Hacks for this awfuk kitchen? Or am I too optimistic???

[queenqueenqueen]

We have just moved into a 1950s semi and this is our kitchen 🙈🙈🙈🙈

We are going to live with it like this for at least a few months/year (!!! 😲) to get a feel for how we'd like the final layout (kitchen diner knock through rooms etc) to look.

Is there anything at all I can do to improve it or should I not even bother?

[KirstyJC]

I would leave it if you're going to rip it out anyway as it won't look right however good you alter it.

You could just buy loads of wine bottles to line up at the back of the worktop so you can't see the tiles?

[FedupNagging]

I came onto this thread for lots of ideas for my tired looking kitchen but the consensus seems to be leave well alone if a new kitchen is on the cards! (Which it is once last dc finishes uni)

The best solution I think is to just paint walls and woodwork to freshen things up; can't use tile decals as the bit I hate the most has a raised pattern. However, I was wondering about the worktop cover - how effective is it and does it stay in place?

So now Mumsnet has just saved me £££ which is a rarity given I mostly hang out in s&b

[Stefoscope]

Wilko cupboard paint applied with a small gloss roller gives an excellent durable finish to kitchen cupboards. Fairly inexpensive too!

[MitziK]

Looks like B&Q basic range from the early-mid 1990s. As seen in council flat 'upgrade' works and dumped in communal gardens awaiting disposal as soon as a new tenant was due to move in because they fell apart within three years if used daily