Kitchen Flooring

12 years ago

Currently we have a family room which is right next to the kitchen. We have a hardwood floor there and thought about putting hardwood in the kitchen. However, now my husband is rethinking this since other people say you shouldn't due to possible water leaking at some point. Suggestions?

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Kimberlie Randlett-Hoffmann

12 years ago

We're working on a kitchen renovation right now and are using the wood tile from the front foyer, kitchen and eating area - the sunken living room is red oak - she went with a deeper color on the tile to give contrast. My suggestion would be to take a piece of Oak Gun Stock and see what complements it. If you can take a sample of your cabinet color with you that would be helpful. Run the tile opposite the hardwood - you wouldn't want to look like your trying to match real with imitation.

Now that I've said that I will also say I put real hardwood in kitchens all the time. Regular usage will not damage the hardwood floors - it's when you have a water leak issue that you're really in trouble - and lets face it, if you have a leak it's going to be more than just your floors that are in trouble!

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Bungalow 56
12 years ago
A great option is to use a tile that looks like wood. They have the same texture and colors of wood but has the durability of tile.

Here is a project that we used a porcelain floor throughout the whole home that mimics wood.

http://www.houzz.com/projects/215789/Coronado-Shores-Remodel
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Merry Smith
Original Author
12 years ago
We currently have a gun stock oak flooring in family room. So what color do you suggest, the one pictured? Thank you so much!
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Oak & Broad
12 years ago
This question comes up weekly on Houzz. It often includes a poll. Wood flooring always wins in the kitchen. All of our clients use wood in their kitchens to maintain the flow of the flooring throughout the home.
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Cancork Floor Inc.
12 years ago
Agree with KR and Oak & Broad. Wood in kitches works and works well. It handles surface spills just fine. The "issues" come with larger plumbing problems (please make sure the dishwasher is properly installed and the drainage hose is placed properly...this seems to be the biggest problem after a renovation).
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Bungalow 56
12 years ago
This is the exact tile we used. The cottonwood would be the most similar to the oak look.

http://www.eleganzatiles.com/catalog/product/view/id/841/s/patina-cottonwood-8x48/category/3/
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Merry Smith
Original Author
12 years ago
last modified: 12 years ago
Love it..thank you. So if we choose this we will run it the opposite way. My husband is definitely against the hardwood, so love this option.
Merry Smith
Original Author
12 years ago
Appreciate all of the feedback, but have an additional question. Not only do we have gun stock oak in the family room, right next to the kitchen, we have a different flooring in the laundry/mudroom. So my questions is, if I do tile, will bringing in a color from the mudroom, as well as a bit of an oak color be ok. Don't want it to look bad with 3 different floors, but the mudroom really can't be redone due to issues. Thank you so much!
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Kimberlie Randlett-Hoffmann
12 years ago
Merry - love your name by the way! Go to the tile store and bring home samples - lay them down next to the two floors and see which one you like. No matter how many opinions you receive here it still boils down to what you like and what will make you happy! You're correct it not wanting too many different floors right next to each other and tile gets discontinued all the time. (which is why I wish your husband would consider the gun stock in the kitchen - but that's neither here nor there - don't want to be the cause of a family dispute :)