Always wear safety goggles when you are cutting your tiles to the shape or size that you want them. This will prevent you from potentially getting a piece of glass or ceramic tile in your eye, which will likely have to be surgically removed. When cutting tiles, lay a wet washcloth over the top of the clippers and your hand so that the tile will just fall to your workspace when it breaks. Because the cloth is wet, it is heavy and will not allow the tile pieces to fly all over the place.

Use a heavy tile glue instead of super glue to glue your tiles where you want them. This will make them stick longer while you are trying to maneuver the cement around them to hold them in place forever. If you wipe your tiles off immediately, you won’t have to worry about the cement ruining the glass tiles or having to chip it off later.

Use glass tiles instead of ceramic whenever you can. Glass tiles are more durable and easier to clean later on than ceramic ones. The smaller the tiles you use, the better you will be able to design with them because they can make more intricate designs.