• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
DIY & Crafts
  • Home
  • Repurpose
  • Crafts
    • Cricut
    • Kids
    • Paper
    • Winter
  • Holidays
    • Valentine's Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Christmas
  • Fashion
    • Sewing
    • Beauty
    • Hairstyles
  • Gifts
    • Baby Shower
    • Father's Day
    • Mother's Day
  • Homemade
  • Home
    • Furniture Makeovers
    • Lifehacks
    • Decorating
    • Organization
    • Parenting
    • Gardening
    • Health
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Knitting & Crocheting
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Decor
  • Repurpose
  • Paper
  • Crafts
  • Kids
  • Cricut
  • Fall
  • Fashion
  • Father's Day
  • Baby Shower
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Recipes
  • Furniture Makeovers
  • Gifts
  • Hairstyles
  • Health
  • Holidays
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Home
  • Gardening
  • Parenting
  • Homemade
  • Kids Crafts
  • Knitting & Crocheting
  • Lifehacks
  • Mother's Day
  • Organization
  • Party
  • Sewing
  • Spring
  • Upcycling
  • Valentine's Day
  • Videos
  • Wedding
  • Winter
  • Woodworking
search icon
Homepage link
  • Decor
  • Repurpose
  • Paper
  • Crafts
  • Kids
  • Cricut
  • Fall
  • Fashion
  • Father's Day
  • Baby Shower
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Recipes
  • Furniture Makeovers
  • Gifts
  • Hairstyles
  • Health
  • Holidays
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Home
  • Gardening
  • Parenting
  • Homemade
  • Kids Crafts
  • Knitting & Crocheting
  • Lifehacks
  • Mother's Day
  • Organization
  • Party
  • Sewing
  • Spring
  • Upcycling
  • Valentine's Day
  • Videos
  • Wedding
  • Winter
  • Woodworking
×
Home » Decorating

Unique Way to Fill in Between Your Tile by Using Tile Instead of Grout

Modified: Jan 31, 2024 by Vanessa Goodpaster-Beaty · This post may contain affiliate links · 20 Comments

Unique Way to Fill in Between Your Tile by Using Tile Instead of Grout pinterest image.

This isn’t nearly as confusing as it sounds. If you have tile in your home, then you know all about grout. What if you could fill in the spaces between your tiles without having to mix and apply grout? Well, you can, and it leaves you with a very beautiful and unique look on your floor.

Unique Way to Fill in Between Your Tile by Using Tile Instead of Grout pinterest image.

Instead of using grout, just use thin strips of tile. You can stick these thin strips in between tiles just like you would when you lay the tile. Just cut the strips, whatever size you need to go between. You can use different colors or patterns to give your floor a really unique look.

The next time you think about replacing that old tile, think about a new way to update your floors. Instead of adding grout between the tiles, just add a contrasting color of tile. This may also work for bathroom walls if you have tile in there. Have fun with it, and be as creative as you want.

More Decorating

  • woman in pink sweater holding stork decoration
    Adorable Stork Baby Shower Decor
  • 4 Crochet Edgings
    38 Crochet Edging Patterns
  • 4 DIY Punch Needle Kits and Tutorials
    22 DIY Punch Needle Kits and Tutorials
  • 4 DIY Macrame Kit Ideas and Products
    20 DIY Macrame Kit Ideas
228.5K shares

Reader Interactions

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Donna miller

    June 15, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    could you please tell me the name and color of the tile you used for the strips? It has a glittery look to it. I would love to do this in my bathroom...also are those ceramic tiles?

    Reply
    • ana alvarez

      December 05, 2015 at 8:34 pm

      ME GUSTARIA QUE ME DIJIERAIS COMO CONSEGUIR ESTAS TIRAS PARA PONERLAS ENTRE LAS BALDOSAS. SI LAS VENDEN ASI. GRACIAS

      Reply
      • Elena gallardo

        January 08, 2018 at 1:22 pm

        Please, would you be so kind to inform me where can I buy these strips for the tiles. I´m sending you e-mail from Madrid (Spain).
        Thank you in advance.

        Regards,
        Elena G.

        Reply
    • Anonymous

      March 29, 2021 at 2:57 am

      Can u give me the colour to please?

      Reply
  2. Karen

    July 04, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    I've laid a little bit of tile in 2 bathrooms some years ago. It think with a little care this can be done to a new job. I wouldn't do it to an older floor...what" Take out the grout and add tile. No way!

    1. Lay larger tile with the amount of space you want in-between tiles. For the area in between tile, use something that comes on a mess background so you cut with scissors, rather than trying to cut a thin sliver of tile. I'd pick something that is not as thick as the regular tile.

