Entries by Neshan Balian

Warm Your Home: Choosing the Best Fireplace Tiles

Adding a fireplace to your home can make it feel cozy and inviting. The choice of tiles for your fireplace can really make it stand out. It can add character, style, and personality to any room. Whether you like traditional or modern designs, there are lots of options to consider. Let’s explore the best fireplace […]

Just finished new ceramic table for the garden

A few days ago we dinished a beautiful large table adorned with our decorative ceramic tiles. ts quite complicated to make these tales sine you jyst can not glue the tiles on top of the wooden backing. It inlvolves spreading the special silicon adhesive with atrowel and not gluing the tiles on strips or dots of silicon glue. This makes the wood waterproof so that when used in extrior conditions the ceramic table does not buckle up.

My visit to our ancestral home of Gudina, Kutahya

Oday, in Gudina Kutahya,, I walked the streets where my grandparents Neshan & Takouhi had walked with my other grandparents Ohan & Manoushag. I passed by the decaying homes of the Armenian and Greek neighborhood where one of them might have been theirs. Strolled through the beautiful quiet abandoned streets where our beloved composer Komitas […]