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What should I keep in mind when planning a kitchen budget?
The kitchen is one of the most important spaces in the home, in it we spend a lot of the day cooking and in many cases also used as a laundry area. Today open spaces are very fashionable and this is where kitchen furniture gains prominence. At Azulejos Solá we have more than 20 years of experience in kitchen design and reform, we work with the Scavolini firm, one of the most prestigious Italian kitchen brands, together with them we carry out projects as they are tailored to tastes and customer needs. If you are wondering, what should I take into account when requesting a kitchen budget? These are the conclusions we have reached: THE STYLE - A kitchen is something designed for a lifetime or at least to last for many years, therefore we recommend choosing a light and sober style, that is, not to get carried away by something very modern if we are not totally sure because with the time can stop liking us like the first day. THE QUALITY - Of course "the quality" of the kitchen furniture that we wish to acquire, this will determine the time that we are going to be able to enjoy it. In the case of Scavolini, its water-resistant helmets guarantee that the furniture will not have problems with water and working with the Blum brand guides allows us to fill drawers with a large amount of weight and throw them so that their progressive closure does the rest. It is also very important to look at the finishes, a well finished lacquer must reflect us like a mirror. THE DISTRIBUTION - Be aware of the space intended for the kitchen and optimize its storage, this is perhaps the most important thing, depending on the dimensions of the kitchen a column area, an island ... etc may be interesting, we must discuss this with the designer since he will always be able to give you a more professional vision and advise you with possible changes that we have not taken into account. Following these tips we will be able to reach our ideal kitchen and enjoy a comfortable and durable space, any questions you can contact us, we are here to help as much as possible.
Imex significantly expands its catalog of taps
Imex is one of the youngest brands among all the faucet factories that coexist in the national market. Despite this, Imex also has one of the most complete catalogs and is already one of the most important bathroom brands recognized by professionals in the sector and by the final consumer. Without going any further, Imex has added 18 new collections to its product range this year. With these developments, there are already 103 different models that can be found in the Imex 2020 faucet catalog. Among these models there are shower sets, sink and bidet taps, but also a large selection of built-in shower and bidet or kitchen faucets. The good positioning of the brand of taps valencia is mainly due to the great variety of options and solutions that it is providing to its customers, all of them carefully designed. Each of the models are designed and manufactured in various colors, with which the range of possibilities is multiplied. The variety of models and the style of these are combined with the quality with the low price and the good quality of the product. Until now, faucets were not one of the most important bathroom products. One of the reasons is because comparing it with others, these are one of the lowest priced products in the bathroom renovation. Another important reason is that it is almost the last thing that is installed and therefore it is usually the last thing chosen in bathroom stores. In addition to its easy installation and low cost bathroom faucets can be changed quickly if we have any problems with them. However, with brands like Imex, the taps acquire an added value. The color black, white and rose gold, in addition to the designs with straight and clean lines, are some of the main trends this year.
How to lay laminate floors
One of the advantages of buying a laminate floor is its easy installation. Unlike other products such as porcelain stoneware, the placement of a laminate floor does not require the use of adhesive materials. It also prevents dirt and noise caused by a conventional work. It is fast and comfortable. The price of laying laminate floors is also much lower than placing a porcelain stoneware. However, due to the ease with which laminate floors are installed, many people prefer to take care of this work themselves. Here we are going to leave some installation tips for those who need it. 1. The first thing that is recommended is to leave the material in its original packaging for 48 hours to acclimatize to the temperature of the room where it will later be placed. 2. Ensure that the base is firm and clean and dry. 3. It is important to previously install the subfloor, to be able to be of the same brand as the laminate flooring to have the full manufacturer's warranty. 4. To install our laminate floor we will need the following tools: installation kit, hammer, saw, pencil, metal tape, goggles and gloves) 5. We must check that the plates are in good condition, before and during installation. Also check that the doors can continue to open after laying the subfloor and the plates. 6. Mix the plates well between the boxes to achieve a continuity in the design of our floor so that there are no areas other than others. 7. Correctly measure the length and width of the room to plan an adequate distribution. 8. Place the first iron in a centered area of the room. The following should be placed with respect to the previous one with an inclination of 20º to 30º and move them up and down until the plates automatically fit with one click. With the Uniclic Quick Step system you can also fit the plates together with small strokes. In these two videos we can see the main tips for laying laminate floors.
