Facet (Noir + Gris + Blanca) Cement Tile Rhombuses of black, grey, and white locking into stacked cubes — the oldest optical illusion in the floor-maker's repertoire, laid in Pompeii two thousand years before it felt modern again. Stare a moment and the boxes flip: popping forward, then sinking back, the whole floor quietly refusing to hold still. The greyscale palette cuts each cube like a gemstone, one plane in light, one in shadow. Each tile is hand-pressed from pigmented cement by artisans in Fez, following a hydraulic process that has shaped North African floors for well over a century — the pigment set not by fire, but by time and pressure. Sold by the square foot, with each 8" x 8" tile covering just under half a square foot — about two and a quarter tiles per square foot of coverage. The quantity you select at checkout is square footage, and we'll round the tile count up so your installer never comes up short. The dimensional effect rewards a bit of floor to run on: entries, hallways, powder rooms, and fireplace surrounds where the geometry can build momentum, equally at home in a modern loft or a hundred-year-old Spanish revival. Cement tile carries the fingerprints of its making — soft variation in tone and a slightly porous, hand-finished surface that no machine could replicate. We recommend sealing every tile before installation and again after grouting — a small ritual that protects the pigment for decades to come. For larger runs, order ten percent beyond your total square footage to allow for cuts and pattern matching. $15.75 per square foot. Dimensions: 8" × 8" × 0.375" SKU#: CEM017
