Painting tiles

[Pineau]

Has anyone painted over tiles with the specialist tile paint? Did they look good or crap?

OP your kitchen looks exactly like ours when we moved in here 13 years ago. And yes it was dated even then.

I think your problem is that there's so much brown . If you retile, the worktop will look even worse. If you replace the worktop, you will have to do the sink too. And the cupboards will look worse.

So to make it look good you would have to paint the cupboards too. Which can be done but it's a very time consuming job to do well.

So my advice is just to live with it until you can afford to replace it. Howdens and Ikea do lovely kitchens that are not expensive .

GinandOnIT s kitchen looks good because the cupboards and worktop are much newer, and the red looks smart with the black and white . I fear your kitchen is much older than hers and beyond a bit of tarting up just like me

Kr1s the kitchen is very old! The worktop is dark cherry wood (bleurgh) and the cupboards were the same, but were painted white by the previous people.

It also doesn't look good, but looks less hateful than before

I'm impressed, it looks smart from here, I thought the worktop was black < gets specs >

I know it's a shame to rip out good quality wood units , but it's so much work to paint them well. You need to spend hours washing down with sugar soap to degrease them , then prime and paint all the different surfaces.

I know the Chalk paint people say you can skip all these steps, but I'm not convinced it would stand up to the wear and tear that a kitchen gets.

Here it is in full glory... horrendous.

I actually quite like wood cupboards, and I find them very forgiving. PIL have them and the cupboards haven't been touched for about 25 years, yet look great still. It's a working farmhouse and takes a beating!

I think wood cupboards can look a lot less dated with white worktops/tiles/sink and a nice floor. I was looking at cheap white worktops on the IKEA website yesterday actually, as I'd really like to change ours. Might be worth looking at OP? Then painting the tiles white until you can afford to replace. I'd be tempted to paint the wood panelling on the ceiling too!

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New doors can be cheaper than you think

Oh god yes, you have to get rid of the tiled worktops - that's something I hate in a kitchen (and in which case u may as well just get new tiles all over) I always think tiled worktops are so unhygienic with the grout and all.

Will paint ceiling white and remove the wallpaper.
Would the sheets of Perspex splash backs work if fitted over tiles?
Then new worktops, sink and tap.

painting the cabinets makes a huge difference.
We have crap tiles in our new kitchen but thanks for the pictures and advice Ruhrpott I'm going to have a go at getting them off the wall and redoing them.

Just remembered something else - When we first moved into our house as a bit of a quick makeover before we got our new kitchen we had tongue and groove mdf boards fitted over the tiles and painted it the same colour as the cabinets - it gave a nice country kitchen look. The mdf is fine so long as u use a suitable paint to seal it.

earl do you have any pictures of that?

Earl, that sounds good! Would love to see a pic. How did you fix the boards?

Sorry I don't have pics this was 10 years ago and it's all gone now - my dh fixed it himself though and he's hardly a diy pro - I'm sure there will be some kind of tutorial online. The mdf can be bought quite cheaply from a big b&q/wickes. I really like that tongue and groove look anyway and I loved it at the time, I think it looks quite 'new England'

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Just found this pic online this is very much what it looked like

I love that earl! We actually have a load of tongue and groove wood like that in the old grain store, wonder if I could convince DP to rustle something similar up.

With the quality of adhesives nowadays I suspect u could just glue it on with a wood glue like 'no more nails' (seek advice first obvs) the main tool would be a jigsaw to cut it and some nice trim/dado to finish off the end bits. And just prime it and paint it nicely to get a good finish. I absolutely love a programme called 'fixer upper' where the designer on the show, Joanna Gaines, does a lot of her schemes in a really rustic/country style and often uses tongue and groove panels (they call it 'shiplap' in the states) on the walls and in the kitchen/bathroom in place of tiles. Have a look at images online under 'Joanna Gaines room schemes' if u like that kind of look - she does amazing schemes and is so inspirational.

I did it years ago but it was in the Changing Rooms era and everyone was doing crap DIY on their homes. It came out ok though.

When we moved into this house the previous owners had painted the kitchen tiles. It looked fine.

I used this time cutter to cut tiles, round the corners and sockets

www.diy.com/departments/plasplugs-corded-110mm-wet-wheel-tile-cutter-dww200/653270_BQ.prd

And b&q cheapest metro tiles which were on offer. Think the whole thing with edging, tiles, adhesive (ready mixed) and grout was less then £200.

Pound land do stick on mosaic tiles that sound horrendous but look amazing as a quick cheap fix. The look like the real thing and are not just a sheet of paper.

Before.

After. New floor, stick on tiles and cupboards painted. As a stop-gap.

Close up of the tiles.

Really surprised by that tricking they look so much better! Was it done ?

This is mine. I used Annie Sloane chalk paint on the cupboards, washed them with sugar soap then one coat of paint one coat of wax. The tiles I wiped down, sealed with yacht varnish, painted with an emulsion tester pot and then did another coat of yacht varnish to seal. It's been a year so far and it still looks fresh, the only place the paint has come off is on the cupboard handles, but I want to replace those anyway. It should last hopefully another 5 years until we can afford to redo it