Tile artist joins interior designer in new showroom

David Blad of Vashon Tile Company now shares a showroom with Roadside Attraction Design Studio.

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Local tile artist David Blad has partnered with kitchen and bath designer Judith Neary to open a small joint studio and showroom in town.

In the A-frame building near Thriftway, the two have displayed a variety of kitchen and bath samples tiles, stone slabs, cabinets and more and say they are ready to help homeowners with their building or remodeling projects.

We can give people good direction in a short amount of time, Blad said.

Neary, who owns Roadside Attraction Design Studio and has over 30 years experience in interior design, opened a small studio in the same building as Cafe Luna about a year ago. However, she recently moved to the A-frame after Skunk Works, an art gallery and bike shop, vacated its street-level storefront on Bank Road.

In the larger space, shes now joined by Blad, who owns Vashon Tile Company and has been doing custom tile installations for over 30 years.

Blad is also a well-known tile artist who has exhibited and sold his colorful, handmade and hand-painted tile artwork on the island. Recently hes been creating artwork using a method involving crushed glass on porcelain tile.

Blad noted that while he sometimes puts his more artful installations in local homes, most homeowners stick to traditional tile work for kitchens, baths and other rooms. With help from some contractors who work for him, he says hes completed hundreds possibly thousands of projects in Vashon homes.

I just like (working with) tile, he said. I like the hard surface and the durability of it, the longevity of tile.

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