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A Kitchen Design Idea You May Not Have Considered

Want to give your kitchen flooring a much needed update? You’ve probably considered vinyl and other common kitchen flooring, but what about something more unusual? Think bamboo and cork. Yes! Bamboo and cork! It’s not as strange as you think!

Cork – Not Just for Wine Bottles

Comfort with Each Step

Cork flooring feels almost rubbery to walk on as it is flexible, creating an “airy” comfortable feeling. Further, cork’s ability to absorb impact means you’ll end up with fewer broken plates if, like me, you occasionally drop one while emptying your dishwasher. (If you have young, accident prone children, this feature will serve you and your wallet well!) However, you don’t need to worry about your cork flooring denting as it always springs back to a flat surface.

A Wide Variety of Colors

Black, green and red are just a few of the colors that your cork flooring can come in, so you can, if you want, coordinate it with your existing kitchen colors.

Environmentally Friendly

Further, since no trees are actually destroyed when producing cork, it’s environmentally friendly – thus, not only will you feel physically comfortable walking on it, you’ll also be able to take pride in the knowledge that you’re doing your part for environmental preservation!

Sound Sensitive?

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

Bamboo – Not Just for Pandas

Another Environmentally Conscious Floor Choice

Fortunately, bamboo is actually a grass. It’s not a tree derivative. Thus, it’s harvested in only 2 years, rather than in the 50 to 100 years it takes for a tree to mature, limiting its impact on the environment as reforestation occurs quickly.

Rich Beauty

When you think of the color of Bamboo, what do you think of? Well, when it’s in your kitchen, you’ll think of – and see – a beautiful gold-like tone. The result will be a slightly rustic, yet warm look for your kitchen floor. Since there are few color options for bamboo flooring, make sure you are comfortable with its color before purchase. Further, you can choose the grains in your bamboo flooring to run either horizontally or vertically along the plank, which is the building block that bamboo flooring usually comes in.

Not Just Beauty

Watching pandas chew bamboo in the wild, you might think it breaks easy, making your kitchen floor unacceptably fragile. But bamboo is actually stronger than oak! Consequently, it can withstand the constant pounding a high traffic kitchen is subjected to as well as easily support heavy furniture and appliances.

Overall, Bamboo and Cork Will Each Make a Good Flooring Choice

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.

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