ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Artistic Tile opens its newest showroom at Nashville Design Collective Written by Melissa Mahanes / Photos Courtesy of Artistic Tile
Artistic Tile is among the newest showrooms in The Nashville Design Collective and is celebrating its Grand Opening on May 12. Their stunning 5200 square foot Showroom and Slab Gallery is an inviting atmosphere where you can titillate your senses and touch everything. Their design associates are experts at helping you choose from a meticulously curated assortment of natural stone, glass, porcelain, and ceramic available as slabs, mosaics, field, waterjet, and decorative tile. The finishes range from translucent to metallic, classic to contemporary, and everything in between. The product displays in Artistic Tile are remarkable examples of how far your imagination can take you for kitchen countertops, backsplashes, bathrooms, and home bars. Richard Anuszkiewicz of Design Galleria (right next door) has created an incredible functioning kitchen in the Showroom that combines materials in creative and unusual ways that will help spark ideas for your own future renovation. Artistic Tile is a family-owned business founded by Nancy Epstein in 1987. After designing custom cabinets for her young son’s bedroom, the cabinet maker was so impressed with the results that he asked Nancy to come work for him in his Tenafly, New Jersey showroom. Nancy quickly recognized that the cabinetry showroom could do more business if they would offer more products for the bath and kitchen, such as tile and stone! She took over the company, and soon Artistic Tile was born. By 1993, she had established an import and wholesale distribution company to service her Showroom. Today, Artistic Tile has become one of the largest wholesale distributors of luxury 66 slmag.net
tile and stone, with nine showrooms nationwide and products distributed through more than 150 luxury tile and stone showrooms across the United States. In 2011 Artistic Tile acquired the esteemed Waterfall Bathroom Furniture line of sustainable bath vanities. Nancy continues to make product development trips throughout the world, including Tunisia, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, China, Vietnam, Turkey, India, and Israel. Nancy’s designs have been featured in top shelter media outlets and consistently win “Best of” awards. The firm’s 110,000 square foot corporate headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey, comprises a state-of-the-art production facility, warehouse, training center, customer service center, and design studio, and in November 2014 was expanded to include an additional 25,000 square foot slab gallery. “The growth in Nashville has been explosive, especially since Covid hit. Establishing a local presence allows us to best service this expanding market. We chose the Nashville Design Collective to join other like-minded luxury design brands. The destination collects the most sought-after industry offerings in a single destination, creating an easy and enjoyable experience for our clients. The newest Artistic Tile showroom is particularly exciting for us, as we are experimenting with a showroom combined with a slab gallery in one location. We will have the opportunity to present an even more extensive offering to our clients.” - Nancy Epstein, Founder & Chairman of the Board of Artistic Tile. sl Artistic Tile (open to the public and to the Trade) Nashville Design Collective / 510 Merritt Ave, Suite 301 / Nashville, TN 37203 / (615) 810-0470
