Always wanted to re-do your Kitchen Backsplash or Shower with glass tiles but never thought that glass tiles would fit your project budget? Well think again and look no further than our Coastal Blends Glass Mosaic tiles collection which retails for only $5.50 per sf. There are ten beautiful colors to choose from and all are in-stock for immediate shipment.

Our Coastal Blends glass mosaic tiles collection has colors for most any project out there. The Monterrey and Cannon Bay colors are a lighter and darker version of neutral gray tones. The Nantucket is our flagship mixture of soft and neutral beiges paired with the stronger browns mixed in to allow this glass tile blend to pleasantly gain one’s attention from either near or far. Our blues such as the Laguna, Tenerife or Newport blend colors will make your pool or spa the envy of your neighbors.

Order your samples today for any of our Coastal Blends glass mosaic tiles and we will have your samples to you in 2 – 3 days.

As always, we appreciate your business and your support!

We are hearing from our industry contacts around the country that on a community by community basis, the Home Buyer Tax credit has in fact stimulated sales in many communities. Communities of moderately and lower priced homes are seeing the biggest boost from the first time home buyer market. Those who have been on the sidelines waiting to buy figure this is the last time that the government will offer the credit so it is now or never for those wishing to cash in on the governments generous offer.

The credit goes away on June 30th so buyers are in the final stretch of getting paperwork in, completing appraisals, and meeting any last minute underwriter requests. Watch the flurry of closings in the next 2 weeks in the Real Estate market in your community. We hope agents, banks, and title companies can actually uphold all of the commitments they made to borrowers who bought with the expectation of closing by June 30th.

Let’s see what happens!

Our Bamboo Subway tiles in a 3” x 6” subway tile size also come with the option to add some beautiful trim and edge pieces to any installation. Available Bamboo trim and edge pieces include the Tapered Bullnose Edge Cap pictured above in Chestnut and the Chicklet Edge pieces pictured in Natural.

The Tapered Bullnose Edge cap is meant to be used as a decorative cap piece at the top of a Kitchen backsplash for example while the Chicklet Edge piece is meant for the right or left edge of a backsplash where a quarter round trim piece would normally be used. These pieces are made of 100% (real) Bamboo and they are made locally by our company at our Arizona facility.

Bamboo is considered as a sustainable resource by the US Green Building Council and it is a wonderful material to work with. So for those wanting to use green materials in their home renovation and upgrade projects, please consider our Bamboo Subway Tiles for your project.

We are proud to say that our Bamboo Subway Tiles were recently featured in the online version of Hospitality Design magazine. The hospitality industry is moving rapidly towards incorporating more sustainable products in their hotel projects and our Bamboo Tiles fit their product profile quite well.

Bamboo is considered by the US Green Building Council as being material from a rapidly renewable resource. Bamboo can be harvested ideally between 5 – 6 years and will re-grow naturally without the need for pesticides and other chemicals. Our customers have really embraced our bamboo tile products and we hope that the hospitality industry and other industries will follow.

Thank you Hospitality Design magazine for your support.

For today only, take 10% off of our already low 7” Glass Tile Blade price of $65. We strongly recommend that our customers use a blade made for cutting glass tiles when installing any glass tile products for a project. Ceramic and porcelain tile blades do not cut glass evenly and often times cut unevenly by chipping the glass while cutting. Glass Tile blades make clean and smooth cuts to the glass because of the finer diamonds found on these blades in comparison to the diamonds on other diamond blades. Our glass tile blades are made for use on a wet tile saw.

To place your order please phone us directly at 1 888 260-7371.

For those about to take on a bathroom remodeling project that involves a new shower, listen up! In most cases your contractor will be the one to take on such a job since waterproofing and tiling a shower takes skills beyond those of most weekend DIY warriors. What you can do is to talk through the project with your contractor and it might be worth it for you to ask about the use of products from Schluter Systems before the project begins.

Schluter continues to improve and expand their product line for waterproofing shower installations. They offer a KERDI Shower Kit that sells for less than $500 in most cases for a decent size shower floor and includes “each of the components required to create a maintenance-free, watertight shower assembly without a mortar bed.

