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Inlaid Vinyl Tile Flooring 

Solid vinyl tiles make a top of the line choice for almost any room because solid vinyl tiles are durable, easy to install, impervious to many stains, and easy to maintain. Solid vinyl tiles' wear layer go through to the back, so patterns wear longer. Top quality solid vinyl tiles can mimic with uncanny accuracy the look of granite, limestone, marble and wood, but requires maintenance. High quality solid vinyl tile flooring is more expensive, but longer lasting than composition vinyl tile flooring.

Although inlaid vinyl tile flooring is more expensive than other types, inlaid vinyls offer long wearing beauty. Inherently thick and soft, some inlaid vinyl floors have extra layers of foam to provide added underfoot comfort and to muffle sound. Because the colors and patterns go all the way through the inlaid vinyl to the backing, they don't wear off.

Ceramic Tile vs. Porcelain Tile

Ceramic tile is a mixture of clays and other natural materials. The special clays are mined from the earth, shaped, colored and than fired in kilns. Traditional ceramic tile can be naturally colored and left unglazed like terra cotta, or they can feature colored or highly designed surfaces which can be glazed (finished with a glass surface) either in a high gloss or matte finish. Most ceramic tile has either white or red body coloration underneath the glazed, colored top layer.
 
Porcelain tile is a newer form of ceramic tile and extremely popular among homeowners. Porcelain tiles are composed of fine porcelain clays and fired at much higher temperatures than ceramic tiles. This process makes porcelain tile more dense, less porous, much harder and less prone to moisture and stain absorption than ceramic tiles. For these reasons, most porcelain tiles are suitable for both indoor and outdoor installations. Porcelain tiles are also harder to cut due to their density and hardness.
 
Regardless of whether you choose ceramic tile or porcelain tile for your decorating project you will find both types of tiles offer a variety of shapes and sizes in field tiles as well as some border and accent tiles. This will give you an almost unlimited amount of decorating options by mixing and matching different field tile sizes and shapes along with borders and accent tiles to really add pizzazz and charm to your decor.