The buzz… Indigo House was founded by two friends with a shared love of design. Amber Godfrey works in architecture while Michelle Arroyave brings expertise both in project management and interiors. Godfrey was first exposed to cement tiles while working in an architecture and interiors practice in London, and Arroyave has roots in Colombia — a country with a rich cement tile tradition. Both were drawn to the character and charm that cement tiles bring to a space.

Widely used throughout Europe, Central America and parts of the Caribbean, they are rarely seen in contemporary Jamaican buildings. Together, united by a love of materials and a shared curiosity to explore texture, pattern and colour, Godfrey and Arroyave set out to design and source cement tiles that reflect the vibrancy of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Their tiles go beyond the functional, treating every surface as an opportunity for beauty and craft.

The product… Cement tiles were first manufactured in the mid-1800s, and the fabrication process has changed very little since. Each tile is handmade by skilled artisans using Portland cement, marble powder, fine sand and natural pigments — a craft with origins in Catalonia, Spain.