Hope all is well in your worlds. I scheduled this post because I am currently in the hospital with my youngest tiny human. He’s having a quick surgery on his nose. It’s not super serious but I always get so anxious when the kiddos have to go to the doctor. Hospital waiting rooms are just the worst. Please send happy thoughts! Anyways, onto today's project. One of the big things I did at my house was add a tile boarder and back splash to my kitchen. It looks really really cool plus it is functional. My kitchen (and the rest of the whole old house) is crooked so we had to actually cut into the wall to get the cabinets in properly. They weren’t huge noticeable cuts. Just an inch here and there and the tile covered up the edges perfectly. I ordered 100 each of the 4 inch and 2 inch tile. The four inch tile had 5 of each design. The 2 inch tile had 2 of each design. It took a LONG time for me to decide how I wanted them on my wall. Like a really long time. I’m so indecisive.
The hardest part was doing the backsplash behind my oven. The spot where my oven sits and the space above it are off so they don't line up properly and also there is an outlet there so I couldn’t do a perfectly symmetrical design. In the end though, I was very happy with how it looked.
After I was done with my wall, I had so many extra tiles. I’m still searching for fun things to do with them all. First up is coasters. I also had some slate coasters that were cracked and busted that I wanted to fix up so I’m showing those here too.
What you’ll need
*ceramic tiles. I used 2 inch tile and some 4 inch slate coasters
*ceramic adhesive. It’s very possible that other adhesives would work for this too. I had this left over from all the tiling I’ve done and didn’t want to waste it.
*cork board. The stuff I got came in 12 inch by 12 inch sheets.
*scissors
** optional plastic butter knife.
First measure out your cork board. Since the coasters I was making were 4 inch squares, my measurement worked out perfectly to cut nine squares out of 1 sheet.
If you are using multiple small tiles like I am, pick out your design ahead of time. For indecisive me, this took longer than it should have. Haha!
After you make up your mind on a design, glue your tile onto your corkboard squares. This glue took FOREVER to squeeze out. It was a giant pain in the butt. That’s why I used the plastic butter knife to spread the glue out.
With ceramic glue you have to press down very firmly to make sure the glue is touching all corners of the tile. Once all the tiles are in place, allow glue to dry at least 24 hours before you use your coasters. Aren't these fun? I really love how they turned out.
I’d love to see your projects! Please share a link in the comments below or tag me on instagram @images_by_jessie or on twitter @imagesbyjessie
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