Vintage tiles repurposed

As I am finishing our 2nd bathroom, 

I am faced with several projects that need to get done 
all at one time.

When the demo of the 1/2 bath begun, 
our sink had a pink tiled backsplash 

(that I had primed and painted over...
and yes, you can paint tiles) 
with this 2 porcelain accessories tiles...
or whatever you call it...

I had no intention to keep the pink tiles nor the soap and toothbrush holder.

But the guy that was helping us with the demo said that I could sell those 2 "vintage" tiles, 

because they are hard to find. $20 a piece. 

Well, ok then!

I cleaned them out good and was ready to list it for sale, but a voice inside me kept telling me not to.

I thought maybe I could figure out something and reuse it in our bathroom.

The problem is that we are not having a tiled backsplash and the tiles would just stick out 1/4" from 
the wall, looking funny.

So I looked through our wood pile, and found this piece of wood (3-4ft. long) that I bought for .50 cents at Home Depot, in the wood scrap bin.

Here is what I did
(fyi, I heart power tools)

 cut the wood down to the size I needed

measure where the tiles would go

drill 2 big holes on the inside of the squares, or you could drill 4 hole on the inside corners of each square

cut the squares out with a jigsaw

see how the tile now fits in the square?

sand, prime and paint 

use liquid nails to attach the tiles to the wood

And ready to install!

Here are the pictures 

Cost breakdown of the project:

wood .50 cents

tiles free

primer and paint already had from previous projects

total cost .50 cents

Stay Frugal,

Daniela

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