I'm slowly but surely sorting out my new house, but I have zero budget. Zilch. Totally skint! Bathroom has been done for less than £500; tiled and lay the flooring myself, just need someone to connect up the shower now and thank god it will be finished! My biggest bugbear now is the kitchen.
It's an ex LA house complete with council fitted kitchen that has been in about 15 years. It's bloody awful! I have beech effect units, and a beige coloured worktop that has marks from every single thing the previous owners ever chopped on it, plus a huge burn mark next to the cooker, where I can only presume they plonked an on fire chip pan or something! I will not be able to afford to replace it for about 10 years at the rate I'm going, so looking for some cheap and cheerful ideas to brighten it up until I can gut it.
I've bought new handles for the units, I have a tin of kitchen paint to do the walls, I got some cracking new lights in the B&Q sale for grand total of £7 and the tiles aren't bad (dark grey and cream). So, can I paint crappy laminate cupboard doors? It can't look any worse than it does already! And the worktop? Really cannot afford to replace it, plus it looks like it's been glued extensively to the units, so I feel taking it off will rip chunks out of them. Can I paint? cover with Fablon? Tile? I absolutely hate how it looks at present, so can't possibly make it any worse!
Any tips? I would ideally like the units either cream or grey, worktop either wood effect or a dark grey/black. Can I do this?
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Painting laminate kitchen units... And can I do anything with this worktop?
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JustBeingJuliet · 28/07/2015 21:25
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