Fireplace Tile: Colorful Columns

Reviewed by:
Rosemary Thornton

Add color and style to your fireplace with these decorative tile sets. The high gloss tiles replicate late 1800s and early 1900s patterns and (like their predecessors) may be subject to crazing (tiny cracks on surface of glaze).

Since the tiles are handmade, no two are exactly alike. The tiles are set in a metal frame, which is secured to the fireplace area with construction adhesive.

Choose from more than 45 designs, including several Arts and Crafts patterns.

Each tile in the reproduction tube-lined tile sets is 6" square.

An average column requires five tiles.

Price for the column shown here is about $155 (October 2006).