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Old 10-23-2012, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield, VA
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I absolutely hate ceramic/porcelain tile. We are redoing our kitchen where currently there is sheet vinyl. The foyer and dining room that are connected to the kitchen are wide-plank 25+ year old pine hardwood that would be impossible to match.

What products are out there that perhaps you have used? In all honesty, VERY tempted to go back with a different sheet vinyl (better quality and definitely better pattern!) but concerned. Feedback and suggestions welcomed!!
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Old 10-23-2012, 09:53 PM
 
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You don't need to match the hardwood. You can put a complimenting hardwood that is lighter or darker than the other hardwood with a border or design that is close to the color of the existing hardwood in the other rooms. So, you'll have the color of your existing hardwood, then your new hardwood at the kitchen entrance, then about 5" to 8" inches in, there will be a border that closely matches the color of the old hardwood, then the rest of the kitchen is the color of the new hardwood. That way it won't be noticable that the hardwoods aren't the same color if the onces that are closely matched aren't right against each other. The border helps tie it all together. You're house will have more character than if you had matched the hardwood perfectly.
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:07 PM
 
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There are several firms that sell reclaimed flooring. It is ENTIRELY possible to get an EXACT match for ANYTHING if you are willing to put appropriate time and money toward the problem.

If you want wood or bamboo or natural cork those are all very nice COMPLIMENTRY options.

There are several sources for linseed oil and wood based linoleum as well.

There are a range of "commercial grade" vinyl flooring products, some are available in "large format" sections about 4 sq ft and others are available as sheet goods. Patterns can mimic the wavy "stained concrete" look that is popular as well as more traditional printed patterns.
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:15 PM
 
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Here are examples of what I was talking about.



You can go more rustic too if that's better for your style. The important thing is to not match your existing floors but have a color that is very opposite of your existing floors and then tie a small border or design somewhere in the kitchen with a color that is similar to the rest of the house. It will look great.
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Old 10-27-2012, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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Good quality sheet vinyl; laminate floor that mimics or does not mimic wood; hardwood; vinyl tiles; cork.
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Old 10-27-2012, 06:00 PM
 
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I saw a relatively new product a few months ago at Home Depot. It was vinyl planks that are a floating floor that look like tile. Each plank is had 3 or 4 tiles that were 16 x 16 or so. There is a rubber membrane around the edges that stick to the membrane of the adjacent tile and becomes a waterproof seal. They were very realistic in look and texture, but soft like vinyl. They are a pretty easy do it yourself job of you are somewhat handy, trimming with a pair of scissors. I plan on doing that in my kitchen and laundry room, probably this winter sometime. It can be installed right over an existing floor as long as that floor doesn't have too much texture.

Otherwise, there are a lot of sheet vinyls that look very much like tile. A friend has some in her kitchen and I had to touch the floor before I knew it wasn't real tile.
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Old 10-28-2012, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Good old-fashioned linoleum.
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Old 10-28-2012, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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Is it the look of the tile or the feel of the tile you don't like? If it's only one or the other you may have choices.

If it's the feel, there are laminate and vinyl-based products that mimic the look of tile (some to better degrees than others) without actually being tile. If instead it's the look that you don't like but think tile would be a good durable surface otherwise, you can get tile that looks like wood instead. It's made in such a way that it would be hard to distinguish looks-wise from wood or similar laminate floor.

If it's both that you hate then you go to hardwood or laminate, cork, linoleum (actual linoleum, not sheet vinyl which is different but some people call linoleum, but of course sheet vinyl is also an option), etc. If your aversion is specifically to porcelain/ceramic tile and not other equally hard surfaces then you could look at natural stone tiles or stone some other way as well.
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Old 10-29-2012, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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My Dad has indoor/outdoor carpeting in his kitchen once. I know it sounds awful but it worked well with his house, however I am sure was so dirty if the CDC ever took a sample because he would steam clean it once a month because of the food that spilled.
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Old 10-30-2012, 08:46 AM
 
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My Dad has indoor/outdoor carpeting in his kitchen once. I know it sounds awful but it worked well with his house, however I am sure was so dirty if the CDC ever took a sample because he would steam clean it once a month because of the food that spilled.
We had Buber carpet in a kitchen once and I loved it. It was so much easier to vacuum the carpet, we cleaned it every 6 months or so (spot cleaned as necessary). When we sold that house (the carpet was there when we bought it) the people that looked at the house commented on the "new" carpet. It had been in there for 15 years.
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