Uses For Extra Ceramic Tile

In this post i have rounded up some creative ideas for reusing leftover ceramic tiles to inspire you.

Uses for extra ceramic tile. The low cost ease of application and large variety of shapes and sizes. Either whole tiles or bits of tile can be used to add interesting color and designs to garden areas. Broken tiles can even be re purposed as well to make mosaic designs on range of surfaces. Either with mortar or freestanding colorful and attractive ceramic tiles make lovely garden fixtures whether they are used to line the borders of a garden or tile a flowerpot.

When you seal the grout ceramic makes an excellent water resistant covering for tables countertops and just about anything that needs a fresh look. Or you may want to use your extra tile for creating attractive picture or mirror frames. You could even use plain tiles and draw on your own designs with sharpie pens. They work well in gardens because it is water resistant and adds stability and durability.

Use any shape and any number of tiles you have on hand for this project just make sure your tile is large enough for your favorite beverage 3 75 to 4 25 inches wide is a standard coaster size. Use rubber stamps or different colors of sharpie markers to add personalized designs to selected tiles. Installing tiles on tabletops is another popular idea as well. Ceramic tiles are thus mainly used for decorative purposes and in areas with low traffic density.

Individual tiles can also be used as wall hangings. We love patchwork tiles such as our ted baker geotile or laura ashley mr jones for creating a feature out of old dining room tables and bedside cabinets. And if you re not feeling super ambitious or if you don t happen to own a jigsaw simply use the tiling method described to mosaic an existing picture mirror or window frame. Apply felt to the back of the tile.

For an outside project use leftover tiles to upgrade a garden table top making it durable and weatherproof throughout the year. Plain white ceramic tiles can be used to create lovely coaster sets that have images of your favorite people or places. Sarah from the extraordinary chaos shows us how easy it is to do. These are perfect for gifts and they are super easy to make.

Applications of these tiles include flooring the major use of ceramic tiles is in flooring and most residential buildings prefer to use ceramic tiles in apartments. Use bullnose tiles to add a backsplash too. Ceramic tile alternative uses a good place to use ceramic tiles in an aesthetic sense is the garden.