We're moving house on Tuesday (and I am starting multiple threads in my excitement). We have very little money to do things to the new place and what we do have is going to have to go on sensible things like replacing rotten windows, repairing lifted tiles and sorting out the fuse box (will cry if the electrics need completing redone but another story).
The kitchen is a bit grim. Walls are nearly completely tiled and very dated. The tiles then continue ONTO THE WORKTOP which looks grim and unclean. The actual fitted cupboards are then slightly shoddy pine affairs.
My original plan, as we can't afford to replace it, was to paint the cupboard doors and maybe replace the handles, replace the worktops with something else (maybe ikea wooden ones) and either live with the tiles (some might say they were quirky) or paint them as well. I am also toying with the idea of looking at the stick on tiles.
I've been researching what this would involve and I think replacing the worktops will be ok but I'm not sure if this will disturb the wall tiles and cause problems. I've also read several threads and blogs saying painted tiles and cupboards will look crap if you do them yourself.
Any suggestions as to the best way forward? I don't think replacing the kitchen is an option. Even if we could afford a basic Ikea kitchen, I think removing the tiles would be a big job involving replastering, so it seems sensible to wait until we can afford everything. I think I can live with everything except the tiled worktop if I had to but it must go!