Marmoleum for Kitchen Floors?
As everyone on Brownstoner has been such a great help in planning our reno…..is there anyone who has done a Marmoleum floor? Any regrets or kudos? I was previously thinking engineered wood….but I am realizing one of the only things I will miss about leaving my rental apt. is the old-time lino floor (maybe from…
As everyone on Brownstoner has been such a great help in planning our reno…..is there anyone who has done a Marmoleum floor? Any regrets or kudos? I was previously thinking engineered wood….but I am realizing one of the only things I will miss about leaving my rental apt. is the old-time lino floor (maybe from the 70’s?).
I never considered linoleum but Marmoleum looks to be a different animal…..not going to do ceramic tile (like the clean-up but I cook a LOT and fear my legs will ache).
Thanks in advance.
To each his own, traditionalmod, I prefer things that make things look tidy from the outset not camouflage a mess, by looking messy. 😉
I like the speckling in marmoleum, DrewCStuart. It disguises crumbs and dirt a big which is always helpful. I love heathered wool sweaters too. I prefer variations in colors rather than solid-solid which looks flat. Anyway, I wish we had marmoleum in our kitchen. I think it’s a great option for a basement rec room too, in a great color to brighten up the space for the whole family to hang out in.
My neighbors across the street used it in their kitchen reno. about a year ago. It looks absolutely fantastic and it has a really nice feeling under your feet. We’re going there tonight for dinner, I’ll ask who their supplier/installer was if you’d like.
My neighbors across the street used it in their kitchen reno. about a year ago. It looks absolutely fantastic and it has a really nice feeling under your feet. We’re going there tonight for dinner, I’ll ask who their supplier/installer was if you’d like.
sogo – I’ve always been a fan of ‘rolled’ flooring goods however I really hate all the speckling that comes along with most products (excuse the negativity but they have a tendancy to look like petrified vomit). I finally found a company that makes a nice solid color product. (They make a lot of scary ‘wood floor’ and speckled stuff too).
Loneseal has some great solids, they don’t recommend the high-gloss stuff for high traffic areas but their matte versions look great and are probably as durable as a linoleum in a residential setting.
http://www.lonseal.com/show_product/LONFLOOR%20PLAIN
Please post some pictures when you are done!
Best of luck,
Drew Stuart
Incorporated Architecture & Design
http://www.incorporatedny.com/
Johnny – You must have resilient vinyl flooring, not lino: lino is very expensive!
Thanks for asking this question. We’re thinking of the same thing for a room that connects the kitchen to the outdoors. Would a sheet of marmoleum be more forgiving than the tiles?
I have it in my kitchen and I love it. IMBY’s right, get a good installer (see some of their installations) and discuss where the seams are to go. The plywood subflooring must be put down just so in order to prevent the telegraphing of panel joints.
there is a special floor cleaning product (I forget the name of it). Our floor has held up very well for 5 years, and has been subject to the abuse of 2 elementary schoolers
I did a pretty high end kitchen reno and have lino floor. Was a lot going on in the kitchen. Mix of steel and wood, nice design. A neutral lino floor actually makes everything pop ’cause the floor’s just there versus being yet another design element.
Plus, y’know, it was cheap 😉