Kitchen - visitors coming, what would you do?

[Olwyn35]

Not ready to put in new kitchen.
1980s wood kitchen, all in great condition except the tiles. Beige tiles, dated, crazing and falling off. Hard to stick back as they are very tight together. Looks unhygienic.
Would you remove them all, get a plasterer to skim, and put a small upstand above the worktop?
Is there some solution I’m missing?

Depends on the visitor but probably… nothing? If you’re eventually going to do a new kitchen I wouldn’t spend any money now on something that would get ripped out and thrown away, or damaged. If the kitchen is for keeps for another decade, your solution sounds good. I wouldn’t bother for visitors though: no judgypants welcome.

The visitors are coming to see you. They won’t care about the state of wall tiles. You aren’t going to be rubbing food against them, as long as the kitchen counters, cupboards, sink etc are tidy then you don’t need to do anything.

Don't let them in the kitchen 😉

Remove them, buy new tiles and get a tiler to put them on? Probably £200-300. Or IKEA do backsplash panels.

@Olwyn35 would something like these work as a temporary measure?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WALPLUS-Decorations-Bathroom-Backsplash-Colourful/dp/B08B69ZL1J/

I wouldn't do anything like that for visitors. If it is bothering you maybe have some kitchen brochures on the side as if you are contemplating a new kitchen.

Love the brochures suggestion!