad and Android users, with an HD-ready version for all iPhone 4 and iPad users, which offers stone graphics in high definition.

The first of its kind, Lapicida Design-in-Stone, enables access to more than 200 hi-res swatch samples of luxury natural stone, marble flooring, kitchen and bathroom tiles.

Available to download free of charge, it takes the hassle out of selecting a new home interior scheme and is ideal for comparing a paint colour at the local DIY store with the perfect Lapicida tile. A handy room-set gallery is also included, providing inspiring ideas on how stone and marble can be used to create stunning designs for the home.

Ranges available on Lapicida Design-in-Stone include: granite, limestone, marble, onyx, sandstone, slate, travertine, reclaimed and semi-precious.

Each swatch includes a full stone specification and there is also a tap-to-call number for pricing enquiries, in addition to a direct link to the Lapicida website.

The application is available in two ways:

• On iPad and iPhone via the App Store at http://itunes.com/apps/Lapicidadesigninstone
• Or download from http://lapicida.com/mobile-iphone-ipad-andriod-app.aspx

About:
Lapicida is a world class stone specialist which ships hand selected natural stone, sourced from internationally acclaimed quarries, to anywhere in the world.
The company headquarters is located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with a new London showroom opening in Marylebone later this year.

For more information on Lapicida Design-in-Stone, please visit the website.

Tel: (01423) 400100

As we head into winter, channel the natural textures of exotic Africa into your home, with Forbo Flooring’s Enduro range.

The calming influence of the seamless wood effect creates a perfect balance, when combined with ethnic patterns and tribal influences.

The new Enduro range of luxury vinyl tiles, boasts fifteen natural shades of natural wood and stone effects:

• Not only is Enduro quick to lay and ready to walk on in just 30 minutes, but it is a highly cost-effective way to help bring a refreshing look to the home.
• An optional peel and stick process means no nails, power tools or glue are needed – ideal for first time DIY-enthusiasts. Just peel off the backing and place down on the floor.

Forbo’s colour and design expert, Margareta Grieve, says that an African atmosphere is perfect to enrich the home all year round:

“The warm, exotic tones of the Savannah never fail to create a warmth that adapts seamlessly to the modern home. The bright, natural feel of a wood effect floor is the ideal way to complement vibrant patterns.”

This cost-effective collection is perfect for those looking to inject a little exotic luxury into their home. Prices start from £14.99 per m2.

Forbo Flooring Systems is a worldwide player in high-quality commercial and residential floor coverings.
It focuses on environmentally friendly, functional and design-oriented linoleum, project vinyls for specialized applications, entrance matting systems, carpet tiles for the object market and needle felt, as well as cushion vinyls for the home market.

For more information about the new Enduro range of luxury vinyl tiles, or to find your nearest stockist please visit the Forbo website.
Tel: (0800) 731 2369