Love hardwood floors in the kitchen. For powder room we used a nice marble tile. I think wood in the powder room would look very odd.

we have hardwood throughout as our house is totall open concept (kin d of a circle around the stairs). While they definitely get banged up, you can just refinish. I dont hink you can do that as easily with tile or linoleum, etc. Plus its not as cold. My mom put in cork and 4 years later it looks terrible, seams lifting etc.

Your mom bought the "click" type of cork. That's a disaster if it gets wet (it's basically cork on top of some kind of particle board substrate. When the floor gets wet it seeps under to the board and warps. If you do cork, you have to get the kind that is not "click".

Tile does not need to be refinished. It looks good forever pretty much (you might have to regrout, but that's it). Linoleum looks pretty good and is easy to maintain. We have all three of these materials in various places in our house (and we have hardwood also). I like tile or linoleum in high traffic areas. Hardwood is great in rooms that don't have access to a door outside. All of these floorings have their pros and cons. How you use the room/area is important to consider.

We put in hardwood in our old house and loved it, but when we bought a different house that had tile in the kitchen I realized how much I had obsessed over trying to keep the hardwood dry with kids and a dog. I am loving the tile for this reason and probably wouldn't go back to hardwood if I had a choice.

+1 for hardwoods in the kitchen. We have a runner in front of sink and dishwasher, that helps with any minor spills or crumbs.

It makes the kitchen look warm, feels comfy, and is easy to keep clean.

We have hardwoods throughout house and it does keep the flow.

We put wood floors in the kitchen a couple years ago. We have had a few things drop that left marks, but I might be the only person who notices. I am very happy we did it.

Reading with interest. I'm at a crossroads. About to refinish the HW floors. We have them throughout the entire main level. Considering ripping them out in the foyer and flowing into the kitchen and replacing with tile. Our kitchen floors are REALLY banged up and have some water damage (we have sand and finish wide plank oak).

My only hesitation is that the change in flooring will break the continuity. However, we use our kitchen and over the years it really shows. I also hate the way the floors gwt soooo banged up at the feont and back door. I have all boys and a black lab.

we have hardwood throughout as our house is totall open concept (kin d of a circle around the stairs). While they definitely get banged up, you can just refinish. I dont hink you can do that as easily with tile or linoleum, etc. Plus its not as cold. My mom put in cork and 4 years later it looks terrible, seams lifting etc.

Anonymous wrote:I've had tile and hardwood and have never seen a practical difference between the two. That said, I *loathe* the look of a semi-open concept kitchen that has different tile than the hardwood elsewhere. It's aesthetically jarring.

Yes. This is the worst!

Anonymous wrote:We have hardwood in the kitchen and I love it. no issues with maintenance. And like somebody said having tile in a semi-open kitchen is jarring.

+1

Love our kitchen hardwood.