I love my ceramic tile kitchen floors. When we had them installed, it turned out we had 3 layers of vinyl/linoleum/vinyl, so they were able to install the tile over the bottom two layers, and it keeps the floors from feeling cold in the winter. But it's true if you drop something breakable, it's gonna shatter all over.
amorcitos
August 03, 2007
Get girls instead. ;)
Lorie09
August 03, 2007
I live in a house built in 1882 that has the original hardwood floors in the kitchen. They are extremely durable. With ceramic if someone drops something heavy it can crack the tile. The grout can stain. If the house settles the tile will crack. It's no softer under your feet than hardwoods either. I would go with hardwoods. It will last forever.
bruno
August 03, 2007
I don't have it myself, but my mom recently stripped off her linoleum floors and refinished the hardwood in the kitchen. It's great! Easy to clean and very resilient. Keep in mind, though, she doesn't have little kids around to spill all the time. Good luck!
DIY Maven
August 03, 2007
This is a very good question! Having had two houses with all wood floors--except in the kitchens, I'll say that there is NOTHING like wood floors. However, I don't think I'd have one in a kitchen--not just because of traffic but because of the wet conditons, spills etc. On the other hand, I wouldn't have ceramic either (too unforgiving if you drop something breakable on it; unless you have radiant heat up here in MN it's too cold; and it's hard on the feet too if you stand a lot, which is inevitable in a kitchen.) I think the next time this decision has to be made for us it'll be cork or old time linoleum--that 1940's-50's stuff. It wears like iron and it has a timeless quality about it. Also, it's available in just about any color you can imagine.
cassandraj
amorcitos
Lorie09
bruno
DIY Maven
This is a very good question! Having had two houses with all wood floors--except in the kitchens, I'll say that there is NOTHING like wood floors. However, I don't think I'd have one in a kitchen--not just because of traffic but because of the wet conditons, spills etc. On the other hand, I wouldn't have ceramic either (too unforgiving if you drop something breakable on it; unless you have radiant heat up here in MN it's too cold; and it's hard on the feet too if you stand a lot, which is inevitable in a kitchen.) I think the next time this decision has to be made for us it'll be cork or old time linoleum--that 1940's-50's stuff. It wears like iron and it has a timeless quality about it. Also, it's available in just about any color you can imagine.
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