Perhaps your kitchen floor has more scratches than a cat-lover's couch. Or maybe you're just ready for a new look.
Whatever your reasons for the change, if you're planning to remodel your kitchen floor, you'll want to take the following three points into consideration:
Remodel for Durability: Naturally, the heart of the home is a high traffic area. You will want to remodel with a reasonably solid floor covering for your kitchen. Plus, with everyone milling around the kitchen, the floor needs a wash more often than perhaps any other room in the house. And even the most experienced chefs spill, dribble, and drop. Durability is the main reason why you might stick with vinyl, tiles, laminates, and wood in your choice of kitchen flooring.
Stay Neutral: Vinyl and tile come in an infinite number of colors and patterns. Tread carefully, however, before embarking on a renovation that includes conspicuous flooring. What may charm you today may annoy you the next. If you go neutral on the flooring and instead create your theme with easily replaceable accents like towels and wall-hangings, in the future you can give your kitchen a quick and inexpensive renovation.
Spare Yourself Further Renovation: Kitchen cabinet costs don't run cheap, so unless you're planning to replace your kitchen cabinets in the near future, you should consider the style of your cabinets when choosing kitchen flooring. Try to integrate your flooring choice with the look of your cabinets. When planning your renovation, dig around in magazines and books to see what flooring works best with the type of kitchen cabinets you have.
Manufacturers have made available a tremendous variety of flooring possibilities. Remodel carefully, and you'll soon be walking on cloud nine, as well as on a durable, adaptable, well-integrated new kitchen floor.
About the Author H.L. Staples has taught at the University of Georgia and Syracuse University. Her articles have appeared in The Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere.
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