A Spa Takes Form through Fashion Inspiration
Last fall, I had a speaking gig at the Pool and Spa show in New Orleans. After the presentation, I got to talking with James Scott, a Genesis 3 Pool Builder and the owner of Group Works Water Concepts in Connecticut. He was using glass mosaics to create a one-of-a-kind mosaic art spa. (We love it more »
A Craft Cocktail in one hand…
Our original Alpentile Creative mosaic mural sign stands proudly in front of Seattle’s hottest new craft distillery, Captive Spirits Distilling. Beautiful new photographs just in, by Chad Robbs. Here, a detail showing the hand-forged juniper branch with faceted iron ‘berries’. This naturalistic style of hand forging is extremely difficult, and a trademark of Grizzly Iron. Jason more »
Stunning Scottsdale Retreat
This Scottsdale Golf Resort backyard space received the ‘Alpentile Treatment’ as we brought designer Wendy Lesueur’s vision to life. Under the direction of Mark Coble, Coble Construction, this year-long project finished with a bang last month when we completed this absolutely stunning Oceanside Glasstile mosaic spa and sun-shelf. BEFORE Our Process began months before, with more »
Hot Tile Design Trends!
This contemporary master bathroom remodel, designed and built by Erik Koss, Koss Design+Build illustrates how using scale, materials, and color results in a uniquely streamlined and textural environment. Not only that, the materials used in this installation are sustainable and environmentally conscious. Here are some of the hot trends we see in tile now: 1. more »
Scottsdale Pool Returns to Splendor
After sitting on the market for a considerable amount of time, this formal backyard needed some serious TLC before new owners would be able to enjoy it. What was once a beautiful, formal pool, had been left to bake in the desert sun, and several attempts at ‘band-aid’ repairs had taken their toll on the more »
Perfect Dose of Eye Candy
Glass Tile is a glittering and dynamic material selection for any pool or spa. One thing we really enjoyed about this pool design by Rick Chafey of Red Rock Pools and Spas was his selective use of glass mosaics for high impact design punch. Tile Installation: Alpentile Tile: Lightstreams www.lightstreams.com Pool Design/Build: Red Rock more »
Retro-Luxe
We recently helped our friends over at Oceanside Glasstile with some installations for their new product line, “Blue”. This exciting new collection is based in the simple beauty of the material from which it is crafted. With a color palette steeped in nostalgia, this product line offered the perfect selection for a luxury bachelor more »
Ice Blue and H20 – A Cool Combo!
Sometimes a fountain just needs a little TLC. This contemporary water feature had some technical problems and when homeowner Bret Hopper contacted us. He worried his fountain wouldn’t be able live up to its full potential. Not to worry! We brought the right installation system and great products and design to the project to create more »
Reflective Oasis
Click here for the full Phoenix Home and Garden Article: A desert oasis features clean geometric lines in this Vanishing Edge Pool designed by Kirk Bianchi. This fabulous pool boasts a radius spill-wall extending over 55 linear feet, 75 linear feet of perimeter overflow and a raised, all glass mosaic spa in Oceanside Glasstile. more »
Time-Capsule gets Alpentile Treatment
It is a rare and wonderful occasion to step into the past – and that’s just what happened when Joey and Nova came upon a 1950′s home in a historic Tucson neighborhood … in original condition. Hidden under a single layer of 1970′s wallpaper and linoleum, they discovered original finishes …perfectly preserved… from wall paper more »
