how would you cover a tiled wall?

[nageov3t]

I can post pictures later tonight, but the kitchen walls in my new apartment are tiled... like a tiled bathroom wall. kinda like:

except that it's every single wall in the kitchen (not just above the counters as a backsplash). it covers the bottom half of each wall and is avocado green. lol.

tearing it out isn't really an option (no time or money and it might be going above and beyond what the owner might allow me to get away with), but there's got to be some means of covering it, right?

 

[Sea Moose]

Fap on it.

 

[Colt45]

leave it there? tile is poan.

 

[sdifox]

take them out?

 

[nageov3t]

take them out?

it's been there since at least the 50's and I'm assuming that they're adhered to the wall with some crazy nuclear chemical that's no longer legal and will completely crater the walls like Trident's face if I attempt to pry the tiles off.

having to replace the walls entirely is not a road I want to venture down.

 

[BoomerD]

You basically have two choices...rip them out and redo the walls...or paint them. (which usually ends up looking like shit) OR, since it's an apartment that you don't own...live with it.

 

[sdifox]

wait, you are renting? Don't do anything.

 

[cherrytwist]

edit: I've never seen...such...bright red tiles before.

Dying to know how great it looks with the avocado walls...

Looks like the apartment owner was hoping to rent to someone who was colorblind.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You might try cork, leather or, stainless tiles. They come in 12" x 12" and are pretty easy to work with but, you're still left with the problem of removal if the owner doesn't like them. They can be installed over the existing tile.

 

[IronWing]

Avocado green? Paint the grout tomato red. It will look divine.

 

[nageov3t]

wait, you are renting? Don't do anything.

renting from a family member and paying reduced rent in exchange for fixing the place up while I'm living there (and also saving money to potentially buy the entire house from said family member).

I could rip the walls out if I really wanted to, but likely can't afford it at the moment (after paying for painters, new appliances, movers, and redoing the kitchen/bathroom floors) and I need a construction break once I'm done putting in new counters and a new sink in the kitchen.

 

[sdifox]

renting from a family member and paying reduced rent in exchange for fixing the place up while I'm living there (and also saving money to potentially buy the entire house from said family member).

I could rip the walls out if I really wanted to, but likely can't afford it at the moment (after paying for painters, new appliances, movers, and redoing the kitchen/bathroom floors) and I need a construction break once I'm done putting in new counters and a new sink in the kitchen.

so live with it.

I have wallpaper in my kitchen. I have lived with it for 8 years

 

[Sea Moose]

pointless thread has no point

 

[BoomerD]

pointless thread has no point

Kinda like your "Australian politics" thread?

 

[geno]

paint it (warning, this will look like ass)

Or, I know you don't want to rip the tile out, but rip it out and just throw some sheetrock over it, mud / paint it. It won't be expensive at all, that's for sure.

 

[IronWing]

Kinda like your "Australian politics" thread?

Australian politics is very important. They carefully, thoughtfully select a leader who then immediately sells out the Australian national interest for a photo op with an American President.

 

[BoomerD]

Australian politics is very important. They carefully, thoughtfully select a leader who then immediately sells out the Australian national interest for a photo op with an American President.

:biggrin:

 

[allisolm]

http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/projects/beadboard_paneling_0110.aspx

There they covered tile half-walls with pine paneling. Something along those lines might be a solution.

 

[dullard]

Wouldn't a $6 bucket of drywall mud and a $20 can of paint do the trick? I've mudded over a tile before and it stuck quite well. I suppose you might want to scratch them first if they are very slick.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Reading between the lines, I think the OP is looking for something that can be done for free preferably from his armchair.

 

[nageov3t]

Reading between the lines, I think the OP is looking for something that can be done for free preferably from his armchair.

not really... more like something that can be done by a person who isn't much of a DIY'er, doesn't have a lot of time to invest at the moment, and can't afford to hire someone.

the tile sheets recommended earlier in the thread are probably something I'm going to check out, though, even if only for the backsplash area (all the ones I've seen online at least seem to be metallic... I can't quite picture a kitchen with 4' of metallic tiling all around it).

 

[sdifox]

not really... more like something that can be done by a person who isn't much of a DIY'er, doesn't have a lot of time to invest at the moment, and can't afford to hire someone.

the tile sheets recommended earlier in the thread are probably something I'm going to check out, though, even if only for the backsplash area (all the ones I've seen online at least seem to be metallic... I can't quite picture a kitchen with 4' of metallic tiling all around it).

wall tiling is a lot harder than floor tiling. Why not cover it with wood plank?

 

[0roo0roo]

wall tiling is a lot harder than floor tiling. Why not cover it with wood plank?

thats going from bad to worse.

 

[sdifox]

thats going from bad to worse.

not really. I don't mean just grab wood planks and nail it to the wall.

Jointed wood panels like this

Stain and seal it and mount with the joints going sideways. Obviously you want to find longer ones. I have seen 8' ones.