I don’t know where or how to incorporate these bad boys, but I am all bonered out about delft tiles. Every time I go to Colonial Williamsburg, which is probably more often then most normal people, I get all excited about one thing or another. This last time is was this fireplace surround.

some more examples of these amazing old tiles:

shut your face.

I could absolutely see them in our master bath…

not really delft, but you get the gist.

As you can imagine, the real thing is redic expensive. So, I found all kinds of awesome alternatives:

Custom painted tiles that are remarkably affordable from Artwork by Julia. Beautiful, original, but unfortunately, they don’t have what I really love—the crackle of an old tile.

Getting closer with Walker Zanger:

But no micro scene, no little botanical that these tiles are know for…

Then there is Pave Tile :

That’s a bingo. Crackle, hand thrown tiles, and the imagery that Delft is all about… made to order.

Sources: here and here.