I am redoing my kitchen..black appliances,vaulted ceiling, lots of light,hickory spice square cabinets..what do i put on the floors, my husband hates tile, and i have a 2 year old please make suggestions, im design challenged
Debbie Travis from the Painted House also re-did her kitchen. The flooring she and her husband chose was different however it turned out really nice. It's called Rolled Steel.
I have the a similar situation in my kitchen, I've decided to go to a cork floor. Check them out at Home Depot's Expo Design Center - they're as beautiful as wood floors with lots of design choices and they're very soft for a young one to crawl around on. They're sturdy too because I'll have 2 dogs running back and forth.
Posts: 1 | Location: Wisconsin | Registered: 22 March 2005
You might want to consider laminate- It now comes in many finishes such as tile or stone as well as many wood finishes. It looks great and holds up well, and a lot of it is now glueless and fairly easy to install yourself.
My wife and I remodeled our kitchen. We have a mix of cherry & white cabinates with Granite counters, and we put down prefinished maple flooring. It's fantastic, not too hard like tile, easy to clean, and very elegant. It's been a year and a half and alot of entertaining and it still looks great.
Originally posted by GER: You might want to consider laminate- It now comes in many finishes such as tile or stone as well as many wood finishes. It looks great and holds up well, and a lot of it is now glueless and fairly easy to install yourself.
I recommend cork. I've had it twice - once in England and again recently installed it in Virginia. Assure that you don't get a 'cork' floor that's mostly fiberboard. Solid 1/2" cork is probably not available anymore, but at least assure that the top layer (3/16+-) and bottom layer (usually 1/8") are cork. Cork is resilient, quiet, insulating and has a great appearance. It's also a renewable natural resource. Not cheap. Needs at least two coats of water-based polyurethane after laying as a floating floating floor.
We have recently had new floors in our remodeled kitchen/addition and used a newer product by Congoleum called DuraStone. It looks and somewhat feels like stone but is actually a vinyl product. Our contractor recommended DuraCeramic, but that product requires regrouting just like real ceramic would. So far (2 months) we are very happy with the results in the powder room, mud room, laundry room and kitchen.
My suggestion for a kitchen floor is a vinyl plank flooring that comes in strips just like wood laminate and is glued in place. There are many different styles and wood species to chhose from and since it is vinyl it is very easy to clean and unlike wood is completly waterproof. I personally do not recommend wood flooring in a kitchen, especially with children... Accidents happen..
Posts: 1 | Location: Woodworkers Rock | Registered: 28 March 2005
I had laminate in one house and would not recommend it. To hard to clean, it is hard to keep it shiney without streaking. I would use vinyl flooring. Armstron makes flooring that looks like tile, and I have some that looks like slate. Everyone that comes in my house thinks it is slate, but it isn't as hard a tile on your feet, I have 3 dogs and it holds up to them and is a cinch to keep clean
Laminate is very tacky in the Bay Area. You may as well get vinyl for the same glossiness. it looks so fake. I suggest bamboo which is environmentally correct AND very hard and durable. Go for vertical in the darker color. it will look greatr with your colors.
Posts: 1 | Location: Half Moon Bay, CA | Registered: 28 March 2005
Originally posted by robin: I had laminate in one house and would not recommend it. To hard to clean, it is hard to keep it shiney without streaking. I would use vinyl flooring. Armstron makes flooring that looks like tile, and I have some that looks like slate. Everyone that comes in my house thinks it is slate, but it isn't as hard a tile on your feet, I have 3 dogs and it holds up to them and is a cinch to keep clean
No one around here will install vinyl in a house... unless it is a basic-basic-basic house.
Kitchen, baths and laundry rooms are nearly always tile or wood laminate.
Building mod-homes is my passion!
Posts: 62 | Location: NWLa | Registered: 08 February 2005
I have heard of people putting the brown butcher block type paper down in the kithchen and dining room and they say it is really neat and looks good. supposedly you tear the paper in small pieces. put a glue down or a shallac, put paper down, then shallac again. does anybody know about doing this. i thought i might try it but did not know how to go about doing it. when it is done it looks like leather. it seems it would be easy to clean since there are probably a few layers of shallac on top.
my mother is redoing her kitchen and would like to put tile down. the house was built in 1927 here in west texas. it is pier and beam. there is linoleum in the kitchen and there is a very thick black tar under that. we have tried the boiling water technique, using a putty knife. does anybody have any suggestions. what about renting the industrial hair dryer(for lack of a better word), i don't know what it is called. any help would be appreciated.
No matter what the substructure of the floor currently is,(concrete or plywood or the like) With proper floor preporation, I would prefer using a natural, neutral stone colored, Textured Vinyl Foor product. This will bring the Colors of Cabinets, etc. together nicely, without drawing a lot of unnecessary attention whether it be positive or negitave, to a very afforadable, usuable, durable and most of all functuionable flooring solution. Jay
Hi, I think Brazilian Koa wood floors from Lumber Liquidators would look very nice. Very strong and durable, and people will be awestruck when they enter your kitchen...the color variation in the wood is fabulous!
Originally posted by Roger: My suggestion for a kitchen floor is a vinyl plank flooring that comes in strips just like wood laminate and is glued in place. .
any suggestions on where to buy it?? any ideas on typical costs? can I put it down over vinyl flooring? can I put it down directly over concrete?
My spouse refuses to let me get wooden floors or laminate for the kitchen/family area, for fear of water leaks...probably a smart thing!
