Hi! I’m Mary Elizabeth,

a design entrepreneur, business leader, and mom who’s utterly devoted to living my best life—and helping you do the same.

First, a little background…

If you’re in the tile and stone industry or bought tile online within the last decade, you might know me as the founder and creative director of Mission Stone & Tile. That’s the business I launched back in 2006 when I saw a need in the market for luxury tile at affordable price points. 

No doubt, I was spot-on. Mission Stone grew quickly with two physical locations in my home state of Tennessee and a robust e-commerce platform that helped change the way discerning homeowners find and buy tile. Along the way, I developed and internationally sourced my own tile collections, got featured by some of the biggest media outlets in the design world, and led the business as it did gangbusters. It was a frenetic, fun, and fabulous ride!

In 2016, I sold that business to New York-based Stone Source in a brokered deal that made headlines. I stayed on as consultant for a while and took time to focus on raising my two sons. During that season, I felt like a phoenix rising. I did lots of growing and evolving and quietly began cultivating ideas for my next move. 

Now, introducing…

That ‘next move’ is what brings me here today. I’m excited to present Mi Parla Tile, an online boutique of truly unique tile. This new brand is the unabashed culmination of my years in the tile and design industries intertwined with my vision for beautifully living life to its fullest. 

“Mi parla” means “speaks to me” in Italian, and everything about this new brand speaks to me, as I’m sure it will speak to you, too. 

Each collection I’m curating and creating will speak to all of our deepest loves—friends, family, travel, the environment, relationships, passions, colors, trends, self-expression. Expect faithful favorites and brace for sexy surprises in the Mi Parla mix. I want to tile your spaces in shapes and hues so stunning you’ll fall madly in love with your home.  

Mi Parla is completely ME…and it’s completely you, too! It’s individualized design. It’s custom style. It’s aesthetic possibility. It’s the tile we’ve long admired and the tile we didn’t even dare to dream of, available with just a few clicks on a lovely website that makes shopping simple and fun. 

©Mary Elizabeth Hulsey | Designed by Msg2Mkt