Kitchen Floor Tiles

Kitchen is one of the busiest areas of the house, and especially kitchen floors that had to go through some of the hardest wear-and-tear situations.

We do experienced hot liquids or chemical cleaning substances get spilled, and drop impacts of kitchen utensils like knives or other heavy metal objects, that can potentially cause serious damages to the kitchen floor.

With these reasons, Marble or Granite materials are highly recommended when it comes to kitchen floor tiles.

These materials are prone to be more solid, durable, resilient, and aesthetically pleasing at the same time.

• Use marble or granite tiles instead of ceramic or laminated wood especially if you’re looking for more durable flooring solution.
• When designing your ideal kitchen, one can choose a lighter stone shade to emphasise the impression of kitchen brightness and spacious, or a darker shade to create feelings of warmth and intimacy.

Most of the time, white or beige colour stone tiles are chosen, as it will blend well with any of the wall tiles backsplash, cabinets and kitchen countertops.

But however, if your kitchen is meant to be more heavy duty, then try considering a darker colour. This will help in reducing dirt substances visibility.

• There are many ways that floor tiles can be installed and arranged. You can implement using 2 or more shades to make diamond shapes patterns for the entire kitchen floor, or to create borders around the edges, or even a simple uniform structure or random array of tiles.
• Besides colours, choosing the right cut-size of the floor tiles is also important, as it may affect the visual perspective view on the kitchen built-up area. Hence, smaller kitchen is advisable to use smaller tiles and vice versa.
• Lastly, kitchen floor tiles with tumble or honed stone finishing are able to enhance grip or traction, hence preventing from someone falling due to slippery floor during wet condition.