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Erin’s Picks September 2020 | To Cut or Not to Cut

…That is the Question Happy Fall Everyone! I\’m excited for Fall and Halloween. I may or may not have started decorating my apartment two weeks ago! I\’m carving pumpkins with my 2 yo niece and 5 yo nephew in a couple weeks and I\’m gathering some inspiration on Pinterest. I\’m considering painting this year […]

Erin’s Picks July 2020 | Tile and Plant Babies

I Bet You Didn\’t Think I\’d Pair These Together Happy Summer Everyone! First and foremost, I hope everyone is healthy and well! We miss coming in and seeing all of you in person, but I\’m glad we at least have high-speed internet and the technology to see you all via the interwebs. Imagine if […]

Erin’s Picks April 2020 | Television and Tile

Top 6 Binge-Worthy Picks from Creative Materials Colleagues Happy Spring Everyone! I hope you and your family and friends are healthy and well! We decided to have some fun with two T’s… Tile + Television. Last summer when I moved into my apartment, I decided to have one streaming service because cable was bundled […]

Erin’s Picks February 2020 | National Tile Day and 2020 Spring Summer Featured Collections

See what is new in tile for 2020! We’ve had an exciting and busy week at Creative Materials! On Sunday, we celebrated National Tile Day with some tile-spiration! On Monday, we revealed our new 2020 Spring Summer Featured Collections inspired by the trends and aesthetics we saw at Cersaie in September. Let\’s take a look […]

Erin’s Picks November December 2019 | These Are A Few of Our Favorite Things

In Tile, Of Course! Happy Holidays Everyone! I hope you have a great holiday and get to enjoy some time off with your friends and family! I\’m looking forward to a little R+R in Vermont with my family. Each month I\’m typically writing about my favorite looks and trends in tile. This month, I asked […]

Erin’s Picks August 2019 | Design Concepts for Tile

Featuring Tile from our 2019 Fall Winter Collection Hi everyone – I can\’t believe it\’s September next week?! Where did the summer go?? I hope you had a great one! I am looking forward to Fall though… I love sweater and leather jacket weather… and Halloween and everything pumpkin spice! Hopefully I\’m not walking […]

Erin’s Picks June July 2019 | 2019 Fall Winter Collection Sneak Peek

Study of Shape and Dimension Hi everyone – I hope you’re having a great summer! I apologize for not posting last month. It has been a busy month at Creative Materials and I’m also moving into a new place. So I\’ve been enjoying packing and weeding through things that I should not bring with […]

Erin’s Picks May 2019 | Minimalist Look for Our New 2019 Collections

Natural Stone Meets Porcelain, Meets Wall Tiles I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! Upstate NY finally got some sunshine!!! I spent some of the weekend lakeside with my favorites – my niece Lizzie (1.5 yr old), and my nephew Spencer (4 yr old). We played musical chairs, but with a camp […]

Erin’s Picks April 2019 | Tile Trends and Color Forecast

On Assignment | Coverings 2019 Orlando The trends this year at Coverings mirrored aesthetics we saw at Cersaie in 2018 with a few new ideas scattered in, so my overview may seem a little repetitive. What I did find interesting was the correlation of tile glazes/colors to the 2019 Sherwin Williams Colormix Forecast. I’ve […]

Erin’s Picks March 2019 | Design Concepts for Tile

Dominoes, Rhomboids and Yellow, oh my! Happy Spring Everyone! I hope you\’re enjoying some warmer weather! The temperatures in Albany look like a roller coaster ride right now… up/down/up/down. I\’m hoping there won\’t be anymore snow!! Last month I unveiled the Design Concepts for Tile created by Laura Wunsch and myself of Creative Material\’s […]