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Writing about bathroom sinks reminded me about the current trend in kitchen floors.
People want stone, tile, or a stained waxed cement floor in the kitchen (which is more visually attractive than it sounds). That's what's "in".
Duh? Why?
People in the kitchen are standing 90%+ of the time. One rarely sits in the work areas in the kitchen. You're on your feet. Also, fragile things get dropped. So why on earth would you want a rock-hard floor?
So many of the big box stores have polished cement floors, and I actually suffer if I have to wander around them too long. I go in with a list and go directly to what I want by the most direct route, and get out. They might sell a lot more casual purchases if the floors were kinder.
A proper floor for the kitchen is resilient. It has some amount of gentle give. Like poly-sealed wood, or a resilient tile or sheet goods over wood. Those industrial-looking rubber tiles are a good idea for the feet, legs, and back, but the raised plug surface texture they all have makes them a bit hard to clean. (And why do they seem to come only in gray?)
In the '70s there was a brief spate of carpeted kitchen floors. That didn't last long for obvious reasons. What were designers thinking?
The kitchen floor in the new house is matte ceramic tile. I don't like it. It's hard and cold and unforgiving.
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2 comments:
When I had the bathroom renovated, I bought some great vinyl tile that looks like stone. It has a lot of give in it, easy to clean, no grout, etc.
Yeah, If you don't like the kitchen floor in the new house is matte ceramic tile you have another option with Cork tiles for kitchen floor
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