At Coverings 2017, 18 beau- tiful doghouses tiled by TCNA members were on display in the TCNA Art Tile Courtyard. These unique works of art were installed over custom made wedi doghouse forms donated by TCNA and wedi. Doghouses were donated to the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando to assist them in their goal to provide compassionate and knowledge- able services for pets. Adoptable dogs were available for snuggles and pets during the show – and in fact, TCNA creative director Julie Peck took home a little Maltese pooch named Lucy. The following companies/tiled the dog houses: AlysEdwards Tile & Stone; Appomattox Tile Art; Bon Ton; Casa Ceramica; Cider Press Tile; Crossville, Inc.; Del Conca USA; Florim USA; Iconic Design Concepts; Lunada Bay Tile; Marazzi; Shenfeld Studios; StonePeakCeramics;Stonexchange; Syzygy Tile; Vitromex; Wizard Enterprise; and Wonder Porcelain. For more information, view http:// tileletter.com/2017/05/tile-goes-to- the-dogs-at-coverings-tcna-art-tile- courtyard/. In addition, after viewing the tiled dog houses on Wednesday, party conversation at theTile Geeks shindig sponsored by LATICRETE that night revealed that Paul Luccia of Cabot & Rowe had recent- ly participated in a dog house building project as a donation to Barkitecture, a Delaware fundrais- er held in March whose proceeds help homeless cats and dogs being cared for at Faithful Friends Animal Society. “As building industry profession- als, we were tasked with building a TCNA AT COVERINGS Tile goes to the dogs at TCNA Art Tile Courtyard 86 TileLetter | June 2017