Hello everyone, I have a flooring dilemma and I want to ask your help
Hello everyone,
I have a flooring dilemma and I want to ask your help. I have a floorplan like below. It has a open concept kitchen and after closing the house, I plan to redo the flooring. Since it is open kitchen, ideally I should use the same flooring material in kitchen/living/study/entry hallway/master bedroom. My wife and I personally like engineering hardwood and I heard that only hardwood will increase the value of the house. But since I cook a lot, hardwood in kitchen may be very hard to deal with. So currently I can think of two options.
Option one is use wood look tile everywhere except master bath/closet/laundry. My only issue with this option is I don't know whether I can get any money back when I sell the house. Someone told me wood look tile looks really cheap and doesn't increase any house value. Besides, decent looking wood look tile cost same as the engineering hardwood.
Option two is the picture below. I only install tile in the red area and put engineering hardwood everywhere else. In this way I can only put tile in that small area. I don't know whether this will work and whether it will cause any negative impact when I sell the house. I am looking for all your advice!
Thanks!
Comments (16)
Daniel OConnell
4 years agoI don't think wood necessarily looks cheap. I've seen some bad looking wood floors and I've seen some real dandies. My situation is a bit the opposite of what you describe...I have engineered oak in my kitchen and saltillo tile just about everywhere else. The floor has been down for five years without any problems or annoyances except that the dark floor can show light-colored things that are tracked into the kitchen; currently it is seasonal dead (tan) oak leaves. I rarely mop this floor (vacuum it about once a week) and the maintenance consists of applying an oil supplied by the floor manufacturer. I've applied this oil only twice in the five years. The floor gets many nice comments and I'm very happy with the selection.
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