Designer Spotlight Sarah Sherman Samuel
Meet Sarah
Designer Sarah Sherman Samuel is a color and pattern pro. From Hollywood to her home state of Michigan, Sarah uses tile to transform spaces with balance, refinement, and a style that’s earned her industry acclaim and an impressive client list.
Sarah's Style: "My style is relaxed but edited, modern but warm. I like to work in contrasts, combining refined with raw and new with old and play with scale in unconventional ways."
Sarah's Secret Weapon? White Backsplash Tile
Whether it's the handmade allure of Ceramic or the textural feel of Brick, our white tile adds a unique characteristic that sets the tone for Sarah's nature-inspired looks. Learn how she’s elevated this classic product into a powerful tool in her design arsenal.
Sample Sarah's Fireclay Favorites
Inspired by Sarah’s style? Sample a curated selection of her favorite colors. Featuring 2x4 Ceramic color samples in Calcite, Dawn, Mesa, Halite, Sand Dune, Tusk, Rosemary, and Akoya.
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Dawn
Mesa
Halite
Sand Dune
Tusk
Rosemary
Akoya
Fireclay Tile Meets Sarah Sherman Samuel
2x8 Feldspar Kitchen
No one pulls off a perfectly restrained tile installation quite like Sarah. On her Magnolia show "Inspired Interiors," Sarah used 2x8 Ceramic Tile in warm white Feldspar to complement the inviting earth tones in this California canyon-inspired kitchen renovation.
Vanessa Carlton: Checkered Mosaic Floor Tiles
Playing off her client's love for dark rooms with plenty of natural light, designer Sarah Sherman Samuel incorporated custom checkerboard mosaic floor tiles with a matching border for Vanessa Carlton's dormer bathroom in her Nashville home.
Vanessa Carlton: White Thin Brick Bathroom
While getting ample light in a NYC bathroom can be challenging, Vanessa Carlton's Soho loft master bath feels bright and airy thanks to designer Sarah Sherman Samuel and a little help from our fresh white thin Brick.
Mandy Moore: Rosemary Bathroom
Midcentury modern details make Mandy Moore's Jack & Jill bathroom sleek and streamlined, but it's Rosemary's high variation and crackled detailing that lend it a luxuriously organic allure.
Columbia Brick Counter
Grand Rapids vegetarian restaurant, Gaia, gives an earthy first impression thanks to the bold welcome counter bar clad in Columbia Glazed Thin Brick, courtesy of designer Sarah Sherman Samuel. Playing off the exposed beams overhead, the high variation Brick comes alive in this rejuvenating restaurant.
A-frame Bathroom Reveal
Designed by Sarah Sherman Samuel, this serene A-frame bathroom gets an uplifting boost thanks to 6" Hexagons in Calcite.
Light Lab's Triangle Kitchen Island Paradise
Balancing out the aesthetic of the new creative studio Light Lab, designer Sarah Sherman Samuel used our white Triangle tiles around the kitchen island to add the pattern it needed to make it pop.
Sugar and Charm Kitchen Makeover
With the help of friend and Interior Designer Sarah Sherman Samuel, Sugar and Charm creator Eden Passante gives her kitchen a seriously charming makeover.