Five ways to reuse bathroom tile
by Kelly Leahy
May 10th 2008 @ 8:15AM
Filed under: Home, Tips
I watch a lot of home improvement shows and nearly every episode includes a bathroom demo and rebuild. Sometimes I watch in horror as beautiful
sixty-year-old tiles are pried from walls and rain in clumps onto the tub and bathroom floor. The tiles are then shoveled out to a dumpster. It always strikes me as a big wast of potential. This is what sparked today's "five ways."
- Pieces of broken tile can be placed in the bottom of flower pots to improve drainage.
- You can also put then on top of the soil in your planters to create "pot toppings," giving your greenery a "finished look."
- Glue a piece of cork to the back for a new coaster.
- It will be difficult to get the grout off in most cases to tile another bathroom. However, the tiles can be pressed into fresh cement to dress up pavers and sidewalks.
- Chunks of slate tile can make fun mini chalkboards.
Other ideas can be found over at Ellen's post, "
Five ways to reuse: Broken dishes."
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