Design Stories

Design Stories | Halsted Fireplace

Manfred and Lisa Schon weren’t very familiar with the Arts & Crafts movement when they bought their 1921 home last year. They fell in love with the home after seeing it while driving by one day...

Design Stories Rewind| Sunflower Fireplace

Amateur interior designer David Baker's relationship with Motawi Tileworks dates back to the garage days on Packard. During that time, he owned a home in the Burns Park neighborhood of Ann Arbor. N...

Design Stories | Leaves & Berries Fireplace

When they did an internet search for tiles that would compliment their west Michigan 1928 Tudor home, Kevin and Tami Brozovich had no idea that Motawi was just a short drive away. Clearly they foun...

Design Stories | Peninsular Fireplace

Long-time Ann Arbor resident Barbara Sloat built a brand-new home in Ann Arbor's popular Water Hill neighborhood. The house presented the design challenge of a desired peninsular fireplace. Read ho...

Design Stories | Wyandotte Street Art Fair Mini Mural

Creating beautiful tiles is what we do here at Motawi Tileworks. From handmade art tiles to custom installations for the home, Motawi tiles are literally all over the country. Our tile is very much...

Design Stories | Bottle Brown Kitchen

How cool would it be to have an idea in your head and then have someone actually be able to produce it? That's exactly what happened to Motawi installation customer Paul Lyons when it came time to ...

Design Stories | Stork Kitchen

Longtime patrons of the Ann Arbor Art Center and the Ann Arbor Art Fairs, Doug and Sharon Rothwell discovered Motawi Tileworks and instantly fell in love with the arts and crafts style of the tiles...

Design Stories | Skylight Fireplace

Linda Taylor and Robin Henke have been fans of Motawi Tileworks for many years, in fact most of the walls in their suburban Detroit home have Motawi polychrome art tiles on them. So naturally, when...

Design Stories | How It All Began

Happy Thanksgiving! While you are relaxing and enjoying quality time with your loved ones, we thought we'd take this time to share with you someone for whom we are thankful. We are going to take a...

Design Stories | Great Outdoors Bathroom

"When I started thinking about doing my bathroom, I thought about doing a basic tile job, but then I thought it'd be cool to have Motawi tiles." So says Mike Johnson, a bachelor living in metro-Det...