I've been searching everywhere for some nice square burner covers for my gas stove - and found these tiles! I had only found one set of very cheap, flimsy, badly reviewed metal covers that would not have fit properly and had terrible reviews and pictures! All I needed was something heatproof and sturdy to sit on the burner grates and make a little more surface space on top of the stove (without covering the whole stovetop with a "noodle"). These tiles are the perfect size for this, at 8" x 8", very thick, smooth on top and rough on the back so they don't slide around on the grates. I wanted tiles that had a whole design on each tile so they could stand alone and look nice. They arrived packaged very tightly in shrink wrap and the box was packed full with styrofoam peanuts, so no damaged tiles. Sample tiles like these are great for little projects like mine, and decorating in general, where you only need a few. Also, these are ecaustic tiles, where the colored designs go all the way through the tile, and are not just painted on the top surface like ceramic ones. There are youtube videos on how these tiles have been made for hundreds of years, it's really fascinating. Beautiful!