White floor in a kitchen - tell me it's madness

[BovrilonToast]

The house we are buying has a large kitchen diner 7m x 4m.

It's quite dark though as it goes back quite deeply in to the house iyswim...

So, I've seen lots of lovely kitchens online with white floors. I love them.

Talk me out of this please. Clearly a white floor is ridiculous.

[MrsJamin]

It's madness, I tell you, madness! For the love of GOD woman get a grip! [channels Phoebe from friends]

[Likeaninjanow]

I have one, well a cream one anyway. The tiles aren't too bad, but the grout is an utter bastard to clean. Hth!

[Bonsoir]

I have a white tiled kitchen floor.

It requires regular washing with a mild bleach cleaner (eg Cillit Bang floor cleaner) to keep it bright white and gleaming.

[AndWhenYouGetThere]

White grout is a pain. Statement grout on white tiles can be pretty though.

[Thisissomething]

I had a cream one and it was truly horrendous! The grouting was horrible and just a tiny drop of liquid meant footprints all over. It really was the bane of of my life. Changed it a year ago and still remember the awfullness of it.

Saying that my friend has a cream floor which is lovely and never shows dirt but the difference is hers has lots of flecks in it.

[JuliaDream]

We had a white kitchen floor when we moved into our house. I lived with it for 2 long years. I hated it.

We now have black tiles

[BovrilonToast]

What about white engineered wood - is there such thing?!

I'm quite a clean person - but two cats and DSSs would destroy the beautiful whiteness in seconds... I know this is madness.

Any other suggestions to add some light?

[whothefuckhas5children]

We have cream shiny tiles with medium grey grout. Still have the bright look but no problem with grout being dirty. Works for us

[Lweji]

You could get something in tones of white, but with patterns. The dirt is less obvious. But, still...

[Magmatic80]

I've got cream tiles with black grubby grouting. I like it, it reflects the light. We'll be having it in new teeny kitchen too as part of desperate attempt to make it feel bigger.

[wowfudge]

White or black are both madness imo. Once lived in a rented house with a checkerboard kitchen floor. That was the work of the devil.

[CarbeDiem]

If you don't mind every God damn speck of EVERYTHING being glaringly obvious then you're not mad.
I have white tiles and really wish I didn't.
On the only plus side it does lighten up the room :)

[Limer]

One of my friends once bought a house with a white tiled kitchen floor. She knew it was madness, and sighed in a housewifely way, "oh well, at least it'll make me clean it more often". I was appalled.

I have dark green/grey flecky-patterned lino in my kitchen. I have cats, I have teenagers. No dirt shows, I clean it once a month. I am never changing it, apart from for another identical pattern if it ever wears out.

[Mominatrix]

I have white tiles in my kitchen. Not really a problem to maintain:

• no shoes in the house
  
• hoovered every day
  
• mopped 3 times a week with a mild bleach solution
  

Sounds a faff, but really not much of a bother.

[BovrilonToast]

Oooo I could get a roomba thing for the kitchen. I know the cats would like that...

[Pippidoeswhatshewants]

What about white looks-like-wooden-floorboards (I am sure that's a brand name!) Lino? You'll have a bit of a dirt hiding pattern going on, no grout and it is warm and slightly soft underfoot.

[BovrilonToast]

Good idea Pippi - I shall investigate

[MaraThonbar]

We have white wooden-floorboard style laminate in our current (rented) kitchen. The grain is done in a greyish colour so the overall effect isn't too stark. Probably not what I'd choose but better than it sounds!

[Pradaqueen]

I have shiny white porcelain tiles throughout downstairs with white grout and have 4 kids. Although it sounds madness it is really easy to keep clean. I have a really good steam mop and use a product called 'white rocks' that I bought from an interior design show two years back (it lasts for ages) I also got the tiler to seal the grout first and we have a shoes off policy at home. Looks lovely and if I'm honest has made us less blasé about treading dirt in! If you want it, go for it I say!

[bilbodog]

sheer madness........................

[MrsJamin]

Hoovering your kitchen every day is madness personified. I'm getting flecky-grey tiles and choosing to have a life instead.

[ShatterResistant]

We have cream look-like-wood tiles. I love them so much. It does get dirty, but is also super easy to clean, and looks amazing.

[MerryMarigold]

I've got light tiles with brown bits/ flecks in them and dark brown grout between. Gloss white cabinets to bounce light and some metallic cabinets which also bounce light. It's a very light room anyway, but I love light!

There's things to be done, but definitely not a white shiny floor unless you are the kind of person who mops twice a day. Tbh I wouldn't get a gloss floor in any colour. I'd go light and flecky!

[Florin]

We have a white upstairs bathroom floor with a no shoes ban in the house. I f*ing hate it to put it mildly. It looks dirty permanently even though I clean it several times a week and before anyone visits. Particularly in the summer it is awful. I can't wait to move!

[MrsNuckyThompson]

We have a white kitchen floor and it mings. Don't do it.