Some ideas please

Naomi · 01-09-2006, 12:28 PM

Girls you are fantastic!!

Talking of brave some pics of one end of my kitchen

The kitchen extends back to a total of approx 17ft

Now you know why I want it done as cheaply as possible

dinahsmum · 01-09-2006, 12:40 PM

Tongue and groove + paint should be a lot cheaper than tiles too. And you see the results quickly! You are lucky to have a handy husband to do it all.

17' is a good size. Bet it will look great!

Sweet · 01-09-2006, 12:51 PM

All sounds good to me - I am hopeless with decorating... x

Kazz · 01-09-2006, 12:53 PM

Well I would tile above the worktops (tiles easy to wipe away spills etc etc and esy to clean, PLUS long lasting and all they need is a touch up of the grout every now and again) then tongue and groove around the rest ie none unit walls.

It looks a light kitchen you could go plain white tiles (cheap) and maybe a border of colour, ie white row nearest the worktops then the secnd row up from the worktop colour to break it up the the odd colour tile thrown around in the rest OR choose some really tiles you like with a pattern and place those randomly in with the white tiles. Then above the units paint white like your ceiling you don't need to tile under your wallunits but around them then the none unit walls as I say T&G, painted a colour of your choice.

yola · 01-09-2006, 01:24 PM

Yup - either tiling behind the cooker or a stainless steel splashback as you have a ss cooker. Tongue and groove on rest of walls - maybe a pale blue as Karen suggests to compliment the pale wood of your units.

Moli · 01-09-2006, 01:35 PM

I having splash backs in my new kitchen, it matches the worktop, comes in sheets and is simple to keep clean...

Naomi · 01-09-2006, 02:30 PM

No wall units Kazz, couldn't reach the darn things

We are throwing a few ideas around and the way OH's performing, ideas won't be the only thing I'll be throwing around

dandysmom · 01-09-2006, 08:51 PM

I personally like tiles,but love the blue and cream colors. Are you going to do before-and-after pics for us?

Naomi · 02-09-2006, 10:52 AM

Will do before and after pics if you want.

We've decided that we will put tile's along the top of the worktops then tongue and groove the rest of the way up. They will be painted a light colour, not sure exactly which colour yet tho. As I've got terracotta in my curtains and on the chairs I'm not sure whether to go for a pale blue or not. I have a chimney wall where my gas fire and back boiler are so was thinking of using that as a feature wall, maybe a light terracotta colour on that wall or would that be too much?

As you can tell I'm flippin' useless when it comes to decorating

dinahsmum · 02-09-2006, 01:36 PM

Terracotta and cream sounds good - don't think you need another colour. What colour tiles would you go for? One of those two?
Before and after pics would be great!

Edit: If this link works, I love the example of the cream with the light and dark terracotta inserts.
http://www.wallsandfloors.uk.com/wal....php?selone=92

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