Consider Installing a Tile Window Sill Treatment

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Have you just finished with a bathroom and/or kitchen remodel? Do you have a pile of leftover tiles and scrap pieces? Want to keep the mojo of your flexible tile theme running through the rest of the house? Itching to use that wet tile saw again? Look no further than your pile of scrap tile to install a fancy new tile window sill treatment.

Go from this…

Nothing to see here…

…to this!

Stating the obvious here–if you have some beautiful wood trim or other similar kind of beautified window sill, this is not the inspirational post for you. Classing up simple drywall boxes around windows is where we are headed.

If the picture alone doesn’t inspire you, why else should you go all out on a tile window sill treatment?

1. Tile is much easier to clean than textured drywall.
2. Tile is also more durable than drywall. I saw the tile window sill treatment in the box window used as a bench seat for the first time during my wedding rehearsal dinner. I was thrilled! By tiling the window ledge I intended to use it more often–you are creating a functional space to do more than just collect dust!
3. Stone and porcelain tile will not fade in the sun.
4. By using your leftover tile you have a practically free (except for your time) stunning new tile window sill treatment.

Frequent coffee spot…impromptu bench seat…not just an unused window sill.

Also consider adding some finish carpentry along the outside of the window sill. It adds a little icing to the eye candy. Especially consider adding this additional trim if you have a scrap pile of baseboard or door trim laying around.

Fun story time: I had a friend stop by to trim down some of her tiles on my wet tile saw. She offered the scrap pieces since she intended to be wrapping up all her tile projects with this last one. I had just finished tiling the box window and the smaller windows in the living room. So I showed her the potential for how she could finish off her windows with the proffered scrap tile, as I knew she also had simple drywall box windows. I don’t recall the verbal complement. I know there was one, but the highest compliment of all was when she left: she picked up all the leftover pieces, taking them home with her. There is another beautified house in town!