I have vivid childhood memories of the beautiful cement tiles on my grandmother's Foyer and Kitchen floors in Morocco. The same decorative cement tiles which are now all the rage and featured on the floors of several high end boutiques in Paris.
Unlike ceramic tiles, which are usually glazed and fired, decorative cement tiles are made by first pouring a mixture of cement and color pigment into separate compartments in a metal mold. Then concrete is added and the tile is pressed under 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. This upside down cake is left to cure, creating a remarkably strong and lustrous cement tile. Et voila!
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