Self adhesive or traditional tiles for kitchen?

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I have a limited budget to make my kitchen look better.

Definitely can't afford a new kitchen!

The floor is part wood (but old, bashed up floorboards, not nice new ones), part cement, it's a bit odd!

And there are horrible boring beige square tiles on the wall.

My DIY skills are beginner level 😁.

Can anyone recommend a company for decent stick-on tiles / pretend tiles for the walls? I guess I'll have to make sure they're the same size as the existing ones?

And what to do for the floor? It's not the most level surface. Should I go for self adhesive stick on tiles or traditional tiles, or something else?

I quite fancy a traditional geometric pattern.

What's easy for a beginner and won't cost the earth?

Helpful hints on putting tiles / tile alternatives down much appreciated also!

Sorry OP but we used stick on tiles for a home project when we were on a serious budget and even though we carefully prepped the wall, they fell off within 3 years as they can't handle even slightly damp environments. I think it would happen faster in a kitchen with all the water vapour etc. The finished result was also really obviously fake. I would really recommend saving your money for a bit longer and getting it done properly.

I think we got ours from B and Q or Wickes and they were on sale. We spent about £100 on enough of these tiles to do the bottom half of our living room wall. If you only need it for a year or two it would possibly work out? Also they might stick better if you're putting them on top of existing tiles as there will be a solid, non-porous surface for them to adhere to.

For a really cheap floor, I'd look at wood-effect vinyl. It used to be awful but it comes in some really nice patterns and colours these days and can look very good for a lot less cost/skill level than proper floor. You buy it in a roll and can put it down yourself and just cut carefully with a Stanley knife around the edges then seal around the edges too if you want. It's also easy to maintain/clean which is a big plus.

Ooh but if you've already got tiles, I've just remembered we had a great result with tile paint in a kitchen project! Homebase do it in some lovely colours. Let me find you a link.

That's all really useful info, thanks :)

I need to do this quickly though, no time to save money for a better job, sadly!

Here's what we used to paint kitchen tiles and cupboard doors: https://www.homebase.co.uk/maison-deco-refresh-kitchen-cupboards-worktops-splashbacks-paint-inky-blue-2l/12878357.html
One £40 tub of paint did our whole big kitchen with all cupboard doors (2 coats each) and the tiles behind the cooker/sink.

That looks great, but sadly one of the reviews says "You must leave to cure otherwise it will scratch off. 3- 4 weeks and its rock solid very durable."

And sure enough, another review is showing their paint peeled within days :(

I need to do it before then.

Paint is a great idea though, thanks!

We used adhesive tiles on our kitchen floor and they looked terrible really quickly. The pattern faded after mopping and the corners peeled. I think it's cheaper in the long run to get it properly tiled than to continually replace the adhesive ones.

Simple tiles themselves don't cost that much. In B&Q there are basic cream matt ones that cost about £10 per m2. Quite a lot of people do their tiling themselves - if you're not handy, do you have any friend who has done it before, but isn't a professional, who you could pay, if they showed you how and you did it together?

No, I don't have anyone skilled to help me, sadly.

If your flooring is as ropy as you suggest it's going to be hard to get a decent finish with tiles which need a smooth flat surface to adhere to. As you're on a budget could you just use the same colour floor paint across the whole floor to bring it together?

Can you post pictures?