The Tile Spark

Specialties

Our clients love the fact that we are very hands on, awesome personal service and attention, search high and low for products, have a vast range of products that are budget friendly and many products that are in stock in our 1,000 sq ft basement @ our 36 W 22 nd street location Most of our products are in the lead time of 3 to 5 days We also stock grout and white thinset We have worked on 48 major movies in the past 16 years — John Wick 2 a few weeks ago. Many commercials and TV shows. We also do many retail boutique stores Bergdorf Goodman, Macys, Chopt, Lennys sandwiches, Terri W23rd

We also work with Management company’s and real estate brokers refurbishing apartment complexes around the city, New Jersey, Brooklyn and Queens. Entryways and concierge desks in large apartment complexes including a working waterfall on E53rd street. Multiple restaurants including Sushi Samba on 7^th Ave, Minetta Tavern on Bleeker st, Wilson & company in Williamsburg, no project too small or too large.

History

Established in 2012.

The Tile Spark has been in some form for 17 years becoming The Tile Spark has been an adventurous journey. Finding the right products, the right staff, the right lead times, the right trucking and transportation takes a lot of listening and research. The right space happened upon us and so here we are. There is still much to do and we love all our regulars who are a challenging cast of characters that task us to be better and constantly updating products and possibilities. We always have our go to products but we also take on at least 2 to 4 vendors a year and their huge collections. Then the process of sifting and selecting happens. The Client elects the changing need in products due to style, trend and must have. Listening to what clients want determines more than you would think. I’m always listening and have a hands on approach with the sales team to what products clients are interested in.

We keep our eye on Europe and emerging trends as they arrive into a New York city conciousnes

Meet the Business Owner

Janet Z.

Business Owner

My name is Janet I’m Scottish from Glasgow I attended Art School there Scotland has a unique sensibility with interior design, tile and stone. Charles Rennie MacIntosh designed the coffee shop on Buchanan Street my Grannie used to take me too as a little girl.

I have always loves materials whither it is rocks from the beach or old stone stairs or my Grandparents house. I have been selling tile n stone in New York city for 21 years.

I used to work for an other company and could not grasp why everything was always complicated, terse and uninspired. Events transpired that made me decide to become my own Boss — as I always say we sell baked dirt for a living! It is more involved than that but at core that’s what we do. I am very hands on so any day of the week I can be unloading a truck, helping clients select products, designing with an Architect, reading blue prints, returning calls, sweeping up peanuts, e mails, designing new products,

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