Those beautiful green tiles in the kitchen have been doing my head in since day dot.
Yesterday I decided I couldn't stand having the Morning Fresh and Chux on display anymore so went on a nesting spree and put everything into baskets under the sink.
I was left with these green nightmare tiles.
Then I had an idea, maybe, just maybe, some plants would make the tiles look slightly better.
I'm still not convinced it's worked entirely but it's a start, ripping out the tiles is an option but I honestly can't be bothered for now.
I planted herbs in the grey planter boxes and the succulents have stayed in their little black containers.
There were no small planter boxes at Bunnings for the succulents and I wanted to break up the grey so settled for wrapping twine around the boxes.
Some Tips
1. I realised later that there are 2 smooth edges on the succulent boxes and 2 indented edges. If you face the smooth edge out it looks better.
2. I used normal twine from Bunnings ($5 for 100 mts) and just stuck the end down with cello tape, (face the cello tape side to the back) then started wrapping. It was fiddly at first especially with my numb fingers but it didn't take long to do at all.
3. Use Dynamo fertiliser in the blue and white bag to top up the planter boxes, that's what one of the nursery ladies recommended to me.
4. Ask the nursery people if it's ok to plant your herbs together. So, if you want to plant basil with mint ask first, some herbs don't go together and some herbs 'take over'.
What designing-disguising ideas do you have/have you executed?
Any tips for growing herbs in doors?
Do you guys think I should re do the grouting in black?!
Oh my gosh! Green envy - not for the tiles but the plants! Love the twine - I thought they came like this, very crafty! My only tip for indoor herbs is to still check them for bugs. Most of my indoor herbs have been eaten by caterpillars.
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Oh my god!!!
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I don't want them inside, I will DIE if there are caterpillars inside!!!!
I'm strictly a bug free gardener haahahahahaa
The less legs there are on a bug the more threatening they are to me ahahahahahahaah
Bebe is due very, very soon... 7 weeks!!!!
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I love the twine!! I am going to copy you when I get plants!!!!
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I LOVE your green tiles..really! But yepper, I think they'd look good in black grout. I love your windowsill - so relaxing.
ReplyDeleteI do not like them at all.. but I think I could semi like them if there was black grouting... off to Bunnings to get some today!!!
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They look gorgeous! Love the twine idea too
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Looks gorgeous. I think it is an improvement on the green tiles. (but could you imagine marble tiles there with the green of the plants HEAVEN.!!) Never mind!
ReplyDeleteThe twine works with the green tiles.
At least the tiles aren't red!
I think the grouting should be white or a light grey.
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I really, really want to put subway tiles there (white + black grouting) but it's such a huge job... I can't be bothered.... it's a toss up between white and black grouting the problem with white is it gets dirty SO quick and it is a kitchen... at least black disguises it a little!
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SO much better than chux & detergent. I'm so not great with things like this. But bravo on the twine job - major makeover. Wish I could offer insight into tiles & herbs, lovely. I'll just read others comments :)
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SO much better than chux and Morning Fresh, they should be used but not seen!
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I have hideous fish feature tiles in our bathroom. I disguised them by covering them with contact paper - it's blue with polka dots. I cut the contact paper to size so the grout still shows through. You can't even tell it's contact paper! Tempporary solution! I could not live with the fish a moment longer!
ReplyDeleteI am the master of disguise at our place - so many things I want to fix long term.
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DeleteThat's a good idea, I can imagine they drove you as mad as the green ones drive me mad... oh my god does that even make sense hahaahahaha
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You are so creative. Your kitchen looks artistic & a bit grunge (in a good way) It's a nice change to everything sterile/white white overload.
ReplyDeleteI can't do white on white... I'm too messy for that!!
DeleteOur house is very eclectic so white everywhere won't work.
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that turned up a treat! love the skull and aesop with the green, makes the tiles passable(aesop packaging makes anything look better)
ReplyDeleteI said to Hamish last night that the hand wash made it all tie together, now I want to put a hand cream there too.
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What happened to the coriander I saw u got on Instagram? Good tips I can't wait to grow some herbs when we move!
ReplyDeleteoh, it's there!!! I planted 4 of them because we use it so much!!!!
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I like the green tiles!! My kitchen is white and boooooring.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooo they are so dated... nononononno
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You can buy tile paint from bunnings and paint the green away. I did this with some floral tiles that hurt my eyes in my previous house. It lasted a good 5 years until we replaced the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteThose plants look fantastic
Oh you poor thing, floral tiles!!!
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That would drive me bananas!!!
Thankfully we're getting a tiler in so I don't need to worry at all.
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This looks great - fantastic idea with the twine and I love Aesop but it is so expensive sadly
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DeleteI didn't want ugly black plastic pots, the twine saved the day!!
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This looks really awesome hun, love it, espesh the twine-wrapped herb planters. I have to get cracking filling the herb planters I have on my balcony, 'tis planting time! x
ReplyDeleteIt's so lovely having a magic garden in the kitchen to look at, it makes everything so fresh.
DeleteIt certainly is planting time!
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You can buy tile paint and grout pens if you want to go over the top! White tile paint black grout pen would look great!
ReplyDeleteI'm getting a tiler to do it, thank GAWD!
DeleteI would have been a mess if I did it.
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My aunt had tiles in various shades of brown her kitchen, which can look nice but this did not. She got some type of primer that allowed you to paint over the tiles. It looked good when she was finished...you couldn't tell that they'd been painted but she is rather crafty. I quite like the green though, the twine planters look good. I'd have used a hot glue gun to stick the twine but I am in love with my glue gun.
ReplyDeleteI have got a solution, we are getting the tiles done :) :) :)
DeleteI would have used glue to secure the twine too but I don't have a hot glue gun, didn't have glue and couldn't be bothered going out for a 3rd time that day to get those things haahahahahaha
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Oh are you getting rid of the green tiles? I actually think they look great, especially with the plants... but then, I am partial to green. My husband and I can't go back to supermarket handwash after using that Aesop one - it's so nice!
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