Kitchen design splashback tiles

[Brendan]

I wanted to go for a reproduction battleaxe above the fireplace but the missus exercised a veto.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

A painting of your wife is a charming touch.

[Alan Dale]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> A painting of your wife is a charming touch.

You clearly haven't met her.

Maybe I can get a bar scene in a goldfish tank like the one that used to hang in Schmollensky's on the Strand...

[*Bob*]

Can you still get 'Athena' posters?

The one with that tennis player scratching her arse is a classic.

[*Bob*]

Alan Dale Wrote:

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> What does one hang above a fireplace these days?

Anything except a flat-screen telly.

[Alan Dale]

Agreed about the flat screen faux pas.

I reckon you should make every effort to keep your lounge telly in some sort of cupboard and never admit to watching it.

Apparently anything over 32" means you are a towny. Heard that?

[*Bob*]

Those funny cabinets that hide the shame of your television crack me up. Especially if there are fake 'books' on shelves around it with VHS cassettes inside.

When two friends of mine got married - they were so much in love that "they didn't have a television". Anyway, that was a few years ago.. they've got a 40 incher now.

[Alan Dale]

I reckon you can go over 32" but only if you've got a room dedicated to film. Ideally in a loft or basement and with a projector, recliners and some expensive memorabilia.

As for hiding it in a cupboard I think that if you can do it discreetly then that should be encouraged.

Not housing it is like leaving your hoover out. Ours is currently unhoused but that will be addressed in the fullness of time.

[*Bob*]

Can I suggest one of these?

They cunningly combine the very worst in fireplace design with the laugh-out-loud awfulness of a pop-up TV.

http://www.picturehousecabinets.com/

[Alan Dale]

What do you think of Ercol furniture? My girlfriend is all over it on eBay at the moment but I'm not going to drive to Wales to pick up a coffee table..

[lozzyloz]

Nice. If you smoke a pipe and wear hush puppy slippers

[Alan Dale]

You have met her!

[*Bob*]

Re Ercol.. I'm not a fan of the style myself (I find it a bit too 'country kitchen' but the old stuff is appreciating in value as there are people who are fans. I've seen Ercol high-backed chairs on sale in London for a few hundred quid a pop.

As with most things.. if you like it.. buy it and enjoy it.

[*Bob*]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> As with most things*.. if you like it.. buy it and

> enjoy it.

*Possibly with the exception of crack cocaine. And G-Plan furniture.

[Guest]

If you are looking for heat sinker material as granite.. then why don't you looking for Ceramic tiles design or include this tile in your kitchent tiles design? It is also used for mostly heat sinking purpose in kitchen.

[Guest]

Use Ceramic Tile for your Kitchent tiles design. It is very cool includes heat sink properties and avaialable in various cool color.

[Annette Curtain]

Jasmine.

Is English your first language?

I think you need to go back to bed.

Nette(?)

[david_carnell]

I should delete those two posts as spam but for the enjoyment of allowing me to re-read Alan and Bob swapping home decor tips I'm letting them stay.

See people - this is the nostalgia us old timers talk about.

Alan and Bob - the Ann Ryder-Richardson and Handy-Andy of the forum.

[katie1997]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> I should delete those two posts as spam but for

> the enjoyment of allowing me to re-read Alan and

> Bob swapping home decor tips I'm letting them

> stay.

>

> See people - this is the nostalgia us old timers

> talk about.

>

> Alan and Bob - the Ann Ryder-Richardson and

> Handy-Andy of the forum.

Priceless. I see what you mean (tu)

In that case, may I revive the piano for sale thread from the same great vintage, 2007.

(Btw, I've decided against buying a piano but I'm fine and dandy for kitchen tiles.)

[Sue]

Katie, thanks so much for that piano thread, I haven't laughed so much for ages :))

:)-D