When we finished our, in my opinion, gorgeous Kitchen Backsplash, we had some left over tiles I wasn't sure what to do with. We also had a sheet of tiles we decided not to use at all, and I couldn't bring my self to throw them away. I knew I wanted to keep one of each tile to turn into ornaments for our Christmas tree, a little momento from our renovation (I'll share how that turns out soon!) but wasn't sure what to do with the rest.
Finally I came up with an idea to make a tray for our snazzy New Bar. This project was pretty easy, with the exception of finding out that the tiles were two different thicknesses (my very crafty better half came up with a solution - yay!) I'm kind of loving how it turned out.
We found this 'interesting' tray at Homegoods for $14, score! Don't worry the bench it's all sitting on is a project that's definitely on my list.
I picked a gray for the paint color (shocking).
After two coats of the gloss gray spray paint it's looking like new!
Just tiling away..
As I said before I realized as I sat down to start this project that the tiles were actually two different thicknesses. This is a major downer when your making a tray to carry drinks on - spillage. But my genius better half came up with the idea to cut up some coasters we had lying around and glue those to the backs of the thinner tiles, making them all exactly the same surface height!
The tiles have all been glued and it's time to let it dry.
Once the glue has dried, we set up the grouting station. (I also like this picture because it makes our DIY bar stools look pretty snazzy)
We used pre-mixed white grout - leftover from our kitchen backsplash tile (link coming soon).
Me.. getting my grout on...
Making sure to get in all the corners!
It's all grouted and ready wiped off with a damp sponge.
Once it's been cleaned with a sponge and some tile cleaner, viola!
Ready for our first cocktail party!
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