Monica Cuevas Featured on Drink in the Style
Monica Cuevas Talks Large-format Porcelain on Drink in the Style Podcast Moderno Porcelain Works’ very own, Monica Cuevas from Minneapolis joined host Gregory Ritch on the Drink in the Style podcast. The hour-long conversation about art, real estate, and interior design is entertaining as the host and guests chat over cocktails. Monica gives light to […]
Large-Format Porcelain, Ultra-Compact Surfaces, Sintered Stone
Large-Format Porcelain vs. Ultra-Compact Surfaces & Sintered Stone. What’s the Difference? Much like a diamond, extreme heat and pressure are used to make porcelain, ultra-compact surfaces, and sintered stone. Porcelain, ultra-compact surfaces, and sintered stone use sintering in their production. Sintering is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by heat […]
Celebrating Earth Day with Porcelain
Sustainable Large-format Porcelain Benefits Your Home Builders, homeowners, and interior designers are more mindful of the things they use to build and design their homes. More importantly, the sustainability of the products and the impact they have on the Earth. This year, National Earth Day is being celebrated on Saturday, April 22nd. Choosing sustainability is […]
Rock The Block Season Finale
Who Will Rock the Block? For the last five weeks, viewers have tuned in to the highly anticipated Season of Rock the Block on HGTV. Four teams were tasked to renovate four identical Landmark Homes worth $1.9 million in Berthoud Colorado, with a $250,000 budget. We watched Michel Smith Boyd and Anthony Elle from Luxe […]
Rock The Block: Episode 5
A Mix of Textures with Large-Format Porcelain Episode five of HGTV’s Rock the Block highlights the wonders of the outdoor living space. With only one week until the grand finale, each team is putting their creativity to the test when designing the outdoor living space. Season three winners, Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt returned to Rock […]
Designing with Veins
Marble-like Veining Without the High Maintenance Worry Large-format porcelain panels can replicate the look of natural stone and its veining through advances in printing technology. Porcelain is a man-made material from fine sands and clay fired at high temperatures to produce a dense panel. Digital printing completes the final look of stone, metal, or virtually […]
Rock The Block: Episode 4
The Versatility of Large-Format Porcelain It’s week four on Rock the Block and each team has 1500 square feet of the home’s lower level to customize and design to impress the judges! With only two episodes left, it’s extremely important that the teams add value to the Landmark Homes, but shrinking budgets call for major creativity. […]
Rock The Block: Episode 3
Large-Format Porcelain Speaks for Itself As we enter Rock the Block Season 4, Episode 3, the competition is turning up on who can add the most value to the Landmark Homes. The four teams were tasked to renovate the main suite, bathroom, and closet. This week’s judges competed in last season’s Rock the Block, Lyndsay Lamb […]
Rock The Block: Episode 2 Recap
Porcelain Offers a Range of Design Possibilities in Episode 2 of HGTV’S Rock the Block During this week’s Rock the Block episode, three of the four homes used large-format porcelain for their living room and powder room makeover. Moderno Porcelain Works fabricated and installed Levantina’s large-format porcelain into the homes of: Page Turner and Mitch […]
Rock The Block: Episode 1 Recap
Moderno Helps Set the Trends in Episode 1 of HGTV Rock the Block This season of Rock the Block premiered on Monday, March 6th with four teams renovating identical homes in Berthoud, Colorado. Landmark Homes built each 5,000 sqft home estimated at $1.9 million. The teams were in pairs: Michel Smith Boyd and Anthony Elle from Luxe […]
