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The potential of floor to ceiling tiles, decorative or plain, to create a focal point with imposing charm and character has been recognized by many top designers. Handmade products adds that one factor, the ultimate personalisation - the option where you can opt in to have top craftsmen create a product with your imput for that  unique element that will make your home truly personal and not just four walls filled with choices from an impersonal catalogue!

“This looks fantastic, just what we are looking for.
Yes I did, I think they are beautiful. I have a meeting with Sarah Watermeyer the designer who is helping me with my kitchen probably next Tuesday. Will let you know colours etc after that.

Much appreciated
Jenny”

We provided several samples and the preferred colour tones were the pale olive green colours and not the brighter and purer greens.

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Revive, Refresh…Renew, Oh Yes you can - Hot Foot It to One Of A Kind Tiles, and look at inspiring examples of what can be used to Recreate your home!We received this enquiry:”Hi GerritI was forwarded your website details by one of your clients.I live in the Karoo and am installing a Victorian fire surround which unfortunately has awful tiles on the sides of it.There are 5 on a side, and they are 153mm squared.I want to replace them. I thought that two original tiles spaced with a blank on either side will be nice. In other words two “special tiles” on each side.Fires are things to look at in rooms and 4 tiles framing the view will be super; rather than the stereotypical Victorian stuff.I’d be pleased if you can do them for me.RegardsChris”Chris, referenced some tiles on www.handmadetiles.co.za, which our designers then visualized for him in the picture above. A fun, courageous choice, and the handmade and painted art tiles will be a definite talking point while sitting around the fire!After another change and visualization, the family then came together to reach consensus - changing the animals to the Pecan Tree - AND the fire will be kindled in the following Super Hot Victorian Fire place!These decorative art tiles will be custom produced and created to a specific size and thickness for the handmade tiles to fit snugly into the fire surround bracket.Hele’ and I need to create more than the 10 tiles required to deliver a successfulproject, and as such you could then choose your favourite 10 art tiles fromthe whole batch. Helé and I will create a batch, match the end-result, photograph the completed sets, … from which you the client can then choose his/her favourite arttiles.If you have a particular fondness and choice for any particular animal or decorative image then  Helé can paint it for you? The Farmyard tiles will be slightly different in feel as compared to the chunky tiles on the website, mainly due to the fact that we shall be using a porcelaineous clay body for this project.If you would like to focus on specific colours & animals, let us know. You can provide us with a Plascon/Dulux swatch code for the type of colour you prefer for background or plain colours.Regarding the decorative artwork,  let us know what theme of imagery - flowers, animals, geometric … or is there any arttiles that “speak” to you that you could view on our websites? We could work around any image that you provide that might be special to your environment.

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Our arttiles are often acquired from our studio to use around Fire places, most often as frames or as inserts around, above or in front of the fire place.

In this case we were commissioned to paint these tiles to fit inside a frame that was in the process to be manufactured.

Limited decoration was used, only a Delft- styled corner pattern to suit this rustic and tasteful interior.

Click here to view another exciting Delft Fire place!

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