Building & Renovating

Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Grout

It can do more than keep your tiles in place

Photography: Ocs Alvarez/ACME Visual Productions and William Ong (Main Photos)

Many of us are familiar with grout—it's the material used to fill the gap between your bathroom tiles, available in mostly the same color. This mortar or paste which is used to fill the spaces between your tiled walls and floors can be bought at any hardware store, too. ABC, Novtek, and Bostik are just some of the brands that might ring a bell.

What you do not know is that grout is available in different colors and that you can use it in different ways around the home, post-renovation. Get started with these ideas:

Make your own chalkboard paint (in any color you like)

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