Schluter Systems has been developing innovative tile installation products for more than 30 years and continues to excel as a leader in the industry. Talk to your tile installer about installation products available from Schluter Systems.

The $6 billion program dubbed by the media the cash for caulkers program passed the House last Thursday and now makes its way to the Senate later this summer. The bill, officially known as the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act has been touted by President Obama since late last year as a central piece of his job creation strategy.

The bill would fund rebates of as much as 50%, up to $3,000 for energy saving efforts such as insulation improvements and the replacement of windows, doors, heating and cooling systems. The installations will have to be completed by qualified contractors. The bill also covers reimbursements for those who perform comprehensive energy audits and reduce their home’s total energy consumption.

The House vote simply authorizes the creation of the program but it does not appropriate the funds needed to run it. The Senate will take up the legislation this summer and will determine how to pay for the program. The bill has the support of the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry as a much needed boost for their beleaguered industries that are experiencing significant downturns from the deep economic recession.

There was positive news in the housing market last week as sales of both new and existing homes showed solid increases in the most recent reporting periods. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new homes were up 27 percent in March and are at their highest sales levels since last summer.

On Thursday, the National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes had risen 6.8 percent which is welcome news for both home sellers and real estate agents.

Buyers have been opening their wallets more and more this spring as retail sales have been strong in the last 2 months and auto sales set records in March for both domestic and foreign manufacturers.

In the housing market buyers seem to be moving ahead with their purchases to take advantage of the expiring tax credit and bargain housing prices both from new home builders and existing home sellers. Buyers are also still enjoying low mortgage rates which are coming at the right time for the housing market.

Remember, the Home Buyer Tax Credit will be expiring this spring meaning all buyers must be under contract by April 30th.

Our Solana Glass Mosaic Tile Blends tiles are available in a 1” x 1” size in four coordinating colors that match our 3” x 6” Solana Glass Subway tiles. The Meadow color is a wonderful light and soft green color that matches our Mint color Glass Subway Tile. The Smooth Grey glass mosaic tile blend shares the same name as our Solana 3” x 6” glass subway tile color in smooth grey. The Blue Lagoon glass mosaic tile blend is a mix of three colors with one of the primary colors being our Solana 3” x 6” Cool Blue color. Finally, the Sand Dune blend is a mix of Cappuccino and Khaki and coordinates with each of the colors in the same name in our 3” x 6” glass subway tile collection.

These glass mosaic tile blends are a great and affordable choice as a shower accent stripe when paired together with our 3” x 6” glass subway tiles. We have also had clients use the 3” x 6” glass subway tiles in the shower and use the coordinating glass mosaic tiles color as the kitchen backsplash choice. This way the color palette in the home can be consistent from one room to another.

We would love to hear any creative ideas you might have to use our glass mosaic tiles and glass subway tiles in a unique and fun design.

I keep reading list after list in every magazine that has any reason to publish a 2010 list of any kind. So we came up with our version of the 2010 8 great reasons to remodel one’s kitchen. The list is “tongue in cheek” so have fun with it and here’s to kicking off a great year in 2010!

1. We can’t sell the house anyway so let’s upgrade what we’ve got
2. If we could sell, we’d lose money anyway so let’s upgrade what we have
3. If we could sell, we’d lose money anyway and it would cost us a fortune to move so let’s stay and spend the savings on upgrading our beautiful home
4. I have hated that wallpaper in the kitchen for years, lets do it ourselves and do it right
5. If we do the work ourselves and use AnchorBayTile’s Coastal Blends 1 x 1 glass tiles we can upgrade our backsplash for under $250
6. We know there are no better rooms in a home to remodel than the Kitchen and the Bath so what are we waiting for?
7. We spent enough on gifts and “stuff” over the Holidays, let’s do something for our family on a project that offers a better payback than anywhere else our money may be parked
8. It just FEELS GOOD to do the work myself and see an area of my home upgraded once we complete a project