    2. Put some grout in the space between tiles, or butter and lay the accent tile in that area. Make sure the surface is even between the regular and accent tile. Let it dry and go back and grout over the top of the tiles to make sure there is enough grout to connect all the pieces.

    3. Seal.

    I have a bunch of really pretty glass, etc tile that i found for free and am going to try this up a wall in my shower.

    Reply
  3. LuAnnmarie

    July 05, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    I have to ask, isn't the grout a sealer? Doesn't it keep leakage from happening? This would be pretty, but not if I had to rebuild my floor because of leakage.

    Just curious,
    LuAnn

    Reply
    • Shellie

      May 21, 2016 at 12:39 pm

      No, grout still needs to be sealed. If you don't, you will have dirt build up much faster. In showers, if you don't deal the grout, you will have much higher chance of mildew/ mold forming

      Reply
  4. Kathleen

    July 21, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    I am in the midst of choosing material for a new bathroom. I would like to know more about this technique of tiling. Where did you get the tile strips? What color are they? I need the whole process please. Thanks.

    Reply
    • GLADYS GOODSON

      August 24, 2015 at 5:32 pm

      Looks beautiful, but I think there would be leakage on a shower wall. Details, please.

      Reply
      • RUTH

        January 11, 2016 at 11:21 pm

        Listen you still have to grout nut it's going to be fine lines of grout instead of a thick grout line!

        Reply
  5. Silvia Corredor

    September 06, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    I have TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!!!
    1) could I use This Beautiful SHINES in between The Tiles in my Kitchen FLOOR? ? I hope so
    2) I have tramantin tiles, Do I have to Replace the Floor??

    Reply
  6. Ceramictec

    June 24, 2016 at 8:11 pm

    Nice look, not practical from a DIY perspective for not having grout. All floor tile should have some sort of grout filling the gaps required between tile.

    Reply
  7. Rachel

    October 09, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    Looks fàntastic, but I've heard that the grout helps hold the tile in place like part of the adhesive (thin set), and that is important. Plus something someone else mentioned, making it more waterproof, no? Would love to here more comments on this issue.

    Reply
  8. Chuck

    March 03, 2017 at 2:30 am

    Grout does not make your floor waterproof. Water still goes through grout joints. It is not necessary to have the grout but there will still be fine lines between the tiles where dirt and mildew could build up. Also grout is not used as a form of adhesive. The thinset if used properly with the correct type of thinset holds the tile in place by itself.

    Reply
  9. Claudia Trommer

    April 23, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    Can I do that over the existing grout on my bathroom floor or do I need to remove the grout first?

    Reply
  10. Claudia

    April 23, 2017 at 9:33 pm

    Can I place the strips over the existing grout?

    Reply
  11. Laura

    May 04, 2017 at 6:01 am

    I am very interested in this style. I can see how it would easily work in my foyer but I am not sure about bathroom area. Can I use this style in a wet room? (Walk in shower/wet room)?

    Reply
  12. Liz

    January 12, 2018 at 3:45 pm

    You must still always grout. If you use stain Blocker in mix your own grout or epoxy grout you will never have to have to worry about stains!
    Please do it the right way. This way is very pretty in you'll have smaller grout lines as previous people have said.

    Reply
  13. Tilegirl

    March 31, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    My eye is twitching right now. You always use grout and you always seal the grout to waterproof the seams. If you do not use grout and sealant, you will damage the sub-flooring as well as the ceiling below this floor. That is thousands of dollars of damages. Though this idea is beautiful, it would be best done the right way.

    Reply
  14. Yvonne

    June 27, 2024 at 4:23 pm

    How/where do I find these bling tile strips.

    Reply

Primary Sidebar

DIY n Crafts Avatar

Hi, I'm Leah! I started DIYnCrafts long ago to spread crafts and happiness. Currently, we have thousands of easy crafts and tutorials, making us the biggest crafty site on the internet.

More about the team → and me

Recent:

  • 4 Barbie Doll Dresses
    19 Barbie Doll Sewing Patterns
  • 4 DIY Steampunk Crafts
    35 DIY Steampunk Crafts
  • 4 DIY Crystal Growing Kits and Products
    20 DIY Crystal Growing Kits and Products
  • 20 diy cloisonne ideas and kits featured
    20 DIY Cloisonne Ideas

Pages:

  • About Us
  • Be Featured
  • Contact Us
  • Email and Push Notification Subscriber Settings.
  • Privacy Policy

Categories

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us

Contact

  • Contact

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Copyright © 2022 DIYnCrafts LLC.

228.5K shares
  • 501