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Changing 90’s beige tile kitchen floor

5 years ago

I did the whole downstairs and main floor dining room in a darker vinyl plank. Now that I’ve realized I should have kept going into the kitchen, the floor has been discontinued and I have contacted company headquarters trying to locate any of it with no luck. The honey oak cupboards will be change (probably to white or slightly off) I’m struggling with floor colour and ceramic or vinyl. Open to suggestions. Thx

Comments (8)

  • 5 years ago

    This is the floor that I want to change

  • 5 years ago

    Well, definitely not vinyl next to vinyl. Another ceramic would make the most sense.

  • 5 years ago

    I apologize. I meant to say vinyl tiles as opposed to planks

  • 5 years ago

    Sure. That would be fine.

  • 5 years ago

    The tile floor doesn’t look terrible to me. I’d choose another tile if you need to change the color.

  • 5 years ago

    The ceramic tile floor is over twenty years old and there is not a mark or chip in the tile or grout. I think it will definitely be ceramic again. Thx. Now the colour🙄

  • 5 years ago

    I highly recommend figuring out the ENTIRE look of the kitchen before you touch this functional floor. I know you are feeling fidgety about changing 'something' in the kitchen but haven't decided on what or where or how...so the flooring seems the easiest thing to 'change.


    Remember: floors are done LAST.


    Which means your kitchen refresh *should go FIRST. You haven't decided on the 'type' of white cabinets. Which means you do NOT want to change the floors...because it could lead you into a 'colour trap'. If you switch them out today...what happens tomorrow when you find the PERFECT colour for the cabinets (because it goes PERFECTLY with your favourite counters and the backsplash you want) CLASHES with the tones in your floor?


    Oh dear. Now you have to continue searching OR remove the floors and do them again. Sigh...what a waste of time.


    Please take 2 weeks to plan your kitchen colour scheme. The COLOURS are what binds a space together. The materials are of little consequence (don't bash me...it's true) but the COLOURS are SUPER important.


    I would suggest you do some research into the cabinet finishes available in your area. Get a colour swatch from the painters (or purchase a finished drawer face, etc). Now take that shopping to find options for counter tops AND flooring. Pick out 2-3 counters that would work for you (and your cabinets). Purchase slices of the stones for future reference. Now go tile shopping. You will have all three samples with you in a basket or a bag. You will pick up 2-3 FLOOR tile samples that will work with your choices. Purchase the samples if you have to. Then purchase 2-3 backsplash samples as well.


    Excellent. Take them home and look at ALL of them in your lighting. Move them around during the day. You want to see all samples in all 5 lighting situations.


    Each time the light changes, one of your samples will show it's ugly side (maybe too pink...maybe too yellow, or too blue, or too green). Excellent! Put it in a drawer and keep looking at the samples. Keep kicking samples to the curb. Eventually you will be down to 2 floor options and two counter top options and maybe 1 backsplash option.


    Exactly where you want to be! Now you go ahead and figure out WHICH floor you can purchase RIGHT NOW rather than waiting. The one you purchase is what drives the counters and the backsplash.


    Whew! Good work. In two weeks you have FINALIZED your kitchen refresh without doing a darn thing.


    Remember: floors go in LAST.

  • 5 years ago

    Lots of sage advice. Thx