When we bought new kitchen furniture in Limburg Maria got the idea to design a tesselation behind the stove as splash guard:
(a click on the picture shows it in the original size)
... and in our Florida home she found two spots where sho could lay a mosaic, in the entrance way and on the bathroom wall.
Here you can see how each mosaic was done:
Silk paintings
Scarfs/Shawls
Clothes