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Dark Thoughts

“People are channeling their darker side with black tile,” says Cali Basten, a sales associate and designer at The Tile & Stone Gallery in De Pere. Designers are loving the sophisticated look of a matte black hexagon tile floor with black grout or black-on-black tile fireplace surrounds and kitchen backsplashes. If an all black floor seems intimidating, you can still get in on the trend by choosing tile patterned with black as well as other shades. Basten says AKDO’s Passage Revival tile is popular with her clients. The ANN SACKS Scribe collection of water jet mosaics have been etched to create a whimsical surface texture. The Flame pattern in Nero captures the essence of an overall dark tile in a trendy herringbone pattern. (Shown: AKDO Passage Revival tile in Black at Title & Stone Gallery)