VIDEOS! Kings of France 18th Century French Oak Floors - Colors to View: Cast Iron Grey, Danish White Wash, Walnut, Tobacco, Charcoal, Weathered Grey and Cast Iron Mahogany
Kings of France 18th Century French Oak Floors can only be compared to true reclaimed 18th Century French oak planks. With unparalleled beauty, each oak plank is aged, not by pigments or colorants, but by unique oxidation procedures working with the natural tannin of the oak. Read more in this latest blog and...enjoy our first video, with many more to come in our Historic Decorative Materials YouTube Channel, of these wood floors that leave one breathless.
Three Design Boards using Reclaimed Veneer Belgian Red Bricks
A study of reclaimed veneer Belgian Brick reveals how many different ambiances one can create thanks to the soft reds, oak and stone colors of this amazing architectural element. Using veneer bricks as a focal wall, a back splash or fireplace surround, the eye never misses the beauty of this historic material.
Get the Look! Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's French and Belgian Farmhouse Aesthetic in LA
Designing a home today with so much choice on the market is daunting. In this blog, I focus on select materials that create a theme throughout the home that will help in the design process. In love with the French and Belgian farmhouse aesthetic, hats off to Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen...their home is beautiful and was ahead of design trends back in 2013.
A Vintage Wall Tile Collection LOOK BOOK
A Look Book is a wonderful tool to get an overview of a work. Please enjoy Historic Decorative Materials Look Book of our vintage decorative wall tile collections and become inspired by the pairings of these tiles with our antique and aged French and Belgian building materials.
The Magnificence of Antique and Aged French Limestone Tiles
In this blog, I detail the why behind the beauty of French limestone. As an indigenous limestone under the bedrock that is France, artisans, masons, kings and queens throughout the centuries have sculpted this extraordinary limestone into châteaux and stone flooring for all the world to enjoy.
Falling in Love with Antique Belgian Bluestone Pavers
Antique Belgian Bluestone is a formidable stone of choice for architects and designers building out their finest projects. As a durable and historic floor, the satin patina of either the dark black blues or soft matte grey surfaces create the most magnificent ambiance to a room.
Design Board: The Belgian Farmhouse Modern Aesthetic
Is it trending or just beautiful?
Mixing materials and styles is the key to achieving the Belgian Farmhouse Modern Aesthetic. The contrast between old world and new makes both elements pop and the eye never tires of these juxtaposed surface textures.
Read this design blog and see how I deconstruct these Belgian building materials to find their way into a beautiful space.
Vintage Decorative Tiles Holding Court to Mass Production Contemporary Tiles
Are we born liking a certain aesthetic or are we influenced to like a certain aesthetic? Read this blog about my experience with the ceramic glazed decorative tile industry and how my passion for vintage decorative tiles drove me to create my own tile collections to complement our company's French and Belgian building materials.
A Gallery of the Kings of France Aged 18th Century French Oak Floors
The Kings of France Aged French Oak Flooring is like no other pre-finished wood floor on the market today. Historically aged with exemplary techniques, one could easily compare these wide-plank oak floors to reclaimed 18th century French oak planks. Available in over 14 colors, these solid or engineered wood floors, in wide-plank, chevron, herringbone or parquet de Versailles, are the essential backdrop to custom homes and historic renovations.
Noir de Mazy Antique Belgian Bluestone circa 1870, Recuperated January 2017
A true coup de coeur for those who love antique Belgian Bluestone.
We have just recuperated from a lovely church in Klundert, Amsterdam 5000 sq ft of 150 year old Noir de Mazy. Noir de Mazy is quarried from the town of Mazy, Belgium and is the only quarry from which one can procure this black blue color. Installed around 1870, these floors exude a rich patina that only comes from authentic foot worn paths.
Welcome to Historic Decorative Materials
Nearly 17 years in business, read how Emmi and François Micallef began their business in 2000 with French reclaimed terra cotta tiles and their own artisan floor tiles. Evolving with business trends, but staying true to their passions, learn how Historic Decorative Materials is a welcome division to Pavé Tile, Wood & Stone, Inc.
The Provincial Charm of French Reclaimed Terra Cotta Tiles
French reclaimed terra cotta tiles create a French provincial ambiance that is as authentic as it's beautiful. Over 150 years old, we can thank the craftsmen who hand-molded and high fired their terra cotta tiles in wood burning kilns with exactitude for them to exist in all their splendor today.