White kitchen tiles
There is no doubt that white tiles are the most used ceramic tiles for kitchen walls. The kitchen is a space where many decorative elements come together, and must be in harmony and balance between them. Just as in other places in the house the tiles have a leading role, in the kitchen this is not usually the case. In the bathroom, for example, surely the tiles are the main decoration and, according to the ceramic trend of the moment, we will combine the tiles according to colors, reliefs or textures. For the floors of the house, terrace, floors of commercial premises or for facades, we do look for a porcelain tile that stands out or that manages to give it that personal or exclusive aspect that we want to achieve in that room. In the kitchen, however, the kitchen furniture, the kitchen bench, and even the kitchen floor coexist and predominate as decorative and prominent elements. For this reason, white tiles are usually purchased for kitchen walls, which give clarity, that is easy to clean, and that is a clear base on which furniture or bench stand out. In addition, white tiles are usually cheaply priced, and the kitchens have walls that will be covered by kitchen furniture. And maybe it's interesting to put a cheap tile to save on the price of the tiles. At this time, the fashion of kitchen furniture are gray or wood, and white tiles are a good combination for these two trends. Actually, it is well known that the white color is very easy to combine. To achieve even more feeling of spaciousness and clarity, it is advisable to place white ground tiles. The rectified tiles give us the possibility of leaving the minimum space between them, and in this way avoid the cement joints, which visually are not pleasant, and cleaning on the joints is very difficult. The most common rectified tiles are 30x60 and 30x90. Although each time the ceramic factories show us in their catalogs of tiles larger measures, and you can find sizes of 50x100 or 40x120 centimeters, among others. In the online store of Azulejos Solá we show you the prices of white kitchen tiles. In gloss and matte finish
Hydraulic tiles
At the present time, large companies design their products and subsequently create the need for the consumer. This happens with the most basic things in life but also with secondary things. Fashions do not seem to be an exception, at least in the tile sector. The design departments of the tile brands invest great resources in the development of their products. Nowadays one of the products that are setting a trend in home decoration are hydraulic tiles. A few years ago the first models of hydraulic tiles were released and little by little they have been creating new designs that have been cast in all the interior design competitions, decoration magazine and every time in the homes of more people. It is a very versatile type of product. Just as other styles of tiles despite varying in sizes or colors follow a very similar style line, hydraulic tiles are a world apart. In this style of tile is played with drawings, colors and shapes, giving rise to a multitude of decoration possibilities. These models are common to find them as floors in bathrooms and kitchens, as lining of bathrooms and kitchens or as flooring of commercial premises that want to give your business a creative look. In our online store we have one of the most extensive hydraulic tile catalogs on the market. We work with models of catalogs as important as Aparici, Keros or Novogrés, so we try to offer a wide range of prices, measurements, styles and designs to facilitate the choice for our customers. Here we show you a selection of products, but we invite you to discover all our models in the catalog of tiles and pavement of hydraulic style.
What tiles to place in the kitchen
Many people ask us for advice on which tiles are best suited to place in the kitchen. Our opinion is that the kitchen is a place where many elements coexist and of all of them perhaps the tile is one of the least important ones. Just as in the bathroom the tiles are the basis of their decoration and the choice of the other products is usually conditioned by them, in the case of the kitchen it is not usually so. The lining of the kitchen is usually done with white tiles for kitchen or at least light color and with hardly any decoration. In this way we will give more importance to the kitchen furniture that we will subsequently place. Today there are so many models of tiles that even among the white tiles we have many options to choose from. We see differences in measurements, textures and prices. Regarding the price of the tiles, it must be taken into account that some of the walls will be completely covered by the kitchen furniture, so we usually recommend covering the wall that is not going to be seen with a cheap white tile, and in this way reduce The cost of our investment. On the other hand, one of the styles that currently becomes important in the catalogs of tiles for kitchens are the subway type tiles. They are small tiles, easy to clean and modern design.A concept that we must keep in mind is that the kitchen tile has to be easy to clean. We cook many foods, some stand out for the ease they have to stain everything that is in their path, smoke, oils reside ... To help preserve the cleanliness in the kitchen we have to buy smooth tiles, especially in the cooking area . This also affects the format of the tiles, because the larger they are, the less together we will need. Cement joints are one of the elements in which dirt penetrates more and less easy is to return them to their original state. We also want to mention that if our choice of buying kitchen tiles is based on the cleaning of these, a gloss tile will always be preferable to a matt one. Finally, there is an alternative to tiles to place in what we call the front of the kitchen, the space that is usually between tall furniture and the bench. The option to which we refer is to raise those centimeters with the material with which we make the bench (Silestone, Grantio, Porcelain). This is the most practical options for cleaning, as well as providing continuity lines in the style of our kitchen. These are just a few examples to look for practicality in the kitchen, but obviously there are many more options depending on the taste of the consumer and the style of cooking we want. Below we show a list with the best-selling tiles in 2019 for kitchen.
