NFRC: Finally got DH to agree to a new floor in the kitchen. Now I have to decide what I want.

I agree with everything that's been said about tile. annnd, if you're in a cool climate it's

very cold to walk on, from fall through to late spring.

we're going with a hardwood floor in the kitchen. check this out Cyndi, the prices are just great and it's delivered to your door. even with the shipping, it's cheaper than you can locally unless there is some kind of close-out sale.

http://www.lumberliquidators.com/home.jsp

best of luck with whatever you go with smileys/smile.gif

 
We tiled our own kitchen floor with Italian tiles 14 years ago. I use the kitchen a lot

and the tile has lots of chips. We had some flooding in '94 and the foundation settled, so hairline cracks formed. It's okay, because the house is a 1927 Spanish style and when people see the kitchen they say, "Look, you still have the original floor!" So it looks 80 years old. If I were to re-do it I would still do tile because of the Spanish style, but I'd use dense quarry tiles, not the delicate Italian stuff.

 
oh Joe, those old spanish style houses are to live for! it's one my favorite styles. I wouldn't

change the flooring either in a house like that. also, you're in warm climate where standing on cold tiles won't chill you to the ankles.

the spanish and the old deco styles just make me swoon. those homes have so much "personality" and charm. I've had hard time with the open floor plan here and would prefer a more "intimate" division of space. but then, it's open and great when you have guests and the ocean view is wonderful!

 
I dunno, Randi, those pics of your kitchen make me pretty jealous, but for Southern California,,

I guess I wouldn't want to live in any other type of house. Thanks.

And by the way, the original flooring, once we got down to it, was a horrible crumbly linoleum. They didn't get everything right in the twenties after all.

 
they have an excellent reputation too. when we're ready to do the living room/dinning room, we'll

be ordering hardwood from them. because of the big, open space, I'm thinking of barn planking to keep the space warm and "earthy" looking.

BTW - if you like the look of tile, they have some really beautiful vynal tiles now that are thick and soft under the feet. they look like stone, etc.

 
yep, it's a great kitchen to work and entertain in. I'm getting ready to replace the cabinet

doors and then we'll decide on the flooring. when we were house hunting, the joke among the realators was: "Randi is looking for a kitchen with a house attached to it." LOL

after everything I said about tiles, we have a palate of creamy travertine tiles in the gargage that Don got at an unbelievable price. we're (as in Don) going to tile the laundry room and hallway to the kitchen with them. since we enter through the garage, into the laundry room, it's the area that gets the most traffic.

 
We have tile, and I love it, but---it is very cold in winter. I wish I had run radiant heat under it

 
Yes, I'm sure the original owners were thrilled to have "the latest" Funny, almost all of the homes

in my neighborhood were equipped with an open-flame gas heater set into a fake fireplace. It seemed like a good idea at the time, (who wants a smoky old fire when you can have a clean-burning fire hazard?) but they were outlawed pretty quickly, leaving everyone with cold empty fake fireplaces. Someone removed ours along the way--I wish they hadn't because nowadays they can be converted into real fireplaces.

 
It's possible, but it requires an actual contractor for safety reasons, and I haven't found one

yet who will do such a small job. If it were part of a major remodel I might find a taker. Someday we'll get to it. This was a really cold winter (for LA) and our ancient floor heater was not up to the task.

 
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