NBR: flooring

[redfraggle]

What kind of flooring do you have in your kitchen/dining room?

What do you like about it?

What do you dislike about it?

Is it kid-friendly?

We have unattractive fake wood laminate that I was told was Pergo, but it is scratched and gouged and not holding up like I'm told Pergo does. The previous owner appears to have DIYed this flooring in the kitchen/dining area and into the living room which is open concept. I have a nice area rug to cover it in the living room, but I think I'd like to use our tax return to redo the kitchen/dining room. I want something durable but pretty. I'm looking for recommendations.

[legitsince86]

We have stone tile in our kitchen/dining area. I like it since my parents house had stickers over a cement floor. At least until we bought them tile and redid it for their anniversary a few years back.

Anyways, it's not that hard to clean. Wasn't that kid friendly when she first started walking. I was afraid of her cracking her head but now it's fine.

[Unknown]

What kind of flooring do you have in your kitchen/dining room? UGH, even reading this upsets me. We have carpet in our dining room and in our hallway into our kitchen is a white laminate (think high school cafeteria). This was the #1 thing we were going to do when we bought the house 5 years ago, but we started TTC and ended up doing updates that were more priorities for kids (i.e. privacy fence and finished game room for a playroom), DH has promised me we will hardwood this as our next (Spring) project.

What do you like about it? See above, it is the bane of my existence.

What do you dislike about it? Everything

Is it kid-friendly? Yes, because it is such shit that I hope my LO trashes it.

Basically I have no recommendations for you, but would love to hear others.

[salemkitty]

Jan 20, 2015 15:34:10 GMT -5 redfraggle said:

What kind of flooring do you have in your kitchen/dining room? Oak hardwoods with a medium stain

What do you like about it? They are pretty, original to the house, and we restored them. Our whole house has the same flooring except the bathroom

What do you dislike about it? DH is known to be "old maidish" (that's what his 80 year old mom said) about the floors

Is it kid-friendly? I would have said no, but now that LO is here, as much as anything else. I Vacuum, or mop with water and vinegar. Spills do need to be cleaned up. I don't worry about him falling as much as I do at my sisters house which is all tile. DH lets him use his push toys and motorized ATV in the house and it hasn't scratched them.


i watch a lot of HGTV and it seems that travertine tile is very popular, along with hardwoods.

[af1004]

We have a few different types of flooring. Tile, hard wood, and linoleum. The tile is easy to clean but I don't like how hard it is and cold. DH wanted it in the kitchen it I probably would have done hard wood at the time. Hard wood it's easy to keep clean (must sweep often if you have pets) can be sanded and refinished if/when needed. The linoleum we have it's in our up stairs bath and laundry room. We had another style picked out but when we went to pick it to that day (Lowe's) they had something new. It's kind of like a foam texture but looks like tile. If I can figure out how to attach a picture I'll post one. After seeing the linoleum, I'd probably choose it for way to clean, durable, and cheep.

[krose]

We recently renovated our kitchen/dining room, and we have gorgeous dark hardwood that I just had to have. It's beautiful, but everythinggggg shows up on it. Every drop of water, crumb, smudge, is super obvious. I prefer the look of dark hardwood over light, but if we ever have the choice again I'd go lighter to not have to deal with the headache of it looking messy all the time.

[princessvespa1]

In our previous house we had ceramic tile. It was nice and easy to clean, but man it was hard on the legs and feet if you were working for any length of time in the kitchen.

At our house now we have high end laminate that the builder put in. At first I was skeptical and thought it was a "cheap" way to finish but I really love how it looks like tile but is not hard or cold. Does that make sense?

[annarose]

We have hardwood everywhere except bathrooms (tile) and bedrooms ( carpet). We had it put in when we bought the house. I love that it is soooo pretty. I hate that H freaks anytime water hits it. This happens mostly in the kitchen area and he is getting better about it lol we put a rug down by the sink so we just have to get LO to stop throwing her sippy cup

I think with hardwood you have to watch the density of it if you have let's. Some scratch easier then other.

[RedDDD]

We also have hard wood throughout. I love it. It is a darker cherry so it does show dust and rug fuzz etc which is annoying but I bought one of those smaller dyson vacuums and it just whips around and in 20 minutes the entire main floor is vacuumed.

[sugarkissed]

What kind of flooring do you have in your kitchen/dining room? We have dark hardwood throughout our main floor.

What do you like about it? I love how I can always see what is on the floor vs. dirty carpet that hides all sorts of dust and allergens! It's also beautiful.

What do you dislike about it? I dislike how I have to vacuum or wash the floors daily to keep it looking clean.

Is it kid-friendly? I think that DH and I have done more damage than DD ever has. Occasionally she drops her toys and I'm sure there are a few dents from her, but overall it still looks almost new.

[salemkitty]

Jan 21, 2015 6:17:49 GMT -5 annarose said:

We have hardwood everywhere except bathrooms (tile) and bedrooms ( carpet). We had it put in when we bought the house. I love that it is soooo pretty. I hate that H freaks anytime water hits it. This happens mostly in the kitchen area and he is getting better about it lol we put a rug down by the sink so we just have to get LO to stop throwing her sippy cup

I think with hardwood you have to watch the density of it if you have let's. Some scratch easier then other.

Do we have the same DH?