Blog — May 6, 2026
The handmade, slightly irregular glaze of Moroccan zellige tile keeps showing up in kitchen backsplashes and powder baths. It's more expensive and takes longer to set than machine-made tile — every piece is unique, so layout takes real planning — but the texture it adds under lighting is hard to replicate.
Full-height single-slab porcelain shower walls, sometimes book-matched, are the most requested primary-bath feature we're seeing this year. Fewer grout lines, an easier surface to keep clean, and a more contemporary look than a tiled wall.
The cool-gray, high-contrast palette that dominated for years is giving way to warmer creams, terracottas and greige tones — a shift that suits mountain interiors better than it did the more urban look it replaced.
Waterproofing standards, heated floors and durable natural stone in entries remain constant regardless of style trends — those are function decisions, not aesthetic ones.