How can I use a 2’ square sample tile?

Jewellmartin
by Jewellmartin

How can I use a 2’ square sample of a floor tile that we did not choose? I used it as a hotpot trivet on my kitchen counter, but I want to do something different with it now. It looks like beige rock and has a small border to fit into other tiles around it. If I use it outside, the center will rot. Ideas, please?

  4 answers
    • Jewellmartin Jewellmartin on Dec 11, 2018

      That’s a great idea, but I don’t have a saw that can cut that large a piece. But I love to make coasters, and our Home Depot sells the small individual (scrap) tiles for nearly nothing. Thank you for the idea! ☺️

  • Heje Heje on Dec 11, 2018

    A square of tile that large could be used to make a side table top.

    • Jewellmartin Jewellmartin on Dec 11, 2018

      Why, of course, Heje! Why didn’t I think of that? I have a wooden folding TV tray I have been meaning to do over. I might could make it still fold if the top is slightly off center. Thanks for the idea! ☺️

  • Pat Pat on Dec 11, 2018

    I put tile under the potted plants I have on my tables....put the tile down, then the table scarf, which covers up the tile, and then the pot....keeps the furniture dry if the plant leaks for has condensation.

  • Jewellmartin Jewellmartin on Dec 11, 2018

    Ooh, Pat. That’s a smart idea. I could also make an extra plant shelf, or even a tall buffet dinner shelf sitting on a box and covered with a tablecloth. I hadn’t thought about your idea, but I’m sure thinking about it now. Thank you! ☺️