Remove the outlet covers for your outlets. You want your metal tiles placed where the outlet cover will cover the edges, but where the whole outlet can be pulled out if needed. Usually the "outlet" is a blue box. That piece may need to come out if electrical work is done. Don't block it. The best way I found to go around the outlets was to place my tile pieces row by row. This allowed me to cut areas to length without cutting out a random square in the middle of the tile (this is pretty much impossible IMHO). Photo 1: I positioned the outlet cover where it would be placed on the tile. Then I taped the area so I knew what areas to avoid cutting into. Photo 2: I cut the strips apart and cut where necessary. This is easy to do strip by strip. Photo 3: I adhered the strips piece by piece, stopping to cut off excess when needed. Photo 4 & 5: Photos of how I placed the strips around the outlets. Once I finished, I mounted the outlet covers back on. You may need to adjust how much your outlet sticks out. I needed to fix one outlet, but two were fine.