A Kitchen Design Idea You May Not Have Considered

Looking to redo your kitchen flooring? Put aside boring thoughts of linoleum and consider a more unique choice. Imagine bamboo and cork under your feet. It’s not as strange as you think!

Perhaps the Best Kitchen Flooring Material Mom Never Told You About - Cork

Gives Under Foot

Cork flooring feels almost rubbery to walk on as it is flexible, creating an “airy” comfortable feeling. And don’t worry about dropped dishes. Soft under foot also means soft under dish, limiting your broken dishes if you happen to drop one every now and then. But cork also retains its original shape, meaning you can safely place furniture on it without fear of denting.

A Wide Variety of Colors

Cork comes in a variety of hues and tones, including red, green and black, so you can easily match your kitchen colors..

Green Kitchen Flooring?

Because cork comes from tree bark, and not the tree’s base wood, cork isn’t harmful to the environment. So when you get cork kitchen flooring, you aren’t contributing to deforestation.

Looking for Peace and Quiet?

Cork also absorbs sound, helping to reduce household noise in an often noisy room, the kitchen, where hungry family members congregate.

Thinking New Kitchen Flooring? Think Bamboo

Another Environmentally Conscious Floor Choice

Most people don’t realize that bamboo is not made from a tree. It’s really a form of grass. So, by using cork kitchen flooring, you would be doing your small part to save the environment as no trees would have been destroyed for your kitchen floor.

Natural Beauty in Your Kitchen

Bamboo has the color of really light beer, imparting a gold-like/yellowish glow to your kitchen. This coloring will literally brighten up your kitchen, lifting your mood when you enter it.However, the coloring may clash with your existing kitchen colors, so make sure you are comfortable with the color contrast that bamboo would bring to your kitchen before purchase. In addition, the bamboo often comes in the form of planks with your choice of vertical or horizontal grains, adding a rustic look to your kitchen.

Not Just Beauty

Bamboo might look weak in the wild, leading you to believe it wouldn’t make a durable addition to your kitchen. However, believe it or not, bamboo is really stronger than oak. Thus, you don’t have to worry. Bamboo is strong enough to stand up to the challenge of your family and furniture.

Perhaps Cork and Bamboo are Viable Options For You….

If you want a natural and exotic look for your kitchen, then consider cork or bamboo. But keep in mind, it’s often more expensive than traditional flooring material. But if price isn’t that great of a concern for you, they could each give you a kitchen worth showing off.