Mixing ceramic/porcelain wood look-a-alike tiles with real wood?
I want a white kitchen. White (maybe light grey) cabinets. White quartzite counters. White marble backsplash. Bright, fresh and clean.
My problem is the floor.
The rest of our house is a dark hardwood. I wold love to continue the hardwood throughout the whole house including the kitchen but many people have warned me about wood flooring in the kitchen.
Would it look good to use the ceramic/porcelain tiles that look like wood in the kitchen and keep the real hardwood through out the rest of the house? Will it flow or will it seem weird?
Or should I go another route and do maybe a Versailles pattern or brick pattern travertine or some other stone?
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marcolo
11 years ago
GreenDesigns
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Comments (16)Chispa, I like that because in the picture it looks unglazed or matte and a non gloss is what I'm after. I know this is a rude question but on a scale of 1 to 10 in prices where would this fall a sf? Thank you all! I think I need to find a deal on unglazed color through (homogeneous) porcelain wood look tile. Most I looked at were outrageously expensive but I did see some in the $4 something a sf range. I may have to give something up like color variation or rectified. There is much contradiction on line explaining the glazed and matte technique so IâÂÂm going no further with that. I just know that I want something where a chip isnâÂÂt going to show much. IâÂÂve lived with many a tiled floor in the over thirty five years I have been in Florida and hate those chips that happen where the color difference is wow in a bad way. So I think (still not a 100%) that IâÂÂm looking at unglazed porcelain with a MOH of 6 or 7â¦I donâÂÂt know⦠As well as the rest mentioned above in my 2nd reply. My second choice will be a matte finish that I guess is glazed and the tile itself is not color through....See MoreResale value: real hardwood vs wood look porcelain tile
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Comments (36)Melissa, I agree. I would understand it if you are standing more than an hour at a time or walking throughout your house all the time. But, how often are you doing that? I always use rugs in main areas, and for standing while doing dishes, you could put a mat for comfort. But, really, if your standing, not jumping up and down, how much difference would the harder material make? Hmmm, I wonder if there’s a study done on it? Regardless, I never noticed any pain when living in my tile home (or my wood flooring home). I love the look of wood... but, never noticed a difference in the feel of it. I believe those that have, though....See Moretamlif
11 years ago
cookncarpenter
11 years agochispa
11 years ago
oldbat2be
11 years agoHardwood floors are much easier on your back and feet. That said, I just installed the wood look porcelain tile in our fire room (wood burning stove) and we love it. When we redid our kitchen, we stayed with the same red oak flooring we had in the rest of the house ( which was a challenge to work around, to be honest). As long as you are happy with the dark wood, you should be fine with either option. You could switch up the pattern.... We love our herringbone:
dilly_ny
11 years agoI had the same dilemna. I have golden oak floors throughout the rest of the house, but I wanted a darker floor in the kitchen. I would have loved an rustic, wide plank wood floor. This floor would not have matched the floors in the rest of the house and I was warned that the transitions from one floor to the other would not look so good by the saddles.
In the end, I decided to go with the wood look tile because it works better with radiant heat than wood. I am so glad we did. Between the children and dog it was a good choice for us. I still have to stain the saddles at the two doorways that lead out of the kitchen, but it will be fine. If I used any floor other than golden oak, I would have the transition issue anyway.
Love my tile floor! So easy to maintain.
prairiegirlz5
11 years ago
kateskouros