Artisan Floorworks LLC

05/10/2025

Voting for the Floor Trends and Installation Awards has started again this year. I do not have any projects submitted this year. Some of my peers have projects submitted in the Residential Tile and Stone Catagory. Chris Resti of Crest Tile and Mosaic, Inc.has the “Great Blue Heron” and Josh Vassallo of Vassallo Tile and Stone has the “Streets of Portugal”. Both projects are amazing if intersted follow the link below to participate in voting. https://www.floortrendsmag.com/installation-awards/voting May the best man win.

02/18/2025

I love the look of a miter. This is the second step to getting that crisp clean look. Details matter!

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02/17/2025

This past year I’ve been installing Onyx Shower Systems. This is a service I’m now providing as an option for people who want to spend less than tile, but want a clean upgrade. I have samples in a variety of textures and colors. If anyone is interested contact me and I would be more than happy to give u a quote.

02/15/2025

I’ve been noticing big tile is starting to become a trend in our area. It seems like we are 5 years behind the East and West coast. The tiles in these pictures are 24”x 48” Porcelian Tile. This job the client wanted electric heat under the floor tile. Bigger tile requires special tools and implementing slightly different methods than normal tile. If you scroll through the pictures i used directional troweling on both surfaces and fully collapsed the ridges with a vibration tool. Doing it this way gave me 100% mortar coverage. With the heat membrane 2 tiles would burn up 1 bag of mortar. The niche and foot shelf are mitered and filled with a color match epoxy. This was a fun project for me and hope to see more of this trend in the future. Special thanks to Marc Palazzo for his wisdom on working with this tile.

02/12/2025

This is a bathroom remodel I did 2 years ago. I wish I would have taken before pictures. I removed an old tub surround and installed a new tub with a tile surround. The client wanted a wider niche but I was limited to what I could do because of venting in the wall. Miters around the niche with a nice basketweave mosaic on the back wall. Upgraded plumbing fixtures, new toilet and installed a new tile floor. It was neat to see how crisp and clean this transformation came together.

02/05/2025

A project I worked on this past fall. The clients were great people to work for. They went with natural stone pebbles for a deco the niche and the shower floor. I used an epoxy grout for the pebbles which helps seals and enhances the beauty of the natural pebbles. All the outside corners were mitered for the doorway, the niche and the foot shelf. I believe 52 edges of tile were cut for miters. I filled the miters with Akemi Platinum custom color matched epoxy.

12/14/2024

I worked on this this past summer, My favorite part is how’s the niche turned out. I love to miter the outsides corners, it’s a lot more work to do it that way. I also filled the miters with Tenax epoxy. It’s nice to see it all come together.

11/21/2024

It’s been a while since I posted, here is a project I worked on last summer. I love the materials selected. All outside corners were mitered and filled with a color match epoxy.

02/05/2024

02/05/2024

A project I did in the fall of 2023. It was tedious, but nice to see it all come together in the end.

11/07/2023

The Flower Shower was the winner 🏆of the 2023 Floor Trends Installation Awards in the Residential Tile and Stone Catagory Thanks to everyone that shared it and voted to help win, we appreciate it! You can read the article in this link.🌸🌺 🦋 https://www.facebook.com/share/zsdq7KTCGMyfcowu/?mibextid=WiMSqg

The Installation Awards celebrate the flooring installation industry’s talented craftsmen and women in both residential and commercial settings.

09/09/2023

My moms flower shower made it as a finalist in the FCI Awards, if you would like to vote follow the link below. Go to page 8 and select the flower shower. Thank you for your support. Go to https://www.fcimag.com/fci-installation-awards-2023-voting