Tile or wood floor in living dining room?

List of Forums + New Post Recipe Box Usergroups Following Log in

Join Now

| | | | |

Forum -> Shopping

View latest: 24h 48h 72h

amother

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:48 pm

We are redoing the floors on our entire main floor. I am in my upper thirties and have 5 kids aged 1-10. I am debating doing the entire main floor a big white square tile with a slight gray pattern or just doing kitchen / family room / study the tile and put a hard wood in the living dining room.

I personally like hardwood better and it’s a timeless look which is great. I have little kids and am worried if not on top of them they will ruin the wood and also as far as cleaning it’s a lot easier to just make one bucket and mop the entire floor.

Any advice or opinions?! Thanks.

amother

Mocha

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:52 pm

I would do wood because of babies

sarahph1

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:54 pm

wooood!

anonymrs

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:55 pm

Wood for sure!

amother

Blonde

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:56 pm

Pros of tiles is that it's easy to clean and it's long lasting. The downside is that if anything falls off the table, or if children fall, it's a very hard surface.
But the wood is likely to get ruined with little kids. It will get scratched and it's much more delicate than the tile would be.

amother

Catmint

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:56 pm

Wood. Tiles get so much more dirty.

amother

Blueberry

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 12:58 pm

I love the look of wood, but tile is so much easier to clean and maintain. I hate that I need to worry about every little scratch with wood. If I could pick, I'd choose tile over wood.

amother

Coral

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 1:01 pm

I would go tile!!

amother

Moonstone

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 1:02 pm

I have knee issues. wood is much more forgiving on the knees.

jflower

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 1:04 pm

OP, I noticed that you're thinking of going with a white tile. Is that a practical choice? I once installed a very light tile in my kitchen and it was very difficult to keep clean. Just saying.

Hatzlocha in whatever you decide!

amother

Caramel

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 2:31 pm

We have tile & I don't regret it. I don't want the maintenance of wood. We do have radiant heating though.

hodeez

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 2:33 pm

My lr is wood and dining and kitchen tile. I like how it splits up the space and also looks nice togethwr

amother

Snapdragon

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 2:36 pm

I have tile in the kitchen/family and wood in the dining/living.

The wood has a really really strong laquer (bought ready done) and has held up real well. The tile shows up dirt constantly, (is too light with v little movement) is very unforgiving. Two have hairline cracks. I get tired cooking on it if I don't wear something on my feet like shoes/crocs/slippers.

Though houses with tile all over do look v modern!

amother

Oatmeal

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 2:38 pm

I have young kids. They play in the playroom. My wood floor is seven years old and looks brand new. I don’t like tile as much- if a kid falls it hurts much more and it can be slippery and it gets more noticeable when dirty

amother

Hibiscus

Mon, Sep 18 2023, 9:27 pm

Wood throughout. I love the look and its size much easier on my back. Have it for 7 years. It's scratched but not terrible.

Page 1 of 1