Kitchen floors - hardwood or tile?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did tile that looks like hardwood from Porcenalosa

Op their sale is on now. I have a pale grey large format tile in my kids bathroom and it’s warm underfoot. I’m thinking of using it in my kitchen. I think it’s called Boston stone— I might be wrong. But go check them out this weekend if you have the measurements.

DP - sale is 40% through 12/7. This is a good neutral terrazzo.
https://www.porcelanosa.com/us/treviso-blanco-120x120

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just trust. Don’t do wood.

People back when in Gtown didn’t have much choice; people today don’t have much taste, but let’s hope you all do, albeit the definition of middle class is most of you will fall for it anyway

Scrolling back to the beginning where OP shared details about the project, do you think tile can work in a smaller kitchen? At what home value do think the wood to tile threshold is crossed (pun intended)? $1M? 1.5M? $2.5M? Upwards of $5M? Seems like an important factor given what average houses are selling for in the close in suburbs. OP said it was a mid century house, so that narrows it to about seven neighborhoods across MoCo and NoVA.

+1 very curious to see if PP weighs in as small kitchens are tough to manage selections--especially tile--and keep it streamlined and elegant.

[Anonymous]

Honestly I’d do a pretty tile that goes with mid century. I love terrazzo. I have had slate looking tile and now live in a house with all hardwood. The occasional water spills you don’t notice are annoying. We haven’t lived her 6 months and the dog bowl has already left rings (we got a mat but the first one wasn’t good enough).

[Anonymous]

One thing on tile- we have heated tiles and it is very lovely in the winter. Easy to clean.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did tile that looks like hardwood from Porcenalosa

Op their sale is on now. I have a pale grey large format tile in my kids bathroom and it’s warm underfoot. I’m thinking of using it in my kitchen. I think it’s called Boston stone— I might be wrong. But go check them out this weekend if you have the measurements.

DP - sale is 40% through 12/7. This is a good neutral terrazzo.
https://www.porcelanosa.com/us/treviso-blanco-120x120

This is nice and neutral but if you are going with terrazzo, I would go with a more impactful one. This one is a bit of a snooze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did tile that looks like hardwood from Porcenalosa

Op their sale is on now. I have a pale grey large format tile in my kids bathroom and it’s warm underfoot. I’m thinking of using it in my kitchen. I think it’s called Boston stone— I might be wrong. But go check them out this weekend if you have the measurements.

DP - sale is 40% through 12/7. This is a good neutral terrazzo.
https://www.porcelanosa.com/us/treviso-blanco-120x120

This is nice and neutral but if you are going with terrazzo, I would go with a more impactful one. This one is a bit of a snooze.

PP - OP would probably have to look into a custom terrazzo pour for something really good, otherwise to get large format terrazzo tiles in the US is pretty hard which is probably why the "terrazzo look" tile from Porcelanosa is pretty neutral.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Neither, hardwood is not waterproof and tile is really hard on your legs. If you don't plan to cook much at all, either will do. This is when vinyl is great.

Vinyl is terrible for your health and certainly isn’t “classy”.

But what are you all doing in your kitchens?! How many hours do you cook for for it to be “hard on your legs”? WTF people?

I have tile and cook for hours at a time, meal prepping, etc. for the week and have zero issues. I am in my 50s, so not a spring chicken. I don't have fatigue mats or even runners in my kitchen (also great solutions for those that complain about it being hard on your legs - and a way to change your decor easily).