For interior designer Alena Capra of Alena Capra Designs in Fort Lauderdale, FL, combining porcelain tile and natural stone in her projects is what she genuinely enjoys to do. “The result is beautiful,” she said when describing an apartment in New York City that she recently renovated. “My clients wanted a mix of marble and porcelain. We looked at a few options of different waterjet mosaics for the bathroom before deciding on the one we chose. We also looked at several different shades of wood porcelain tile, which was the most important, since it runs throughout the space and sets the tone for our entire color palette.”
Capra opted for a 6- x 39-inch wood-look porcelain tile from Ceramiche Vallelunga & Co.’s Opus collection for the flooring, which features soft, whitewashed gray tones. “It blended beautifully in with the Carrara [marble] and white porcelain materials in the bathroom,” Capra said.