Last week when I was brute-forcing the bathroom floor out, I was hit with inspiration in the form of concrete chunks.... that's not too odd is it?
In my demo delirium (I've decided that's a thing) I looked at these pieces and fell in love with the modern art that smashing a floor created. I thought it might be a bit too crazy to frame a chunk of concrete (not to mention HEAVY), so I salvaged some individual tiles that were intact and had a bit of fun.
The lighting seems to have been a bit funky in my house/I probably had the camera setting wrong while doing this project, but the real color of the tiles is closest to the smashy pictures above.
I got a shadow box frame from Michael's (with a coupon naturally) and started experimenting with tile patterns. Once I settled on a placement, the tiles got glued directly to the frame's black fabric backing.
The entire project was complete in just a matter of minutes.
Who knew tiles saved from the dumpster could be so pretty?
Before gifting it to our real estate agent for all her hard work in helping us find Frankie (thanks again Amy!), I attempted to get a better picture of the shadow box on the picture ledge in my office. The colors are better, but it's a bit shadowy. I guess my photography skills were on vacation during this project.
I don't know about you, but projects like this (even with the bad photography) just make me smile. What was last week considered ugly and dated in the form of a floor is now an abstract piece of art with a history.
Have you salvaged materials from a renovation and given them a new life? I'd love to hear about it!