Tile Connection, Boothbay, Maine

I unexpectedly fell in love with tile in 2007 after visiting several tile showrooms. My intention was to be a good sister and help my younger brother, Loring, who was living in California, introduce a line of tile he had designed to the showrooms in Maine.

In 1998, Loring had been ill and almost died had it not been for the City of Hope hospital that saved his life with an experimental stem cell transplant.

His tile line was designed to raise money for City of Hope to help fight AIDS in Africa. It was called Legacy. Being his big sister, I wanted to help him on the East Coast. I knew almost nothing about tile.

And, so begins my love affair with tile. Over the past 10 years, I have come to truly appreciate and love what tile can do for living spaces. It can add so much “depth”, “durability” and “beauty”.