Wooden floor in kitchen?

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I really want an engineered wooden floor in our kitchen, but I have painful memories of the amount of maintenance a wooden worktop required when we had one a few years back. We are a splashy family around the sink, and we're getting a dog.

If we have it properly sealed, realistically how much work is it to clean without getting wet, and how resilient is it to spills that aren't wiped up that very second?

I suppose I'm asking: has anyone had a wooden floor in their kitchen and regretted it? I'd never advise anyone got a wooden surface, and I am worried that I'm basically committing to the same thing, but over tens of metres squared. (The kitchen is the largest room in the house, because it runs the full width at the back - we're going to pretty much live in it.)

We have solid bamboo throughout our downstairs. It's been in 12 years and we have done nothing to it (no sealing, sanding etc). There's the odd, minor scratch, but you'd have to look for them. It gets a good mop once a week, and I use Method floor cleaner occasionally for a nice finish (and for the smell). It's so lovely underfoot, and it looks nice too. I'd lay it again in a heartbeat.

We need to change our kitchen flooring after an LVT disaster. We will be having engineered wood. As soon as we can afford it!

I have got flotex and I love it. easy to clean and dropped china and glass bounces not breaks

OP, have you thought of ceramic floor tiles that actually look like real wood? I have those in one of the bathrooms as they are so practical for water splashes or spills, are dead easy to clean, and with underfloor heating are toasty warm to walk on in the winter, but lovely and cool in summer with the heating off.