Kitchen Flooring
Choosing the right kitchen flooring that is appropriate to you and your families’ needs can be quite daunting, taken into account the number of factors that need to be considered as well as the vast variety of options available on the market.
When it comes to the best flooring option suitable to your needs you have to consider the following:
- How often do you use your kitchen on a daily basis?
- What type of style are you looking for?
- How much does your budget allow?
- How old are your family members; are their babies in the family?
Once you have determined your needs it is time to head to the shops and choose your kitchen flooring. But be warned, it isn’t that a simple decision as it sounds. Even if you have selected the type of material, there is still texture, colour and pattern within the selected material you have to choose. But don’t despair, below is listed the different types of flooring options and their characteristics:
- Laminate Flooring
This type of flooring is ideal if you are looking for a floor that is scratch and stain resistant and is the best solution to little children’s sticky hands. It is one of the easiest DIY materials and can be easily installed over about any flooring. If you are looking for a certain style but can’t afford it this is the type of kitchen flooring to opt for.
- Ceramic Tile Flooring
Ceramic is durable and easy to maintain. If you have a busy family and are a little budget conscious, ceramic tile flooring is your best option.
- Slate Flooring
The best kitchen flooring if you are looking for something that is slip resistant.
- Wood Flooring
If you are looking to create a warm and heartfelt atmosphere in your kitchen, choosing a type of wood flooring will best provide that type of look. The market offers a wide variety of different patterns and designs.
- Concrete Flooring
If look and durability are your most important consideration factors, concrete flooring will provide just that.
- Rubber Flooring
This type of flooring cleans up easily and offers great slip-resistance. It is often used in restaurants, but its popularity for home-usage is rapidly increasing. It is however more on the expensive side and not meant for a limited budget.
- Cork Flooring
A very fashionable design and look compared to other kitchen flooring available but costs much more than your average bamboo flooring. It is soft on the feet, and if it is installed correctly it looks absolutely beautiful. It is also a very popular green design technique in the interior design industry.
- Travertine Flooring
Travertine is a stone type which gives it a sturdy characteristic in the kitchen, cleanable with almost acid but is also the reason for it being a little bit pricy.
- Bamboo Flooring
The hottest trendsetter in kitchen flooring at the moment with its strongest selling point being that it creates the same effect as wood flooring but at a lower price. It is also an environmentally product because of the time it takes to harvest and cultivate in comparison to wood.
Kitchen Wise Designs has been in the professional kitchen design industry for the past 10 years and offers a wide variety of kitchen flooring. Visit Kitchenwise Designs and wel assist you to select the right flooring for your kitchen!Back to kitchen designs in South Africa