Kitchen rugs or mats?

rustiehead · ‎03-10-2010

Which do you prefer? I currently have scattered rugs in my kitchen but I'm thinking about getting mats. Rugs are getting expensive and I hear mats are easier on the legs.

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Preds · ‎12-17-2012

I have the gel mats at my stove and sink and I have a Royal Palace rug at my island and one at the end of my kitchen leading in the the dining area. I couldn't make up my mind either. LOL

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JYWilliams · ‎03-10-2010

I have a Royal palace rug under my dining table and gel mats in front on my refrigerator, sink, & oven.

Sunshine Kate · ‎03-10-2010

I can't stand rugs or mats in my kitchen. Just me, of course. It's a very personal thing. It just seems easier to keep clean without them.

FranandZoe · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/16/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
I can't stand rugs or mats in my kitchen. Just me, of course. It's a very personal thing. It just seems easier to keep clean without them.

ITA!

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

Aside from the unbacked rug and memory foam bath mat I have under the dog's bowls, I don't have any other rugs or mats on the kitchen floor. Latex-backed throw rugs are bad for certain floors so I'm not risking it. Besides, I think rugs and mats would end up being more of a hassle. It's easy to sweep and mop a bare floor w/o needing to move and shake out the rugs.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

When I had the kitchen remodeled a few years ago, I found a gorgeous, thick, wool rug at Homegoods during their semiannual sale. DH cut out the island piece so it fit around perfectly. (One section was indented so the small cut out section fit into the recessed area snugly). It's comfortable to stand on and wonderfully warm underfoot during the winter. The color is chocolate so stains don't show. The former one was floral taupe and stain "hid" in the pattern. They last for several years and give constant enjoyment. Hoe that gives you another option.

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Clover29 · ‎03-09-2010

I'm surprised to learn that people have rugs or mats in their kitchen. I'd never have thought of such a thing. They sound dangerous and dirty, to me. Whatever kind of carpet I have in the rest of the house, my kitchen has always had a plain hard floor.

nomar · ‎03-12-2010

I have a gel mat at the kitchen sink because I stand there so much watching my bird and squirrel feeders, but I am going to break my neck one of these days because of it. It has a flat edge around the lower part of it and I have trimmed it and still catch my feet. Pretty stupid to keep it, but it feels so good to not be on hard tiles.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I have four Gel-Pro mats in my kitchen. I don't think a klutz like me would fare well with rugs on tile. But I really love the Gel-Pro mats. Three of mine are black so they go with everything.