Ios

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

In the central Cyclades, in the South Aegean region of Greece, between Naxos to the north and Santorini to the south. Fast ferries from Santorini take a little over half an hour.

Ios covers about 109 square kilometres and has roughly two thousand year-round residents, most of them in the Chora on the hill above the harbour at Yialos.

Tradition since antiquity places his tomb at Plakotos, on the island's northern tip. The site is signposted and reachable from the island road; the historical claim is unverifiable but the marker has stood there for centuries.

Mylopotas, a long sand bay south of the Chora, is the busiest and the most photographed. Manganari, on the south coast, is quieter and reached by a longer road.

Late May, June, and September read warm and calm. July and August are crowded and loud, especially in the Chora at night. The island is largely shuttered from November through March.

The traditional hilltop village above the harbour at Yialos, a cluster of whitewashed houses, small churches, and old windmills. It has been continuously inhabited since the Early Cycladic period, around 3000 BC.

It has carried well for our customers with ties to the Greek islands. The Chora's white cubes and blue dome are the visual shorthand for the Cyclades, and a Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads as personal.

The white-and-blue palette settles easily into coastal-modern, Mediterranean, and clean Scandinavian rooms. It also reads well as a single warm accent on a darker painted wall in a kitchen or hallway.

Yes. Cycladic and broader Aegean references have been a steady current in coastal-modern design, and the painted blue dome works against both white plaster walls and warm wood.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural reads well. Above a long console or in a stairwell, a nine-tile Mural gives the Chora room to climb the wall.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which are scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation in wet rooms. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so the finish is durable, but light cleaning is the rule.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed from any third party and is not sold anywhere outside the studio.