I love my wood kitchen floor. I have 2 dogs, 2 cats and a kidlet that thinks the dogs pulling him on his tonka truck is fun thing to do while I cook. We have water, mud, spills, dirt and more dirt. It is the central path for getting "stuff" in and out of the house.

It requires little care other then vacuuming and damp mopping. It is a real wood floor 3/4" thick not a veneer on a substrate. It is shellac oil finished and not polyurathaned that means the color and finish go through the wood not a plastic coating on top. You can actually feel the grain on the wood.

It is warm in the winter and gets waxed a few times a year. As long as water does not sit on it a stupid amount of time - say overnight - it's fine. Since the finish is not glossy plastic it does not show scratches. Any problems that occur from disasters are fixable such as a gouge from moving an appliance.

My house was built in 1905. This floor was put down at that time. It has a few quirks from appliances and doors being moved over the years but is otherwise in great shape.

lucidos .....ether ...Binod ...
Lives in your kitchen ..
Or has copied your style !!!
I just love wooden floors ..

And if they are a little beaten up ..who cares !!!

That's part of the character and charm
If you were over a 100 years old as our cottage is ....
Guess you'd be a little beaten up ...

We have two dogs ..(no cats sadly anymore)
Grandkids No Tonka Toys ...
Open house ...friends needing tooo chat over a cup of tea
An old hoover ...along with an old man ...
A mop that needs replacing
Along with a scrubbing brush I never use ..
And they still look good

Wood floors are terrible in a kitchen. I install them all the time and preface it with the same lecture that I give for marble counters in a kitchen- wood is just not a material designed for the constant abuse in a kitchen. That said, I have marble counters and hardwood floors in my kitchen and I would not change it. Being educated about the downsides is key.

Ditto! Love hardwood floors and Marble counters. Put a rug in the kitchen prep area to keep floors preserved, the area where you stand the most. I use a good wood floor cleaner and damp mop. The floors keep up well,unless you opt for a very dark stained floor that would need more maintenance.

Love hardwood in the kitchen. I even wish I had it in the master bath!!

I adore hardwood floors in my kitchen. I used rubio monocoat and they are holding up extremely well. No water stains, no evidence of traffic, no mess around my dog food bowl. Dreamy and so much easier to clean than other kinds of surfaces.

because of water damage this winter, my hubby and replaced our red oak kitchen floor with a white oak quarter sawn kitchen floor. we did it ourselves. the qs oak is 3/4 inch thick, tongue and groove. we sanded it, stained and poly'ed it. just like our old floor. the old floor lasted many years through dogs, tons of cooking, main thoroughfare house traffic from the garden, etc. it held up well to spilled water, but, as some here caution, dont let water sit for any long time on the floor. i LOVE the wood kitchen floor....its warm, highly attractive and quite durable. everyone who walked in comments on the floor!

I guess that's a "No". Everyone here loves their hardwood kitchen floors. A word of advice: be prepared for some "character" (scratches and dents) to occur AND be OK with them! If you demand/expect 25 years of perfection you will be disappointed. If you expect 100 years of loyal service with occasional (every 10 - 25 years) yet serious maintenance (buff and coat or sand/refinish) you will do very well with hardwood.

If you must have perfection: procelain tile...but expect occasional breakage to upset the perfection (replacing tile often brings in colour differences). Even polished concrete has "issues" with scratches, etc.

Hardwood can work in the kitchen - but it is a risky choice due to both surface issues as well as if you ever have any plumbing issues ( leaking fridge, sink overflows, dishwasher leaks ) the wood will in most cases buckle within 72 hours and have to be replaced - and be near impossible to match correctly with the rest of the room which can mean a very expensive repair.

Porcelain tile by the way is available in wood finish that looks near identical to hardwood but is far more durable. Most quality flooring stores are starting to carry this type of product and it is rather beautiful. Here is an example of a wood finish floor tile Agate Tile

Here is the Italian website http://www.ricchetti.it/collezioni/barriques/

This is a line called Barriques from the Italian manufacturer Ricchetti - but is only a small sample of the many new variations on the market.

Darren

Payless Flooring / Edmonton

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