Help! My husband and I just purchased a small older home. The house has a side entrance. When you walk into the side entrance there is a small landing with about 8 steps going down into the basement and about 4 steps going up into the kitchen. We are planning to tile the kitchen floors. Our contractor is opposed to tiling the stairs, as he says it will be very labor intensive and cost a great deal of money for such a small space. Does anyone have any low budget suggestion for what type of flooring to use in the small started entry way?? Pictures would be greatly appreciated.