On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:56:50 +0000, Tim W wrote:
mogga
wibbled on Tuesday 27 October 2009 10:28
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:53:41 +0000, Tim W wrote:
mogga
wibbled on Tuesday 27 October 2009 09:38
What options are there for decorating the kitchen?
Most of the kitchen wallpapers I've seen are too gross for words (tea
pots!!) - but not-perfect walls need covering up and tiling is too
dear for huge walls.
Doesn't have to be (without knowing what "huge" means):
It's a floor to ceiling stretch of wall maybe 8-9ft long -
So about 8m2 including 10% tile wasteage, so that's 32 quid's worth of
tiles, 2 tubs of BAL Greenstar (£19) and some grout (£20 at worst). A
So those 15cm square white tiles ... at tops tiles... (Ahh just
spotted the link below)
I'd not considered them but it's certainly an option I spose. Ta. :-)
I will go and ask Mr Mogga what he thinks of the idea
decent can of Dulux Endurance is £20. So the tiling option is £51 more.
Take out the lining paper and adhesive if you do use those and you're left
with the question:
Are the admittedly very cheap white tiles above going to look better or
worse than painted lining paper or painted walls?
They've be easier to clean for sure.
I have no idea what your budget is, but tiling doesn't have to be stupidly
expensive. It gets expensive if you go for uber fancy tiles and pay someone
to do it for you.
it's got a
radiator on it too.
Tile round it, or if the valves at both ends work, take it off - no need to
drain the whole system, just the rad.
http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod274...Wall-Tile.html
Sometimes you can get good deals on clearance batches.
Is it just a case of buy the least offensive kitchen stuff, or will
lining or blown vinyl wallpaper last if it's painted with kitchen
paint?
Are the walls so bad that using a matt paint wouldn't subdue any
imperfections? It's surprising how a crap wall can be quite passable with
a good matt paint.
Something like Dulux Tough Matt Kitchen Paint Cookie Dough ?
(Why do I like paints that are the colour of new plaster?)
I wasn't very impressed with the Dulux Bathroom paint. The end result is
good, but the coverage was awful. If the kitchen paint is that bad, I'd go
for Endurance. I've found the coverage to be excellent (2 coats max
guaranteed).
Endurance has lots of nice colours too - cool!
If not, I might go for lining paper fixed with a good glue (sorry can't
advise - but something that's not going to fall off with a bit of cold
water vapour) and paint that.
OK. I think lining paper is probably the cheapest & easiest option.
It will be quicker than tiling. Tiling walls isn't remotely hard, but it can
be time consuming for smaller tiles.
I know it's just whether mr mogga will trust me to do it.
(there's
plenty of other jobs for him to be doing already ... he did let me put
a couple of tiles on in the bathroom here the other year, and didn't
remove them the minute I left the room )
Cheers
Tim
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