{"id":597,"date":"2015-05-19T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:55:36","slug":"slabs-or-tiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/slabs-or-tiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Slabs or Tiles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sometimes bigger is better.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When most people decide to use natural stone they often overlook the fact that tile is not their only option. <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/products\/slabs\" target=\"_blank\">Slabs<\/a> are a great alternative to tile as they can be cut into larger pieces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-601\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00209-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00209\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00209-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00209.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The best way to revamp a space is to open it up, and to make it look bigger. An easy way to do this is to redo the flooring and\/or the walls using <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/products\/slabs\" target=\"_blank\">slabs<\/a>\u00a0just like our Navona slabs featured below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-602\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00210-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00210\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00210-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00210.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bigger the piece\u00a0the more it gives the illusion that the space is bigger. Although small tiles look great in the bathroom, they&#8217;re not exactly the best choice when it comes to large walls and\u00a0flooring.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00211-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00211\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00211.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slabs also give you more freedom to customize each piece into whatever shape or size you&#8217;d like \u00a0For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/products\/slabs\" target=\"_blank\">slabs<\/a>, or to purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/products\/slabs\" target=\"_blank\">slabs<\/a> for your next project\u00a0click <a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/contact\/information\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00212.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-604\" src=\"http:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00212-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00212\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00212-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC00212.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes bigger is better. &nbsp; When most people decide to use natural stone they often overlook the fact that tile is not their only option. Slabs are a great alternative to tile as they can be cut into larger pieces. The best way to revamp a space is to open it up, and to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andeanstonecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}