Robert M wrote:
Black,

Is this for your own kitchen or for a rental? If it's for your own kitchen, choose flooring that makes you happy. If for a rental, go for cheap, maintenance free and durable. Here's my reasoning:

If it's for your own kitchen, you want something that will make you happy. You'll still want to take durability and maintenance into consideration but, depending on what you want, they may be less important than the happiness factor.

If this is fora rental, go cheap, durable and maintenance free. I'd go for a reasonably good quality porcelain tile. My reasoning is that porcelain is extremely durable, tile looks nice and, in my experience, requires minimal maintenance. It also won't get dented by furniture, won't get damaged by water leaks and individual tiles can be easily replaced on an as necessary basis.

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I have wood flooring in my kitchen. It's stunning and I love it. But, I'd never go for it again. It requires maintenance and i always worry about scratching and what would happen in the event the kitchen gets flood ed, i.e. broken dishwasher hose, leaky water line to fridge, etc. One flood and the floor is likely shot.

If I were doing a kitchen, I'd go for a high quality porcelain tile for the reasons I stated above. Done properly, it looks nice, is durable and is maintenance free. It doesn't get better than that. This is one of the reasons I'm very happy the new apartment my wife and I bought has very nice tile flooring in its kitchen.

Tile may not be the least expensive material and could prove a touch tough on the tootsies and a touch noisier when walking on it in comparison to other materials but I'm willing to accept that in favor of the good reasons for choosing it.

Robert

josntme wrote:
I did my kitchen, then the motorhome galley area, using Allure vinyl planking. Easiest flooring project I've ever done.

Catzilla wrote:
Did a laminate kitchen floor from a outlet store for a friend, very cheap and held up well until a water leak took it out.