| TILE STYLE: IS IT FAUX OR NO?
Is it tile or not? Fabulous fakes are behind the biggest cover-up in home design. And just about any bare surface is a candidate for today's fashion-forward ceramic tiles -- walls, floors, ceilings and counters, indoors and out.
Wood look-alikes, some designed in wide-plank formats with simulated grain, are convincing. Some tiles are dead ringers for leather, suede and skins such as alligator, ostrich and lizard. Others mimic metals such as stainless steel, even down to hand-hammered pockmarks and the look of mottling that results from oxidation. Traces of the real element can be infused or embedded, adding shimmer to a metallic look.
Tile patterns that include textural grass cloths, paisleys, polka dots, contemporary op art or bold graphics channel other types of wall coverings.
Dell Colors Up Its Laptop Game
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Mets, Yankees show somewhat different styles when making draft ...
Baseball tried to make its draft a big deal, arranging for ESPN to televise it for the first time and having commissioner Bud Selig announce the first-round picks from Orlando, Fla. As far as compelling television goes, it wasn't exactly "The Sopranos." But it was an important day for the Mets and Yankees. General managers Omar Minaya and Brian Cashman have placed greater emphasis on the draft as a cost-effective way to build their rosters. Given their financial resources, both teams can bypass Major League Baseball's suggested signing-bonus limits and take players in later rounds whom other teams stayed away from. The Yankees were more aggressive than the Mets. But the Mets selected several players who could be at Shea Stadium as early as next season.
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