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What do we think to these kitchen tiles?

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kitchentileszz · 21/07/2026 18:38

I love these, but are they old fashioned?

What do we think to these kitchen tiles?
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Luckydog7 · 21/07/2026 18:40

They aren't my taste at all but could be much worse!

Mysterythatissolved · 21/07/2026 18:42

Wouldn't be easy to clean. If I moved into a home with them I'd want to change them. If your going to live there a while, happy to clean them and your like them why not.

kitchentileszz · 21/07/2026 18:49

Definitely not moving any time soon!

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H202too · 21/07/2026 18:50

They are giving a bit 80's fireplace.

Flowersandfauna · 21/07/2026 18:52

I love them! But the cleaning 🤣

user1471538283 · 21/07/2026 18:53

I really like them! But they look hard to clean. I've got matt white ones (I wanted gloss but they delivered matt and before I knew it they were on the wall so that was that).

My mantra is for everything "can I be arsed to keep it clean" and in most instances the answer is no.

TeenLifeMum · 21/07/2026 18:54

Makes me think of a French farmhouse - not a bad thing - but the cleaning world worry me. Would look wrong in my new build style home.

Kidsandhouse · 21/07/2026 18:54

Couldn't give a toss if they are old fashioned. If you like them, they're fine...

Kidsandhouse · 21/07/2026 18:55

BTW. I like them. But not so fussed on the brown cupboards, I'd prefer the white throughout...

KnickerlessParsons · 21/07/2026 19:12

I like them but I wouldn’t buy them as they’d be difficult to keep clean. They’d get very greedy behind the hob.

Gall10 · 21/07/2026 19:13

I like them! But you need to get a sheet of Perspex/acrylic to go behind them or grease splashes from the hob will mark the grout completely! Trust me, I know from experience!

Moveoverdarlin · 21/07/2026 19:14

I don’t think they’re old fashioned. But I think they’re dated. They were popular about 15 years ago and not particularly on trend nowadays.

I could live with them in a kitchen but I wouldn’t go out and buy them.

kitchentileszz · 21/07/2026 19:29

I can’t think of anything I cook that would splash the tiles. Happy to clean them in any case. Gahhhh I love them!!

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Wowthatwasabigstep · 21/07/2026 19:37

Very dated, give off 1980’s naff holiday cottage vibes and everything you cooked would cling to them.

CoastalCalm · 21/07/2026 19:38

I’d continue them up to behind the cooker hood as those ones are truly awful

DontrockthecaravanGeoffrey · 21/07/2026 19:41

A bugger to clean and the down lights on the uneven surface show dust and make the tiles look badly laid. Also I think they look very rustic (as someone said French farmhouse' and don't go with the more urban kitchen style at all.

Fiddlesticks1 · 21/07/2026 19:48

Not for me and I would think awful to keep clean.

Blingismything · 21/07/2026 22:43

I wouldn’t choose them, but they do suit that particular kitchen.

7238SM · 21/07/2026 22:49

Do you mean the textured tiles behind the cooker? Dreadful!

I cook from scratch most meals and don't cook many things that splash out of the pan, but no way would I consider those things. Cooking fat, dust, hair, bugs will all reside in those crevices.

Any reason you are consider such an un hygienic design where you cook food?

LibertyLily · 22/07/2026 02:08

H202too · 21/07/2026 18:50

They are giving a bit 80's fireplace.

This ^
I think they're absolutely hideous and definitely dated, but I don't have to live with them (you'd probably hate my design choices too)! And why the heck are there different tiles behind the cooker hood?

TeaBiscuitsNaptime · 22/07/2026 02:51

I love them too. I'm not so sure about the colour scheme of it all though, I feel like everything could could tone in better, maybe all earthy tones instead of the white or all white as another poster says

ScottBakula · 22/07/2026 03:16

I agree with pp , they'd be bugger to clean. You say you don't splash much when cooking but steam greases dust and the occasional splash would still need cleaned.

I presume that the photo is a stock one from a catalogue/ show room and not your kitchen but why the bugger are there different tiles behind the hood and completely different styles and colours on the doors and drawers it's a right mixed bag !

kitchentileszz · 22/07/2026 07:44

Here it is with a splashback. I can’t get AI to change the tiles above the hood, but needless to say to say they’d all the the same.

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kitchentileszz · 22/07/2026 07:45

This is what I get if I ask AI to make it modern, but I hate this!

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Hideouslyhot · 22/07/2026 07:47

If you love them have them. If you find you hate them then you can change them again