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[beanie]

On 6/13/2014 kachina624 said: In my opinion, the only practical floor for a kitchen is vinyl. They now have vinyl planks that you can't tell from wood or squares that look just like ceramic tile. I would never consider any other material. Linoleum hasn't been available for many years; do you mean sheet vinyl?

I've always called it linoleum but it is a sheet and it is vinyl...lol

[depglass]

One of my houses is from the 50's, so I'm betting its real linoleum. I hate it, but we rarely go back there anymore. I'm sort of a klutz, so our new house is laminate. I can't imagine hardwood taking the abuse I give a floor in the kitchen.

[minkbunny]

We have Congoleum similar to this, live on a horse farm and it has held up perfectly for a decade. The kitchen opens off of a utility room which is the room everybody enters through so the kitchen gets a lot of foot traffic (in cowboy boots). I am not at home right now but our tiles are pretty large, maybe 9 inches, maybe even 12. And probably lighter than the picture is showing. They have an underlayment that makes them soft and cushiony. We have similar tile in all the bathrooms and slate quarry tile that co-ordinates at the front foyer.

[mima]

I wouldn't put one wood up to another wood myself. I would have a different flooring in the kitchen such as porcelain tile. Another option is if your floor in the living room is real wood, you can have someone lay your kitchen in real wood and stain it to match. My husband does this all the time. He buys old houses all the time and sometimes the living room will be oak underneath. He will put oak in the kitchen and make it match perfectly. You can't even tell he did it. You don't put it in a straight line across the doorway though. You have to take up a few boards in the living room so that they are staggered across the doorway. Hard to explain.

[KathyPet]

I think putting two different hardwood species and widths next to each other always looks ""off"". Personally I would not do it.