Some kitchen flooring decisions are clear cut.
Laminate on kitchen vinyl.
Kitchen put your taste for contemporary design front and center with these sleek laminate kitchen cabinets featuring slab doors dramatically contrasting finishes and decidedly modern accents.
Ceramic tile and all types of vinyl flooring for example work well in the kitchen.
But the issue of installing laminate flooring in the kitchen is more of a gray area.
Laminate like vinyl planks laminate flooring provides the look of hardwood at a fraction of the cost.
Other types of flooring solid hardwood for one are not recommended for kitchens.
You don t have to worry about a few drops hitting the floor while cooking loading the dishwasher or if your puppy has a little accident.
Perfectly designed for entertaining this kitchen features special touches to maximize ambiance including a built in fireplace at eye level and our.
The top surface is a hard transparent plastic wear layer that covers the printed design layer.
Laminate is also pretty water resistant a great quality for a kitchen floor.
Laminate flooring is similar to luxury vinyl planks in its look and method of installation.
In fact before laminate truly took off you didn t see many kitchens with wood or wood look floors.
But the critical difference is that its core is made from wood byproducts bonded with resins.
Before laminate took the flooring world kitchen floorings were frequently tile old school vinyl or even older school linoleum.