Our Story
Growing up in an Italian American neighborhood on the edge of New York City, it was hard not to immerse yourself in the people and the heritage that was Brooklyn in the 1980s. Two of eleven children, Kevin and John Merola spent their childhood popping around the neighborhood, working in the community, and returning home for Sunday dinners.
Like most Italian American Brooklynites, the Merola’s teemed with the kind of pride that is clearly born in New York. Good families, good neighbors and good people permeate life, and at its center, home.
As young men Kevin and John Merola entered the tile business in 1983, working in a small neighborhood shop. John Merola was captivated by the style and color of the tiles, able to pick up on trends that customers would appreciate, and Kevin had a way with people, service and cultivating sales.
That was the Merola brothers’ first venture into tile.
Merola Today
In 1988, Kevin launched his own company, growing his business through relationships with distributor customers and with a keen understanding of service. By 1989, John Merola joined his brother, and with an eye for trend and design that has gained him some notoriety, John expanded the businesses into big commerce, including the retail giant Home Depot.
Today, with over 20,000 customers and 650 distributors, and more than 500 employees, the Merola brothers bring the beauty of their tile design directly to your home. Now you can design with the full spectrum of styles, textures, shapes and patterns delivered to your neighborhood.
Merola is an Italian American story, one that celebrates people, design and the heart of our home, Rose Merola.
Merola People
From our team at our headquarters and offices to the artisans around the world, Merola values our people. Creating a dynamic atmosphere where work, design and collaboration come together, Merola celebrates curiosity, innovations, ideas, and courtesy. Life is colorful, craft your spaces well.
TODAY WE CREATE A NEW WAY TO BUY TILE
About Merola
Merola brings this special catalog of tile collections to you, our customer. Curated by John Merola’s industry-leading eye establishes the trends of today and new classics of tomorrow, we invite you to visit, bookmark and use it as a source of inspiration from which to cultivate environments that reflect the people in your life, and places where you live.
Our Values
Curiosity and collaboration in thought, action and integrity in performance, and a caring, customer-centric culture are the fundamental values of the Merola team. When exploring the world of artists and craftsmen, working together, or with our customers and vendors, we value good work, and the value good work brings.
Our Mission
Merola curates and procures tile for the home in colors, patterns, textures and styles that appreciate the heritage of life and the legacy of memory. For your home, the people in your home and the spaces where you live, Merola creates the scenes that live on in your memories – and we create them to honor ours.
