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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I hadn’t thought about cork! Say more— I just read up on it and it sounds really appealing but apparently can stain easily— have you experienced this? I’m sure I’d spill red wine or olive oil on it in the first week.

There’s going to be no doorway, just a 3-4-foot wide spot (between cupboards and peninsula) that divides dining room from kitchen space. So, different but similar woods would probably look bad. [/quote]

NP here, and we went with cork in kitchen (which is open to dining room where we have original hardwood with exactly the size/type of opening you’ll have), and we LOVE it. I chose it specifically because I wanted something soft; I had tile in our last house house and HATED it. We managed to find a cork that pretty much exactly matches in color/tone the hardwood, so the transition works really well. We’ve had the cork for three years and are really happy. If it’s sealed properly during installation, you shouldn’t have any staining problems.

The one caution I will make, however, is that you should make sure your flooring installation people are very experienced with cork. Our GC’s floor guys weren’t, so there were problems during installation. It all worked out in the end, but it was really the only hiccup we had in our kitchen reno, and it was frustrating. [/quote]

Does the cork flooring require annual sealant to be applied? I was told that about 5 years ago by a flooring guy. It might have been the type they were selling though.[/quote]

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