What color tile floor in a kitchen?

[Anonymous]

Getting rid of some nasty linoleum in our kitchen. What color would you choose? Cabinets are white, walls are navy, kitchen is adjacent to the dining room that is also navy blue with hardwood floors, white trim and mostly white furniture.

[Anonymous]

I would get wood. Tile with white cabinets sounds very cold.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Since the dining room floors are older wood, I think it would be tricky to match and the floors run into one another.

[Anonymous]

Wall color can change, so I wouldn't base the tile color on the wall color. You want something kind of neutral but agree that white would probably be too stark. I love sort of a beige/taupe travertine (or something that looks like travertine). Maybe like this?

http://www.fastfloors.com/tile-stone/ilva/pietre-travertine-14-x-14/beige/83470

This one also has a reddish/terra cotta color that I think would look nice but is a bit more bold. I'd definitely get larger, rather than smaller tiles (at least 12 by 12) and if you have room, lay them on the diagonoal rather than square. A little bit more labor intensive but looks great.

[Anonymous]

I have tile that reflects EVERY piece of dirt and never looks clean as much as I clean it. My suggesiton would be something that hides dirt well and is easy to clean. When we buy a house (live in a condo) I am opting for wood floors!

[Anonymous]

What kind of tile is difficult to clean PP? I definitely don't want white, becasue that will be too much white in the room, so I probably should choose something neutral.

[Anonymous]

We have a white kitchen and just replaced the white tiles with laminate. It is not a 100% match to the living room hardwood to which it is connected, but it looks a million times better than the tile. I found the white tile cold, and the grout was a whole separate issue - no matter what I did, the grout would always look nasty, and it wasn't that old (maybe 5 years or so). I couldn't be happier with our floors! I would really consider hardwood or laminate. There are a ton of choices and you might be able to find a decent match. But if you go with tile, please don't do white grout on white tile. That is impossible to live with. Go for a darker color grout (gray or dark taupe) that won't show dirt quite so much. Kitchen floors can get pretty dirty and need a lot of cleaning.

[Anonymous]

In the house I just sold, I redid my kitchen with white cabinets, black sparkly granite and tiffany blue walls. The floor was 12" porcelain tiles in a shade called "Stainless Steel." It looked very cool, but the tile color was neutral and could have gone with green, brick red, etc. It looks like this: http://www.cooltiles.com/ea30858l.html It was great - really didn't show dirt until I had time to mop.

[Anonymous]

Try cork.

It's the grout between tile that gets dirty and is very difficult to clean.

[Anonymous]

Also, tile is very hard on the back, if you stand in the kitchen a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try cork.

It's the grout between tile that gets dirty and is very difficult to clean.

I agree. We have a rustic-look porcelain tile floor in the kitchen and it is a pain in the neck to clean. And it's too hard to stand on for extended periods.

I would do cork if I could re-do it now.

[Anonymous]

How easy is it to keep cork floors clean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of tile is difficult to clean PP? I definitely don't want white, becasue that will be too much white in the room, so I probably should choose something neutral.

I am not sure what the tile is exactly. Its not like a marble based one I have in my bathroom. It ahs grooves and things in it (kind of textured) and its white/ tan. The grout is also the issue because it is hard to clean because of how light it is. Its definitely the kind of tile it is that makes the dirt get caught in it easier. Sorry I dont know the exact type/ make though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How easy is it to keep cork floors clean?

I don't know, but I was told by a realtor friend who sees lots of high end houses to avoid cork, because it is not durable at all.

[Anonymous]

There are tile styles that have minimal grout. If I were choosing new tile, this is the way I'd go all the way.

Some of this kind of tile is of a type that is spaced closer together, just minimal grout. Another huge difference is between pillow-edge tile and straight-edge tile. What little grout you have, should be sealed.

As for specific kitchen flooring types, I like tile. Have you seen the lighter slate-style tile? I think that is really nice with white cabinets.