Plotting out a wall mural of glass tiles yourself is easier than it might sound. After selecting your pattern or image, you will find an endless selection of tiles with various colors, shapes and sizes suited to your project. Because they are equal units, putting together a wall mural with tiles is a project any homeowner can tackle. A fascinating process for constructing a mosaic mural on walls, or any surface, is relying on chance and the nature of tiles. Get a pile of random colored tiles in the same shape and size. Use them to piece together field of dots. Don’t think about it too hard. Just play with chance and the surprising effects happening before your eyes when you lay the tiles.
Glass tiles can be used as a sleek upgrade for your living room. Drape your fireplace in sparkling glass tiles. Add a single line of tiles in another color to draw a line around your fireplace opening. For a dramatic effect, create a tiled mural above your fireplace.
In the kitchen, using glass tiles as a backsplash over the sink has become a popular DIY remodelling project. Some tiles are more rugged than others. Tiles made for industrial use can give your kitchen a sleek modern look while providing a surface as tough as nails, waterproof and easy to clean. Subway tiles are a great example. One of many variations on subway tiles are a stylish choice for backsplash tiles. For vivid change in the kitchen, use tiny glass tiles to create an intricate mosaic of abstract patterns and shapes.
You probably haven’t paid much attention to the walls behind shelves around your home. Decorating this space inside your cabinets is a simply way to create a beautiful interior detail.
One Of A Kind Furniture
There are several fun and fast weekend projects you can do to transforming old furniture with glass tiles. Use tiles to cover worn tabletops, then top it off with matching tile coasters. Next, transform your bedroom. Cover your bed’s headboard with glass tiles. Choose sexy tiles such as deep red, or a nice glossy black. Small cubed squares give a relaxing spa effect. If you have a freestanding aquarium, cover it’s base with tiles. For a fun offbeat style, use aqua tiles, and incorporate a simple fish design with warm colored tiles. Add some green tiles for seaweed.
Change Your Basic Bathroom Into A Meditative Space
A bathroom can be just another bathroom, or it can an escape from the world outside. If your bathroom is dull and drab, here are a few ideas that will turn it into your favorite room. Take advantage of wall space in your shower. This is the perfect place for a contemplative mosaic work, or entrancing pattern. The bathroom presents a great opportunity to play with glass tiles under your feet too. Make an intricate pattern to define the space, or plan out the design of a floor rug made of glass tiles.
Playing With Broken Tiles
This idea came from Garden State Tile who said, “Save broken tiles and use them to accentuate everything from pottery to gardens. Keep a pile of broken tiles in your garden shed. Broken glass tiles make beautiful yet highly functional material for small stretches of drainage and makeshift pathways around your yard.” Use them to divide plants or highlight them too. Scatter them over the soil in potted plants, or lay circles of broken tiles around young trees to protect them as they grow. As you accrue more pieces of broken tiles over time, and lay them around your garden, a beautiful and unique character begins to take on a life on its own.
