Asked on Jan 25, 2013
I would like any ideas on what to do with left over thick glass tile squares?
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Cheri Hooper
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And also can you put these on the 'floor'? in a non- high traffic area? Or even in an outdoor area? ALSO>>> I just moved back into my once upon a time 'dream home'.... renters have done $16,000 worth of damage! I am crushed! Thank goodness me and my boys are pretty good DIYers... but I need some help here folks! I need to be pulling some cheap tricks/ideas out of somebody's DIY bag to able to get this place back into shape. :-)
13 answers
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So sorry about the renters! Having had rental property I know from experience. Never again! I don't think I would use it for a floor. Slick and what if it chips or cracks it could cut. Instead think of creative ways to use it. I would use it to block a window half way up for privacy instead of a curtain, a accent piece you could re-glue it to a board and use it on a table, The glass sparking would look great in the light. Set candles on it to reflect light. The list goes on and on, I could even see using it on a square table it would be very unique. Have some fun!
Sherrie
on Jan 26, 2013
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If you have a few and they are hollow, put some collections in them and set them around the house - golf balls, vintage game pieces........it's sort of a more modern way to display collections based on the antique mason jar idea.
Kitchen Kelli
on Jan 26, 2013
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Few things can be done. Remove what you can and use them to fill the basement window areas if you have them for light and increased security. Cut slots in one side of a few and use as a piggy bank. Do not use them as flooring as they will become slippery if they get wet. Depending upon how many you have will determine what other ideas you can come up with.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Jan 27, 2013
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Stuff them with christmas lights for a cool light feature, After you put the lights in you canalso fill up the spaces with glass beads for a little color.
Mechelle Beghin
on Jan 27, 2013
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if they are vintage, they may explode if you cut them. We used some vintage blocks on the half wall of our bar. We put a light in the cabinet behind them.
Laurie
on Jan 27, 2013
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I'm looking more for wall ideas, I guess... not so much decorations... and uses outside... can you use these instead of lattice under a porch area?
Cheri Hooper
on Jan 27, 2013
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I had a friend who had a very very small space between upper and lower cabinets of her kitchen, and it was an outside wall, so to bring more light in they cut out places for the glass blocks all across underneath a set of cabinets, adding more light to the kitchen without more heat. Looked really custom.
Tanya Peterson Felsheim
on Jan 27, 2013
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Send them to me !! LOL
Tammy W
on Jan 27, 2013
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Cut a whole in them and use them as a vases. Use them as decorative lights. Use as a flower bed boarder. Use them as a riser for a glass top. Bookends on a shelf.
117135
on Jan 27, 2013
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I used mine underneath a old cabinet and made a bar out of it,run lights in it two bar stools and you got it.
Brenda
on Jan 27, 2013
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Renters can be wonderful or awful. After our last experience we sold ours- too expensive doing repairs after each tenant. We had to spruce things up quite a bit to sell, including a new kitchen floor (even the underlay was ruined. As for your glass tile, how about a half wall of them in the bathroom for more privacy if they are structural, if the toilet is in plain view? I like the cabinet and window ideas, too. In the basement, you could probably use them to define an area. Outdoors? Not sure, but, glass should hold up with the right adhesive. I googled glass tile and came up with backsplashes, etc.Here's a link to one place that used them outdoors: https://www.glasstilewarehouse.com/outdoor-projects?view=item&layout=item There were also countertop ideas: http://www.houzz.com/glass-tile-countertops
Cynthia H
on Dec 27, 2014
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More pictures of your house would be helpful. We are full of ideas.:)
Lori
on Jan 07, 2015
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When we enclosed the back porch of our first home we used glass block tiles at the sidewalls to bring in a lot of light and give some privacy from the neighbors. They can also be used as transoms over the doors if you have the room.
Susan Bechamp
on Aug 20, 2015
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