Danielle DeBoe Harper, the senior creative style manager at Moen, agrees."Subway tiles create that classic, sleek look that is easy to clean, and people have loved them for decades," says Harper.

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The tiles have been popular for nearly 200 years as a beautiful and affordable building material, but today, they can cost over 10 times as much as some ceramic subway tiles.

Compare that to ceramic subway tiles, which might only cost $0.15 per square foot. The craft of making zellige tiles is centuries old, but it may be dying as young artisans lose interest in the trade.

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