Here are the Coverings 2022 award winners. Tile Person of the Year Dirk Sullivan, of Hawthorne Tile in Portland, OR If you know Dirk, the only question you have is “What took so long?” Notable CID award winners: John Cox, Cox Tile in San Antonio, TX, is the Residential Stone Winner Joseph Mattice, On the […]
TISE 2022
The International Surfaces Event was much bigger than last year. It was almost a full-sized show. With the exception of the masking policy, it seemed like things were back to normal. Tile Nation and GTP know how to party Both Luke Miller’s Tile Nation and Jason McDaniel’s Global Tile Posse had events on separate nights. […]
The Plot to Take over the (tile) World
Last month, it was announced that Brad Denny of Nichols Tile in Tennessee would be the new executive director of the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, the organization behind the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) program. So, I got to wondering what his plans are for CTEF going forward. That’s when he revealed his intricate scheme. The […]
New Faces in NTCA Training
There are some new changes brought to the training side of the NTCA. They are: Matt Welner of Blue Ridge Tile in North Carolina is joining the team as another contractor trainer Chad Jones is taking the step from being the set-up man to a full time training instructor Christopher Rachel of Superior Home Solutions […]
MUD! Event Teams up with the NTCA
Can you teach new pups old tricks? Mario Garcia and the NTCA say “YES!” New for 2022, the NTCA is going to team up with Mario for TWO mud events. One in the east and one in the west. Stay tuned for details. Click on the video to get my take on this partnership and […]
Calling all Rockstars!
via GIPHY Nominate a tile rockstar for the upcoming Coverings Rockstar Award this spring! Someone that’s an upcoming mover/shaker in the tile world. No, your loser emo friend that sleeps in and can’t hold a job doesn’t count. Did you work on a project this year that kicked ass? Enter it for the 2022 CID […]