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Step by Step Painting Guide

Many of us are thinking of tackling tasks around the home that we have put off before. One of the most common of these is painting. Before you undertake what at first glance seems a simple operation, we thought we would give you a few handy hints on how to get started, and how to undertake the job. It is simple, there is just some steps to follow to make the whole process easier and more enjoyable.

If the hue fits...

Deciding on how to decorate a room is a little like planting out a garden from scratch.

Psst… picking porcelain?

At Claybrook we have some truly lovely patterns and shapes but none so practical or pretty as those we offer in porcelain; the perfect combination of utility and style.

Paint the town... Coral?

Colour, like art, can be a very subjective business. We are each attracted to shades for myriad reasons. Sometimes a colour can trigger memories from childhood or a lovely vacation, with a corresponding emotional response. Like smell, some hues can take you right back to a moment in time.

Design Stars of the Silver Screen*

Many of us enjoy movies not just for the screenplay but because of the interiors shot as part of the drama. These spaces can form a key part in creating not only the setting but the mood for a film.

Answering the call for natural product

At Claybrook we are big fans of products that have been produced by human hands rather than conveyor belts and computer-controlled arms. Not that machine-made goods are inherently bad or inferior. Far from it...

New Arrivals

Thinking about and developing new ideas for tiles never ends at Claybrook HQ. It’s a joy to see scribbles on a page end with tiles on a wall or floor months later.

Truly Artisanal Production

At Claybrook we love finding smaller firms to work with who can produce great quality handmade tiles over and over again. With generations of experience crafting fine products at their atelier in the south-west of Italy, we were delighted to meet a talented family and even more excited once we started working on tile together.

Wood that's covetable as well as sustainable

The beauty and practicality of wood as a use for flooring has long been recognized. It was in the 17^th century though that panels were designed for Versailles to replace marble as the practical floor of choice.

Our Studio at 123 Curtain Road, London

When we created Claybrook we knew we wanted a studio space that would cater to homeowners and contract specifiers alike. It had to be accessible but with an edge. Big enough to display our full range of tiles from day one, but flexible enough to allow us to grow over time, and in an interesting building located somewhere with buzz.

Next stop Arizona

Next stop on the Claybrook express has been the wonderful city of Scottsdale Arizona. Perhaps not the most obvious place for us to find beautiful tile product but Scottsdale it was. The temperatures regularly hit the 100F mark and so we were a little perturbed to be told ‘that’s nothing, wait till its 120F, you can fry an egg on your car hood and in 2017 the road signs melted’.

In with the new

It's so lovely when new ranges that we have been working on behind the scenes at Claybrook HQ are ready for their big reveal. I find the manufacture and selection of ranges is as much about editing out ideas and options as designing features in. Ultimately though, wall and floor tile production are limited only in terms of the imagination of the creatives behind them, although other parameters do come into play.

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