What to cover cold kitchen tiles with to make the kitchen warmer?

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I've got tiles in my kitchen and underneath said tiles there's just cement so the entire kitchen feels like I'm outside in the winter. It's hideously cold in there and it doesn't seem to retain heat either. Can't afford to break the floor and put underfloor heating in but need a temporary fix for atleast a few years. So far as options I've either got fabric tiles or foam mats (the kind used for kids or for home gyms). Don't want a rug or carpet as it'll be harder to clean with little kids around. Are there (hopefully) any better ideas to keep the kitchen even slightly warmer?

You could put a laminate floor in with thermal underlay (I believe there are specific ones for laminate floors).

Foam mats or fabric tiles will be just as hard to clean as a rug, though?

You can lay vinyl but you’d probably need to board it or the tile pattern will show through.

There are those rugs you can machine wash the top layer? Ruggable. I don’t know if they’re any good though.

I presume you’re wearing slippers?

Dpending on how deep the grooves are between the floor tiles I would put vinyl down. I believe you can also have it 'screed' if that is the correct term.
I have done this in my bathroom with out screeding and so far so good. I choose a pattern which is to my taste, but which will also help mask any tile lines that may show through in time. I a, also doing the same in my kitchen this week.

You could lay a modern cork floor over the top. Adds about 12mm or so height, can float (no need to glue it down) and will feel so warm underfoot. We had one previously and our current engineered oak floor is freezing in comparison.

Totter and tumble kids mats are expensive but very big and in lots of colours? Could be a quick fix idea

A friend has just put Polyflor herringbone LVT down - it looks fab and she said it is really thin so didn’t cause issues with doors etc.

Her floor underneath was flat. I agree that since you have tiles you might need some sort of screed or membrane over the tiles first. DITRA matting is good for this sort of thing, it’s only 3mm thick. Will also help stop the cold coming through.

I was going to suggest Ruggable too - I have my eye on one of their rugs for our kitchen but need to convince DH that a rug in a kitchen isn't silly.