Morning Glory Pool

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.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

At the north end of the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, about 1.5 miles from the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center along a paved boardwalk that follows the Firehole River.

Coins, rocks, and trash thrown into the vent partly clogged its plumbing over many decades. Water temperature dropped, which let orange and yellow thermophilic bacteria grow inward from the edges and shrink the blue centre.

The pool was named in the 1880s for its resemblance to the morning glory flower, whose deep blue throat and flaring rim it once mirrored almost exactly. The name has stuck even as the colour pattern changed.

No. Stepping off the boardwalk is prohibited throughout the geyser basins. The crust is thin in places, and Morning Glory's water sits well above the boiling point at this elevation.

Mid-morning, when the sun is high enough to light the pool from above and the steam thins. Very early and very late visits often show only steam, especially on cold mornings.

The Upper Geyser Basin Trail to Morning Glory is paved and largely flat, with a few gentle grades. The round trip from Old Faithful is about 2.8 miles. Bicycles are allowed on the paved section as far as the pool.

Yes. Morning Glory is one of the most recognized hot springs in the park after Grand Prismatic, and the colour story gives the gift a thread of conversation. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The cobalt centre and warm thermal rim sit comfortably in Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms, in Mountain-modern interiors that want a colour anchor, and in Mid-century rooms that lean on teal and ochre.

Park-themed interiors have been gaining ground in cabin and lake-house design for several years. Morning Glory is a colour-led piece, which lets it work in homes that would never display a literal park-poster style.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads from across the room and a 4-tile Mural fills the wall above it. Above a console, a Medium or a 9-tile Mural in a tight grid both work depending on ceiling height.

Yes. For a bathroom or backsplash, the Dura Satin finish is the right pick for its soft sheen and scratch resistance, or Matte for no sheen. The Glossy finish is best kept to framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth and plain water is enough for the surface. For kitchen splatter on a Dura Satin tile, a drop of mild dish soap on the cloth is fine. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based cleaners.