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August 27, 2009
New Floor for Small Space
Hello,
We are gutting and replacing our kitchen this week and I just realized we haven't made any decisions about the floor (not smart). We'd like to extend the hardwood that's in the rest of the apartment into the kitchen. The floor space is very small - maybe 3 feet by 6 feet. Anybody know who I can get in touch with about taking this on? Thanks!
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Anyone who does wood flooring, Verazzano for example.
Posted by: denton at August 27, 2009 7:06 AM
are you doing all this yourself? any contractor who is doing your kitchen could easily do this. or any handyman. but get the wood now. should be sitting in your place for a few days before you put it down.
Posted by: Ringo at August 27, 2009 10:49 AM
Are you sure you'd like wood floors in your small kitchen? A small kitchen is the ultimate high-traffic, high-humidity area. The floors will be destroyed in 3 years. Have you considered tiles?
We've just replaced our maple floors (mistake) in our small kitchen with large Porcelanosa tiles. It looks beautiful.
Posted by: Maly at August 27, 2009 11:12 AM
Maly's got a point... maybe go with cork or tile.
A boat I was on recently had leather soles (floor) in one area about this size. TOTALLY BOSS and gets more supple with time... but in a kitchen?
Posted by: Fjorder at August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
Don't rule out high-end linoleum, I have been told that the foofy designers who do weird designerish concrete floors for clients often choose it for themselves because it's still a great choice! (We have a "linoleum rug" in one part of our house that, at age 90, is apparently indestructible...)
Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at August 27, 2009 1:07 PM
That is about the floor space of our kitchen, and when we re-did about 5 years ago, the contractor just put down wood floors. We had no wear issues other than having picked too soft a wood (American cherry), which got dinged up a bit from heels, moving appliances, although in a not-so-bad way. If you went with something harder (regular cherry), they should hold up fine. Ours were prefinished, so not sure if that made them more water-resistant.
Posted by: PHer at August 27, 2009 1:55 PM
Another option would be to go with "wood-look" tile. trendyfloors.com has a pretty good selection of those.
Posted by: sgorelik at August 27, 2009 3:43 PM
Tile is the way to go.
Porcelanosa is great.
Posted by: argentina at August 27, 2009 4:03 PM
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