your design – every inch matters,” Vega said. West Michigan House Welch Tile & Marble, Lauren Figueroa The West Michigan House was designed by Lauren Figueroa of The Georgia Pear Interiors (www. thegeorgiapear.com), and installed by Welch Tile & Marble, both from the Grand Rapids area, which made it easier to collaborate. Figueroa – who is new to tile – used a large-format commercial Florim line throughout to make the space IDS TINY HOUSE PROJECTS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Erin Albrecht (l.) of J&R Tile, Inc., with Coverings Industry Ambassador Alena Capra (c.), and designer Nikki Vega, discussing the inspiration for the Vitruvian Home. Multiple seat- ing areas characterize the Vitruvian home. The countertop is made of Laminam by Crossville gauged porce- lain tile. The floor is formed of Nest planked porcelain with arresting inset designs of Crossville marble-look tile from the Virtue line. Crossville supplied the tile for the Vitruvian home – here Groove Glass was used to form the wall mosaic. The Vitruvian bath, with Yin + Yang natural stone mosaic on the back- splash wall and Natural Inspirations in Bianco Statuario Polished, from the Kauri line of Laminam thin gauged porcelain tile. 82 TileLetter | June 2017