About Us

 

Welcome to Julep Tile & Home! If you’ve known us as Julep Tile Company, you know my husband Pete, myself, and our team have been crafting unique, handmade tiles since 2010.

Over the years, we’ve loved watching our tiles find their way into so many beautiful homes and spaces – and getting to know many of you along the way. While we're no longer producing tile, we still have some tile in stock (grab them while you can!). It's a bittersweet time for sure, but we’re thrilled to introduce our next chapter: Julep Tile & Home.

But first, a little backstory!

Back when I started running our tile studio, I quickly realized our clients often struggled to know which cabinets and countertops best matched their backsplash tile. At the time, I didn’t know much about this so off I went, on a mission to figure out how I could better advise them.

In true transparency, my mission was somewhat self-serving as I was also highly frustrated with how our house looked at the time. I kept painting rooms a different color thinking if I just chose the right one, my house would magically look like a Pottery Barn catalog. Sadly, it did not. Even after Revere Pewter!!

Anyway, I started learning everything I could about kitchen design to help our clients but that slowly expanded into allll the other spaces – bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, you name it. And boy, was that a big rabbit hole!

As I kept learning more and more about interior design, I found myself at a design course in Texas and something the instructor said hit me like a ton of bricks. She said, “To design a beautiful room, first start with the colors in a pillow or a piece of artwork- Then repeat those in the other finishes in the room.”

Now this may seem obvious to you but to me it was pretty mind blowing.

Suddenly I realized that there was no paint color in the world that would make my home look the way I wanted to – I started following my instructor’s advice to start with an inspiration piece like a pillow and slowly started redecorating my house, room by room.

In the process, however, I realized I was struggling to find fabric and pillows that had the colors and patterns like I imagined in my head. And since that moment, I’ve wanted to create a fabric collection (mind you that was probably 8 or 9 years ago!).

So here we are today, I’m so excited to start designing the patterns I’ve been thinking about for so long. I hope they help give you the foundation for designing a room too. I’ve set a goal of launching the collection this spring so stay tuned!

In the meantime, I’ll be sharing my best design tips for all the spaces in your home as well as some of my favorite things I’ve found while shopping for my own home – all of it rooted in the classic, timeless style you’ve come to know us for.

So, whether you’re here for a bit of inspiration or looking for pieces to complete your vision, we’re so glad to have you along on this new journey. Welcome to Julep Tile & Home – we can’t wait to help make your space feel like home!

-Kirsten & Pete