How do people have wooden floors in their kitchen?

[Lsit]

Dh and I have finally taken the plunge and started kitchen extension. We will now have a kitchen, island, dining space and tv area.

Have obviously been doing a lot of research. Pinterest has shown me A LOT of kitchens with what appears to be wooden flooring. But to me this seems so impractical. We cook with a lot of spices e.g. daals and i can see turmeric sauces getting everywhere.

Are people using wood effect alternatives? Or is there just very robust staining/protection going on.

I love the look (especially light coloured oak) but would be devastated if it got ruined. Which absolutely would with kids and a dog. Plus a dh in whose soul goal in life is to drop things.

I would put money on the floors you’re seeing being LVT/Amtico

We have wood and they’re fine six years on, except for being slightly darkened under the cooker where things have dripped a lot I suppose. I think they have a good varnish type thing on.
We have dogs, three children, drop things all the time and they get steam mopped once a week.

We went for wood effect tiles. Loads of people are really surprised that they are tiles when I tell them. They've been in around 18 months now and I love them, really robust and easy to clean

I’m having my kitchen done at the moment and looking at wood effect porcelain tiles.

Sole*

What are you thinking re grout?

Can I ask what you did for grout colour?

I have a solid oak floor in my kitchen. It has many layers of Danish oil on it and I haven’t managed to ruin it yet. It’s about 20 years old now, well it’s been in my kitchen that long but it was reclaimed from a hospital.

In my last house we had engineered oak all downstairs. It was ok but with four kids and two dogs it did show wear and tear.
We are mid reno in our new house and have put down oak effect LVT. We aren't up to the kitchen yet but will put it in there too.
So far it's pretty indestructible.

I felt a bit like this having (very expensive) white stone worktops put in. The fear of turmeric was real for a while 😂 But it’s actually been fine! I think you sort of adapt to what you have to be careful.

Our kitchen is tiled but the rest of downstairs we had a laminate wood effect put in and it is really easy to maintain and doesn’t look obviously like laminate iyswim! I love it. We have small kids and a whole gang of messy cats but it still looks in good nick.

We have had wood effect tiles for 6 years now. Everyone thinks it is wood. And they ah stayed in perfect condition.

Advantage of tiles is if ones gets chipped you can easily have just that one removed and replaced. No need to remove any surrounding ones (much harder to do with wood).

Also we put underfloor heating in throughout downstairs and would highly recommend! So nice padding down to the kitchen and feeling the warmth.

I have engineered wood floors and white stone surfaces.

I’ve never really considered the floor getting stained by anything. Yet to happen!

The surfaces do get stained - lily pollen, orange sauces etc. Nothing I have been able to get out by letting a little cleaner soak on it for a while.

I have a wood floor but keep the spices on the worktop..

You just use a dark brown grout with wood effect tiles. I would never ever put real wood down in a kitchen. One leak from the dishwasher or sink and it’s effed forever. Plus chances of warping etc if you have UFH is way higher. The tiles look great if you want that effect and you can do herringbone etc and do an inlay for built in mat near any external door.

Probably wood effect lino or tiles

We've had an engineering wood floor in the kichen for eight years, with no problems. It is a slightly darker, rustic oak and feel that if it get damaged it will add to its character.

"Ha ha, that's were Bob dropped his bottle of expensive red wine" sort of thing...

We have original wood floors in our house, I think it was built around 1920ish. Virtually all our cooking is Pakistani food, no turmeric or other stains. It just needs oiling once a year, and thats all it needs beyond usual floor cleaning.

@Lsit I think the grout colour is called sand. The tiles are an oak colour (not too dark) and the grout is a bit lighter

We have engineered wood in our kitchen and I love it. We do a lot of cooking with spices and it’s not been a problem.
BUT It does scratch and mark a bit. Not too bad on our case but there’s only 2 of us in the house. I clean it with an oil cleaner once a week but do feel that’s not as efffective as cleaning with water which you can’t do.
I much prefer the more natural look of the wood as compared to amtico for example. But I do think it depends on how pristine and tidy you like things to look.
Here’s a photo of our “ worst” bit after 2 and a half years. In the main cooking area. And it’s a week since it was cleaned ( that’s my job for this afternoon)

I have wood effect laminate floorboards, which look lovely and match the real wood flooring throughout the rest of the house. They're very easy to clean.

My mum has this too, from B&Q. Still looks as good as new 10 years later. No kids in her house and she is very tidy though.

We have the original oak floorboards, they are varnished, so everything wipes off.

We've got wood effect tiles in our kitchen and we chose grey grout, much better choice than white, looks better anyway and won't discolour over time.

We just have floorboards. Nothing special, and the wear and tear is just characterful, which is why we opted for this, rather than any other flooring. The beauty of wood is that most things, when dropped, just bounce.