Okay, so here is my idea. I want to tile a 6″ border around the tube to give the bathroom some personality. Some would argue that its orange paint job is all the personality it needs, but I want a little extra something. Here is my plan (ignore the bad quality, I need to perfect my “blog-picture-taking” abilities)…

Going to Lowes to look at tiles launched me into depression. The prices of tiles were outrageous! Having a bit of my mother’s resourcefulness in me and Thomas’ encouragement I went to the flea market to look for some old ceramics to bust apart. No luck there. On my way home I stopped at the Dollar Store for some carpet cleaner and found exactly what I needed in my price range… one dollar 10.5″ plates!

I went out on our back patio and took a hammer to them! You’ll be surprised at what you can get out of 20 plates.

I went back to Lowes to get myself some backing to glue the pieces on. I did this because I thought it be a lot easier to just tack up strips of the already mosaic-ed tiles instead of doing everything while I’m racing the drying time of the tile adhesive. To my luck I found self-adhesive drywall tape that is working SUPER well. I just peel the backing off and stick the tiles right on, no tedious gluing quite yet! (that will come later i’m sure!!)

I’m doing them in 1 foot by 6 in strips. I got 3 1/2 done last night (which is one of the shorter walls). This is going to take me a LONG time!!