Choosing Kitchen Floors
If you’re redoing your kitchen, or even trying to do a modest makeover, you’ll quickly discover there are very many decisions that need to be made. In this series, we’re guiding you through some of the options and decisions you’ll need to make with brief explanations to help you discern what works best for your vision and your lifestyle. In this blog post, we’re covering some of the most popular flooring styles found in kitchens.
Wood Floors
Wood floors are invariably some of the most common types of flooring in kitchens in our current moment, helped by the prevalence of engineered and LVP wood-look flooring. They fit in most styles of home from country cottages to apartments, and can look timeless or hyper modern depending on the materials and choice of layout.
When choosing wood, there are a few different things to consider: width of plank, wood choice (cherry, okay, walnut etc.), layout or arrangement of planks, and finish or paint choice to enhance the look and feel of the wood.
Stone Floors
Stone floors typically lend themselves to a more rustic, cottage or countryside feel. These are common in mountain homes and country kitchens, in part due to their durability and longevity.
These can be arranged haphazardly with stone pieces of different sizes, as stone tiles, or in complex patterns.
Concrete Floors
Poured concrete floors are a decidedly modern approach to kitchen flooring. Simple and one tone - these floors can work in almost any type of kitchen, and can either blend into the background or become a main event. Even in traditional kitchens concrete flooring can work beautifully well if the other elements are well chosen. Terrazzo flooring is another beautiful option (not shown here), which is decidedly modern and can add a touch of laid back cool.
Picking a kitchen floor can be a complex decision-making process with many different factors to consider. What kind of foot traffic will their be? How is the room accessed? Is durability more important than fashion? What flooring type suits the house best?
Don’t limit yourself to the most common options, do your research to find the material that works for your home style, your budget, and your needs
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