TileVault: Small Blue Squares
What: Large fields of small blue squares Where: Marin Civic Center, San Rafael When: Photos taken Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Why: Looking past the rather industrial overall room, we love the way th...
What: Large fields of small blue squares Where: Marin Civic Center, San Rafael When: Photos taken Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Why: Looking past the rather industrial overall room, we love the way th...
What: Front doorway of an apartment building Where: 42nd and Brooklyn, in the U-district When: Photos taken Thursday, August 28 at 8:45 am Why: The Tuscan colors and matching barred windows....
• What: Crazy photo-real river-rock ceramic tiles • Where: Valencia Street • When: Friday, August 15th 2008 at 6:15 pm • Why: We've long-since dubbed this place "techno-thai" for ...
What: Hand-painted tiled border at the fantastic columned entrance for the Gaylord Suites builiding Where: Jones Street at Geary When: Sunday, June 22 at 1:30 pm Why: On our way to visit a friend's n...
• What: Penny tiles • When: Thursday, June 5th, 2008 • Where: Beretta, The Mission, SF • Why: These tiles at Beretta gave a warm glow to the bathroom, and we like that someone dec...
What: Tiled floor in the lobby of the fantastically bizarre and historic Odd Fellows Building Where: Odd Fellows Building, 26 7th Street, San Francisco When: Thursday, June 6th 5:45pm Why: We pay a ...
• What: Multi-colored seconds picked up at a discount and put together randomly • Where: Private residence, Piedmont, CA • When: Photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • Why: Becau...
• What: Square glass tiles with an exceptional amount of bubbles in them • Where: Happy Sashimi in Pinole, CA • When: Photo taken Tuesday, May 14, 2008 • Why: Glass tiles are a...
• What: Glass tiles in the sidewalk that double as skylights for our underground ghost town • Where: Seattle's International District • When: Photo taken April 25, 2008 • Why: The...
What: Mosaic in the hallway, maybe an old drinking fountain decorative alcove??? Where: Piedmont High School, Piedmont When: Tuesday, April 22, 8:15pm Why: Stumbling around the hallways waiting for ...
What: Facade of a pet hospital Where: Grand Avenue in Oakland When: Sunday, March 16th, 10:30ish pm Why: Fantastic repeating pattern and amazing contrasting texture with a cool and slightly creepy o...
What: Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates. Where: 401 Hayes Street, San Francisco. When: March 3, 2008. Why: Although we were sad to see Friend close, we were excited that the Hayes Valley co...
What: Scenic floor mosaic Where: Terminal A at the Dallas International Airport When: Photos taken on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Why: We walked off the plane and stepped right on to this beauty of a...
What: The restrooms at CAVA restaurant in Portland. Where: 5339 SE Foster Road. When: Photos taken in January 2008. Why: We like that the restaurant didn't just limit the tin tiles to the ceiling. C...
What: A bathroom with "ribbed" tile wainscotting Where: Private residence, Oakland When: Photos taken Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008 Why: Because it's understated and neutral, but the "ribbing" effect ...
What: Early 1900's storefront tile Where: Seattle, WA Why: One of the modern businesses that occupy the row of historical storefronts in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood is Sonic Boom, a Seattle insti...
What: The Sunset Idea House. Where: The Mission District, San Francisco. When: Photos taken last month. The House is open again through January 27 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; 9am-4pm). Why: When ...
What: Linoleum in a basement recording studio. Where: Seattle, WA When: Photo taken Thursday, January 3rd. Why: We love the orange, brown and green color scheme in interlocking squares and rectangle...
What: The ladies' room at FARM restaurant in Napa.Where: 4048 Sonoma Highway.When: Photo taken in October 2007.Why: Because they even tiled the area beneath the countertops, for a great visual effec...
• What: The ladies' room at Saul's Restaurant & Deli • Where: 1475 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley • When: Photos taken on Sunday, November 4, 1:00 pm • Why: Saul's is our favorite pla...
What: The ladies' room at Farina restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District.Where: 3560 18th Street.When: Photo taken on Thursday, October 25.Why: As Color Month at AT draws to a close, it seeme...
What: The entry in the just-opened Barneys in downtown San Francisco.Where: 77 O'Farrell Street.When: Photo taken on Saturday, September 22.Why: We can't remember what the flooring looked like back ...
(This is a new feature! TileVault will be collecting tile inspiration from around the world. Feel free to send in your own.) •What: Pale green Italian mosaic tumbled marble tiles (from a store...