Here s a whole blog post i wrote showing the advantages of each.
Tile or hardwood in kitchen.
Are we happy we chose hardwood over tile for our kitchen.
Hardwood floors are easier on your feet.
Advantages of hardwood flooring for a kitchen.
Now the rooms flow so much better.
This is especially important if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking or entertaining or both.
Before we would walk from tile to wood to carpet when i look back now it all felt choppy to me.
Tile draws heat away so tile flooring feels colder especially in the winter.
Hardwood provides you with a softer more resilient surface to stand on than most tile and hard surface flooring options.
When selecting tile or hardwood for your kitchen choosing drop and spill resistant products should be a priority.
But 90 of those who own homes prefer tile or hardwood in the kitchen and with open concept designs becoming not only widely accepted but also widely expected from potential home buyers continuing the use of commercial wood flooring into the kitchen has quite a few benefits.
Tile is less porous meaning it won t absorb things like wine pasta sauce and meat drippings so you won t have to worry about smells and stains getting absorbed into your flooring.
Not only do we love how the hardwood floors look in the kitchen but we love how they flow from room to room.
Tile is the traditional choice when it comes to redesigning a kitchen floor.