What kind of floor is in your kitchen/dining room? - Page 2

[ScotiaSky]

Dining room and all rooms in the house are hardwood.Kitchen is tile and bathrooms are linoleum.

Go with hardwood...tile gets dated after a while.Plus you have to grout it.It gets chipped and then what are you going to do.

We rent so there is nothing we can do about it but our kitchen tiles are pale pink.Even the counter tops are pink.

In fact whoever had the place had one time painted every wall pink. I know because when we removed the outlet/light covers to paint there was the pink hidden. The renters that lived here previous to us had everything a horrible beige even the ceiling.

Pink is not a color that ages well. I am sure in the 80's it looked quite hip but its not a classic look that ages well with the years and trends like hardwood does.

I've rented for 10 years and almost all our places had hardwood...some of the apartments/houses had the original 100 year old hardwood flooring and when its taken care of/restored it looks beautiful.

I am assuming that one can still buy new hardwood flooring in the old style but if you can you can try and find some from a place that is being torn down. Here its runs about 12.00 a Sq ft for the old stuff.

[annekevdbroek]

Hardwood in both the kitchen and dining room (and the whole rest of the house except bathrooms). I love it - it is much more forgiving than tile if you drop something or are standing for a long period of time. I've not had any problems with water damage. It cleans up very easily (easier than tile, IMHO).

I've had several kitchens with ceramic tile and I hate hate hate hate hate it.

[ASusan]

Something that no one has mentioned yet is that tile is VERY hard on your back (and legs) if you spend any time in the kitchen. Hardwood feels SO much better. I don't even like standing on it when we go to friends' houses for the evening, when we stand around the counter chatting in the kitchen. I get so achy. My friend's husband, who does most of the cooking and has a bad back, regrets that they put ceramic tile in their kitchen.

[crl]

We have hardwood in the dining room and cork in the kitchen. I love the cork! This is the second kitchen we've put it in and it is definitely my first choice for kitchen flooring. It is soft underfoot--so good for standing on for long periods of time and warm for people who go barefoot (compared to tile). I think it is pretty too!

[turtlewomyn]

we have tile in the kitchen and carpet (blech) in the living room and dining area (all one great room). We plan to change out the carpet, I would like to do bamboo but DH is leaning towards laminate (cheaper, dog claws won't hurt it, etc.)
In our last house our greatroom (which included kitchen, dining area and living room) had laminate/pergo floor. Very low maintenance and I liked it.

[alicia622]

We have very old vinyl flooring. I have been debating what to put down- Hardwood is out of our price range. I have looked at resilient vinyl plank flooring in faux wood. It looks better IMO than pergo although others who see it immediately think it will be a PITA to clean. I know someone with pergo that looks like ceramic tile- that's another option for us. I don't think I'd want ceramic without radiant heat

[liseux]

I have bamboo in the kitchen, living room & dining room & bathrooms on the main floor. We love it, but you do need to act quickly if there's a big spill--like with any floor except maybe tile or linoleum.
Bamboo comes in a million colors now and is usually the same price as the cheapest type of hardwood. If the bamboo is laid vertically, not horizontally--it can also be refinished easily--like hardwood. Horizontal bamboo can also be refinished, there is just less to work with.

[Marsupialmom]

If you go with wood go engineered in the kitchen. Like the other poster said over the years it is more stable. Also look into product installation specifications. Many will recommend silicon sealant for 8 foot from water source..........do it around the entire room! There will be a 1/4 gap around the room. A little silicon can save you tons. Also save your extras. The wood will fade but if you need repair you have something to repair with that will match up a lot easier.


One thing you also need to consider is what is on your floor now. If you have vinyl that is over 10 years old it has asbestos in it or the adhesive.

[~Katie~]

Wood laminate in the kitchen. Everywhere else we have oak wood flooring.

[stormborn]

We have hardwood in the kitchen and I love it. It's not in perfect condition; when we moved in it was 7 (!) layers of linoleum. There was some water staining already but we sanded it and used varathane (sp?) to refinish it so the stains arent too visible. Not to us anyway.

The dining room is carpet. Not a great idea but we don't eat in there much anyway.

[ChattyCat]

We have Pergo in the kitchen and dining room. The rest of the house is hardwood, except for the bathrooms, which are ceramic tile. I like the hardwood better than the Pergo, but it's not today's prefinished hardwood; it's 50 yo hardwood that's original to the house and was refinished last year. It has a lot of character and holds up great.

[Sugarwoman]

We have maple hardwood in our kitchen and nook. Carpet in our formal dinning room. I love having hardwoods! They are so warm and inviting. I sweep once a day and lightly mop once every 2 weeks.

[verde]

Hardwood in the dining room and Marmoleum in the kitchen.

[amnda527]

Whew! Thats more responses than I expected! I think we will go with the wood. When we first came to look at the house, almost 2 years ago, my first thought was ooh wood floors would look beautiful in here! And I've been waiting 2 years, so wood it is! Thanks!!

[Irishmommy]

We have ceramic right now, but when we replace the kitchen, hopefully next year, we are putting hardwood down.

[vm9799]

we have hardwood in our dining room and black/white vinyl tiles in our kitchen. however, when we do our big kitchen remodel, we are looking at slate (or slate looking ceramic tiles) with radiant floor heating underneath, or cork.

i'd actually LOVE to put in hardwood floors in the kitchen, but we have the original hardwood flooring throughout the entire house and would have a REALLY hard time making it match up.....our house is about 73 years old. and i think it looks odd when you have different hardwoods like that. but i think there's absolutely nothing more durable than hardwood....and it would be pretty fabulous in a kitchen!