DIY Leftover Tile Project Ideas

When completing home improvement projects that require tile, such as new flooring, backsplash, or a bathroom remodel, it’s often that you buy too much tile. It is always better to have too much than to not have enough, after all. This leftover tile could take up room in your garage or storage room, or you could repurpose it with a few DIY leftover tile project ideas.

Bathroom Tiles

When you use tiling in your bathroom, the leftover tiles can often lend some style and design to the bathroom itself. Using the bathroom flooring tiles in other parts of the bathroom helps to tie everything together and make the room feel very intentional and planned.

• Mirror frame

  If you used tiles for your bathroom flooring and have some leftovers, you can simply adhere the tiles around the mirror that hangs above the sink. This gives a modern and stylish frame that looks perfect with the floor.

• Garbage bin

  You can also adhere tile to the outside of a standard garbage bin for your bathroom. This allows the unsightly bin to blend better with the floor, drawing less attention from the design of the room.

Kitchen Tiles

In the kitchen, many homeowners will use tiles to create a backsplash. Leftovers regularly go to waste; however, by using these DIY projects, you can create new kitchen items that will make your backsplash pop.

• Coasters

  One of the most useful things you can make out of leftover kitchen backsplash tiles is coasters. These coasters are easy to make and something you can use every day.

• Wall Décor

  While this works best with backsplash made of high-quality glass subway tile, it will work with most backsplash tile types. Take some leftover tiles and frame them, adhering the first letter of your family’s last name to the center of the tile. You now have a stylish piece of décor to hang on your kitchen’s accent wall.

Entryway Tiles

The entryway into your home is a place where you’ll welcome people into your humble abode. Tile flooring helps keep floors cleaner. And with your leftover entryway tiles, you can make a few home accents.

• Shoe Mat

  When you enter your home, you need a place to put your shoes. People often purchase rubber or wooden shoe mats for this purpose. You can simply create one out of leftover tiles. It blends well with the floor and serves a purpose.

• Key Tray

  Upon entering a home, keys must find a place to live without getting lost. You can create a small tray out of leftover tiles from your entryway to hold your house and car keys. This is the perfect solution for those last three tiles you don’t know what to do with.

There are so many DIY leftover tile project ideas you can make. Using leftover tiles reduces waste, keeps old tiles from filling up your valuable storage space, and helps your home achieve a feeling of cohesion.

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