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When we bought our house it had vinyl tile for the kitchen floor and we replaced it with vinyl linoleum. We are thinking about replacing it because we had to do a split seam and that area is starting to show wear now.

My DH and I have talked about ceramic tile or maybe wood flooring that is vinyl. I think we would be better with the wood vinyl floor because it is in the kitchen with high traffic.


What do you have in your kitchen and do you like it?

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I went from vnyl to tile a couple of years ago and do like it. If you decide to go this route, make sure to use a dark color grout to save on cleaning (won't show stains), and I also advise that you keep the tiles close together so there is less grout overall to have to clean...

i have the pergo laminate flooring in the kitchen, dinning room and living room. And I love it. We have a dog in the house and it is soo easy, cleaning up dog drool off of the floor.

I love it so much, we went to lowes yesterday and bought some more to go in the bedroom and hall.

It also has a 25 year warranty.

You have to think about weight (tile is heavy) and thickness (vinyl is really thin). This is important if you lots of doorways or specialty moldings. It might take a lot of adjustments to add heavy, thick tile to your kitchen floor. Tile can crack or loosen if there is too much deflection in your subflooring.

We have Pergo laminate. As the poster above said, with dogs and kids coming in and out all the time, laminate is tough and easy to keep clean. We even have one of our wood stoves on the laminate floor. The laminate does NOT burn. It is amazing stuff.

You also need to consider your back. Tile floors are stiff and hard on your feet, legs and back. Personally, I can't have tile floors because it is too fatiguing - and downright painful. I need a floor with a little bit of give. The ideal kitchen floor for me is bamboo or cork but we went for the durability of laminate.

We also can't use sheet vinyl because our kitchen has such a weird layout we'd have to have too many seams and purchase too much vinyl to make it all match. You can use vinyl tile but that's not as water tight as I like.

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I think it is the best solution. When we replace our floors we are planning to go that route. We have a vinyl floor in our kitchen and it is already torn in 2 spots, it is only 1 1/2 year old.

Last summer we put in Armstrong laminate flooring that looks like stone and we love it. I drop cans on it all the time and it hasn't made a mark at all. Everyone that comes over thinks it is stone tile until we tell them that it is laminate!

We have laminate wood floors in our kitchen right now. In my previous house, we had wood floors, and I actually liked those better. But, now we have a big dog, and I understand that he would tear up wood floors if we had them (this is why we have to re-do our deck so often). Laminate is easy to clean. I loathe grout, so I would never get tile in a kitchen. I have it in my entryway and bathrooms with ceramic tile.

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We have hardwood...and I love it. We had tile in our house in Europe and the grout made me crazy, scrubbing it, keeping it clean. Tile is also really cold on the feet, but that may not matter to you.

I have tile in my kitchen. I love it. I have 3 dogs and 3 kids it's very durable. I built this house, so I opted for dark grout and we did seal the grout. I've never had flooring that can hold up to anything my crew can dish out. I had pergo in my previous house and it was really easy to take care of, but I did damage it. I dropped a piece of wood for the fire place and it got a big dent in it(broke the top layer).

Thanks for posting this question. I have been thinking of the same thing lately. My 1 seam is starting to pick up and look gross. I am as well thinking of the laminate wood floor. We currently have that in our living room which is open to our kitchen. I may wait until my "crew" gets a bit older. I don't want to invest the money when they will for sure damage it....