Floorboards in kitchen diner- yay or nay?

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Just knocked through to form one room- we have floorboards in both rooms- kitchen ones have been covered up for years and will need work, dining room ones are sanded and varnished but due a touch up. We are having a pale cream shaker style kitchen, would dark stained floorboards work in a kitchen or not? Or would I be better with a good quality floor or amtico- it's a big room so suspect it would be ££££ for flooring.

I am a big fan to work with what you already have in the house, especially original features like floorboards. We got our floorboards in our dining room sanded, varnished and the gaps filled. This way we got a smooth surface and no gaps! The floor looks beautiful and it turned out the cheapest solution compared to putting in a brand new floor. A friend of mine has a similar style kitchen with varnished and filled floorboards and as far as I know she is very happy with it. A quick google will also give you some images of cream kitchens with wooden floorboards.
We had this guy do our floorboards www.sandedfloors.co.uk/ if you happen to be anywhere near South London. He was brilliant! There are lots of different varnishes anyway so you don't necessarily have to go for dark.

Imme I know about that site we used it last time when my DH diy sanded our floors. The varnish we bought was amazing- the floor has been hammered with kids and pets but still looks ok. Sadly we are way out of area- or I would have him like a shot!! I don 't think I will let DH loose this time so I will be looking for a tradesman in the northwest to do I it.Recommendations anyone?

Nay for me. We had one in our kitchen diner. Not loved all the breadcrumbs and spillage going through the gaps. Was cold and drafty with small kids and a risk of splinters, too. Costed me several hundreds to sand and varnish and would need to be revarnished every few years.

I lasted 3 years with the floorboards, than installed slate tile style feltpad thick vinyl flooring. Bought of ebay for less than £200 and layed it myself. Love it!!! It is flat, warm, very easy to clean, children love rolling around on the floor. Several people have mistaken it for tiles (which makes me raise an eyebrow, but they seemed genuinely mistaken).

My floorboards sit nicely under the vinyl flooring should the future house owner want more character...

Decided on black walnut amtico - if we can afford it!!!

Nice choice - remember the darker floors will need more hoovering than lighter ones though ( as they show the dust ! )

Good point!! I have been thinking about that- more mud and paw prints which might show less on an oaky type floor rather than v dark wood? Any comments and advice welcome?

my muddy pooch prints show up beautifully on my dark stained flooring ! mid colour ( or should that say mud colour !) will be less obvious ! but maybe the dark is good as it doesn't 'hide it' therefore I have to clean it rather than letting it go unnoticed ?!