Where to buy tiles
The reforms are not something that we do regularly and therefore we do not have much habit of buying tiles. This makes almost all of us unaware of where we can go, where they will advise us best, what is the reliability of that store or which brands are the best. To know that the most common in this sector is to guide us through the ear and ask friends or family who have already gone through that experience. Although today and thanks to the volume of information we have just one click it is easier to make the decision of where to buy tiles. Once some tile stores are known, whether physical or online, we must make a selection of at least two or three to have some reference and be able to compare the most important factors in a purchase process of this type: attention, quality, price and design. Azulejos Solá complements its sales service with the two options that currently coexist, the physical store and the online store. The physical store is an exhibition of tiles of more than 1,500m2 with a warehouse located in the same facilities with a selection of models of tiles in stock. Our store is in Paterna, province of Valencia, since 1957. Here we have a team of vendors to advise on all possible combinations of decoration that fit in a home. You can also see and touch all the products of the best brands of tiles, bathrooms, kitchens or laminate floors. This support is important for many people who are facilitated by the purchase decision and provide additional reliability. In addition with our online sales service you can buy most of our catalog tiles and ask that we send it to your home, wherever you are. We believe that an online tile store must be dynamic and must provide information to the customer. It must be complete in images, prices and descriptions and it should have personalized attention in a person who helps you from home to solve all doubts. In our online tile store we wanted to keep the same line of products and prices that we have been following for decades. We think that in this way the final consumer will have confidence in our work and security of buying tiles at the best price.
20mm thick porcelain
The 20mm floor is the most revolutionary novelty of recent years in the tile sector. The tile factory has reached a level of quality in the design of its models in which it is not easy to innovate. The details, the textures of the tiles, the imitation of almost perfect natural elements. All this was achieved a few years ago and now what we see are more and more models with similar characteristics, of recognized quality but similar among them. Where we consider that the ceramic sector does have ample room for improvement is in the performance of the tiles and pavements. Some tile brands put their focus in this direction and a few years ago they began to develop 20mm thick porcelain tiles. To date, there are many factories that bet on this product and we already have a wide catalog of 20mm porcelain tiles. This type of products has a very important decorative value in outdoor areas, as you can see in some images that we will show below or in our online catalog of 20mm porcelain tiles. It also has a number of advantages over other types of flooring. Some of them are the following: it is easy to install, easy to clean, reusable, resistant to frost, greater resistance to breakage than normal porcelain tiles, they are non-slip flooring, resistant to the passage of time, flexion and impact. Although we have mentioned several advantages and the extra resistance is one of the most outstanding, we believe that the one that distinguishes it most from the rest of pavements is the easy installation of this product. The 20mm pavements can be installed in three different ways: On grass, on gravel or raised on plots. They are pavements of such hardness that can be installed on a smooth surface without the need to do and work. So you can change position easily. But it must be said and although they are few, it also has some disadvantage. The main one is the weight. This can make handling difficult and make transportation more expensive. This also makes the 20mm thick porcelain floor tiles placed exclusively on terraces, gardens, swimming pools ... in short, outdoor areas. The regulations on construction and rehabilitation of the home do not allow to overcome a certain weight per m2 of pavement, and the placement of these models could violate said regulations.
Metro style tiles
To know the origin of this style of tiles we have to go back to 1904. It was at the inauguration of the New York subway when this type of tile was first seen. In that first work a beveled white tile of 10x20 format was used for the lining of the subway walls. This decoration concept was expanded to other capitals, such as Paris and London, which also used this type of tile for their underground tunnels. Due to its history the subway type tiles have the mentioned characteristics, they are 10x20 cm in size tiles, in white color, bright texture and beveled edges, although currently the catalog of subway type tiles is much more extensive. In our online catalog you can buy this style of tiles in various colors, sizes, textures and different designs, because today the only premise that a meter-style tile has to have is that it maintains the aesthetics of a small and elongated tile. These tile models are classic styles that are back in fashion. It could be classified as the vintage style that so much demand currently has in terms of home decoration. These tiles that stand out for their simplicity and elegance are often used as a coating on walls of bathrooms and kitchens. In this post we show you some of the variants we have, but you will find many more in the online catalog of subway tiles or in our showroom in Valencia.
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