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Matching Entry Tile

We’re trying to match this black and white trim

tile in our entryway. we cant find it anywhere. ive tried the local salvage, ebay, other websites. i will absolutely NOT pay for it to be custom made. any suggestions? maybe if i knew what it was called that would help. our house is 1930s.

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  • PRO
    last month

    You will pay, or you will start over : ) ?


  • last month

    Have you tried Mission Tile West in Los Angeles? They make their own tile line for similar aged Spanish and Craftsman homes.

    https://www.missiontilewest.com/

  • last month

    I found this online

  • PRO
    last month

    I think AI misunderstood what you were looking for, @Alice. I searched the Fireclay Tile website and that exact pattern is nowhere to be found. The closest is this:

    https://www.fireclaytile.com/products/original-ceramic-tailored-stripe-nocturne-matte-tile-1x1-straight-set-sheeted?_pos=2&_sid=99a238e48&_ss=r


    @The Educated Design, perhaps you could post a few more photos of the space so we can get an idea of exactly where the tile is needed. You might be able to add something similar but not exact, with a little creativity.

  • last month

    You may be right, Diana. I did a lens Google search, although that pattern may be discontinued? Not sure.

  • PRO
    last month

    Here are a few more pics for reference. i cant believe i havent even seen another picture of this tile online!



  • PRO
    last month

    If what we can see in that second photo is the entirety of the border, and you can't find the exact tile, I think you have 3 choices. Either use a black and white check as above along with the white rectangular tile and black bullnose border, or replace the entire border. Or hang something on the wall to cover the missing tile, maybe a line of hooks like you have on the other wall. Attach the hooks to a piece of wood that covers the missing tile.

  • PRO
    last month

    Here's a mock up with a pretty toile wallpaper:



  • PRO
    last month

    You're never getting a match. Ever. Not happening. Not even custom.


    Time for plan B.

  • PRO
    last month
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    Here is the real issue:

    I see backpacks and you did say ........."entryway". ! I missed the full effect from the first tiny picture.



    Please do not take offense, but the wall tile border, AND the look with basket weave on the floor, the tiled wainscot effect? All combined Is VERY suggestive of a 1920" bathroom, still adored today ! Still recreated today, but IN a bath.

    I think,,,and it may be difficult to let go of your plan, , it is time to remove at least all the wall tile and border, and install a period appropriate wainscoting. Painted white. or a color!

    One need not be a slave to the original here, and use of a space does suggest design, quite often. A tile floor in an entry makes a lot of sense, but rarely does it need a tiled wall: )

    The ancestors won't shriek, and you may be pleasantly surprised that you can love another entry look as much , without the suggestion of this: )







  • PRO
    last month

    Good advice, Jan, but that is a bigger undertaking than just replacing tile. It all depends on the OP's budget.

  • PRO
    last month
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    ^^

    Just guessing.........sounds like a DIY talent here, so perhaps if he can tile , he's handy at some millwork and trim

    The floor is fine as is!! But the tiled walls may not be too difficult to re imagine, and really........it does read very much "bath" : ) not entry, or better stated in a home of this vintage? Vestibule!

    Very helpful to the op and us? Show a few other rooms, give us a bit of style flavor, and a lot of help in that regard ....a different vision, might be forthcoming!

    An arduous search for exact replacement is likely to be pretty darn futile, but may be a design gift in disguise. If all the pics of the whole area had been in place first glance? I'd have said all this on the first post .

  • PRO
    last month
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    Entry? Could you show more photos? We own a condo in Harvard Square and the main entry is black/white/subway tiles, but the floors and stairs in the entry are solid slabs of marble. What you are showing as your entry is our bathroom. Condo building is late 1800's.

    You could remove the top three rows of tile all around the room and replace with molding, cut to fit where tiles were and add hooks for coats, etc.