Mostly I have seen it to have seen it with cheaper floating options and even in the bathrooms to have a seemless consistancy throughout a condo. Never seen it done in a house.
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Same people install white or cream carpets just before they decide to have kids or a party.
IMO the best flooring for kitchens is cork or real linoleum (not vinyl).
I have stained concrete and i love it. Spill or pets = spray it and wipe it up. Scrapes= reminders of the people we've had over, the chairs we've dragged up to the kitchen table, and the dancing in the living room. I also have soapstone counters because i like to see the scraped circles and remember bottles of wine and whiskey that we've shared. I'll be sad when we sell it. If they want new counters, I'll buy the old ones from them.
Sealed concrete and terrazzo are good choices too, but IMO aren't the best because the slightly softer surfaces of linoleum and cork might save you from dropped dishes or cookware shattering or denting, if you're lucky.
We're about to move into a different house and will have to replace all flooring after foundation repairs. I would go with linoleum but i don't think i can convince my husband that it's not the same as vinyl. Also, i don't want any height changes so I'm not sure what floorings i can put in the kitchen and living that are level.
I would go with linoleum but i donβt think i can convince my husband that itβs not the same as vinyl.
"Vinyl is bad because it's made of petroleum, whereas real linoleum is made of plants and is therefore more eco-friendly" isn't sufficient?
(I have to admit, the other advantages of linoleum over vinyl are... not much.)
Linoleum is also antibacterial, which is a good property for a kitchen floor.
I don't think so. He'll say it still looks like old rolled out vinyl.
When I bought my house it had 2 layers of carpet in the kitchen. I replaced it with hardwood because I didn't want to stain the carpet.
Carpet in the kitchen is almost as nasty as fur on your fridge.
I have never seen a wooden floor in a kitchen, where do you live? May as well use a carpet floor lol
Hey, it's better than carpet.
Though I do get your point, ceramic tile is probably best, but to each their own π€·ββοΈ
Yeah, but drop a pot on hardwood you might get a scuff or dent, while dropping a pot on tile might crack or shatter the tile.
You make a good point π
We happen to have that cheap lick and stick tile stuff. Came with the apartment. π€·ββοΈ
Peacocking.