What Is a Creative Flooring for a Kitchen?

Industrial Design Kitchen Flooring

• If your kitchen is equipped like a five-star restaurant, your taste may run to the industrial look with lots of stainless and polished, sealed concrete countertops. A combination of hard rubber tiles and polished, sealed concrete is perfect. Install the rubber flooring along your work areas and concrete for heavily trafficked areas. Natural rubber reseals itself, and the concrete is sealed. Both are easy to keep clean and come in a variety of colors.

More Ideas for Sealed Polished Concrete Floors

• The beauty of this type of flooring is that will not stain, there's no grout to contend with and it is incredibly easy to clean. The best part is that it can also be your canvas, so you can create any design you wish in whatever colors you want. Some people stain it to look like ceramic tile; others leave it plain everywhere but paint an "area rug" on it where the eating area is.

Ceramic and Composite Tile

• Ceramic tile offers versatility, ease of maintenance and a full array of colors and patterns. You can get all of these benefits with durable, long-lasting and less expensive composite tiles, which are a blend of natural materials and vinyl. They are extremely durable, hard, long-lasting and less expensive. For a coordinated look, repeat the pattern and colors of your backsplash on your floor.

Bamboo and Cork

• Bamboo and cork are not only made from renewable and sustainable resources, they make stunning flooring. For a creative, interesting floor, use both. Cork is resilient and a little bouncy, making it perfect for underfoot where you spend the most time in the kitchen. Everywhere else, install hard, durable bamboo. Gorgeous.