Design Trends and Claude Monet's Blue and White Kitchen Tiles
Monet was not one to follow trends and designed his historic and magnificent house with colors going against the dark woods of the Victorian age. His home became a phenomenon across time and the question asked is how can we view this in today's design world? Perhaps the colors are too saturated...but can there be a compromise between white subway tile and overzealous, over colored decorative tile for today's kitchens?
Why I Still Love Blue Dutch Delft Tile
Questioning my love for Delft tiles brought me back to childhood, a visit to Amsterdam this past summer and a psychological perspective for the color blue. Historically undeniable, antique Delft tiles have graced rooms in the grandest châteaux to the most humble countryside farmhouses - not without it's 17th century charm of idyllic Amsterdam living during it's Golden Age. Rethink that ubiquitous white subway tile - and give art and history a chance in your home.
Inspirations from Our Summer in Provence
Returning home to his parent's country home in Provence this past summer, François and I spent time enjoying the lavender fields and miniature oak trees in the woods surrounding his parents home in Viens. Walking for hours in small villages around Provence was our "loisir de préférence", of course the market in Apt...and for me...trying to understand how to cut an irregular shaped cake.Subscribe to Historic Decorative Materials Newsletter
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Recent Articles
- VIDEOS! Kings of France 18th Century French Oak Floors - Colors to View: Cast Iron Grey, Danish White Wash, Walnut, Tobacco, Charcoal, Weathered Grey and Cast Iron Mahogany
- Three Design Boards using Reclaimed Veneer Belgian Red Bricks
- Get the Look! Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's French and Belgian Farmhouse Aesthetic in LA
- A Vintage Wall Tile Collection LOOK BOOK
- The Magnificence of Antique and Aged French Limestone Tiles
- Falling in Love with Antique Belgian Bluestone Pavers
- Design Board: The Belgian Farmhouse Modern Aesthetic
- Vintage Decorative Tiles Holding Court to Mass Production Contemporary Tiles
- A Gallery of the Kings of France Aged 18th Century French Oak Floors
- Noir de Mazy Antique Belgian Bluestone circa 1870, Recuperated January 2017
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About Historic Decorative Materials, a division of Pavé Tile, Wood & Stone, Inc.
Historic Decorative Materials, a division of Pavé Tile, Wood & Stone, Inc. is an e-commerce site that supplies reclaimed and aged French and Belgian stone, brick and wood flooring to the fine home building market. After 20 years in business, co-owner François Micallef born and raised in the South of France, holds court with some of the best reclaimed material suppliers in Europe. From French limestone and Belgian Bluestone pavers to French oak wide-plank flooring in solid and engineered planks, as well as reclaimed Belgian veneer bricks and French reclaimed terra cotta tiles - architects and designers choose these formidable surfaces for their exceptional building and renovation projects.
Historic Decorative Materials is an e-commerce site that is meant as a tool to purchase on-line reclaimed as well as highly crafted European surfaces. Drawing inspiration from historical reference, Emmi Micallef's original hand painted decorative tiles compliment HDM's reclaimed tile, brick, wood and stone surfaces. Her Delft Tile Collection, featured below, is just one of four collections, with several more to come. Sharing a partnership with it's parent company, Pavé Tile, Wood & Stone, Inc., a by-appointment showroom is available to the trade and homeowners to view and design from Pavé's showroom's extraordinary French and Belgian tile, wood, brick and stone installations. As an artist, Emmi uses the basic rules of fine painting - color/tone, light value and the saturation scale within the materials themselves and in relation to a client's home, furniture and artwork - to achieve a beautiful balance of texture, color and light throughout the theme of the home. To register for Trade Pricing, please click here.
Historic Decorative Materials NEW YouTube Channel is the venue to view and experience their antique and aged tile, brick, wood and stone flooring through video. Below, enjoy learning about their Kings of France 18th Century French Oak Flooring in Charcoal. A grey wood floor that is a symphony of light and dark charcoal grays with oak grey undertones. Neither a stain nor an oil, these gray wood floors are achieved through an oxidation process that works with the tannins of the French oak - literally changing the composition of the wood fibers.
Specializing in original hand painted tiles based on historic reference, click here or on the image below to view a LOOK BOOK of these historically accurate and beautiful decorative tiles partnered with antique and aged French oak flooring and Belgian Bluestone Pavers.
