Benefits Of Hardwood Flooring For Your Kitchen

Main benefits of choosing hardwood floors for your kitchen

1. Hardwood flooring is usually has a more accessible price than tile.

When you go to a store and compare the prices for tiles and hardwood floors, you can be misled by the prices. Remember that you still need to add the labor rates to that price. The installation labor for tile is much more expensive than the labor for hardwood. Of course, this depends on which hardwood and which tile you are comparing.

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Wide planks with knots give this kitchen a welcoming, rustic feel

2. Hardwood Floors are more comfortable on your feet:

Comfort is of particular importance when you spend considerable amounts of time in the kitchen, whether it is cooking, entertaining, or both.

Also, tile floors feel colder, especially during the winter. However, wood tends to be warmer, thus producing a cozier feeling and contributing to your health.

3. Hardwood floors can improve your space appreciation:

When you use the same color and surface on different adjacent rooms, it makes the space more cohesive, allowing your eyes to flow from room to room easier, producing the illusion of a wider space.

Plus, hardwood is currently trendy for kitchens. This is why you may have seen them featured on decorations sites and magazines.

4. Hardwood flooring is better in the long-run.

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Photo: Reclaimed oak kitchen project

Hardwood can scratch and dent over time. It may need to be refinished every ten years or so. Tiles, on the other hand, can crack, and once they do, there is very little you can do to repair it.

Wood and come to life again when you refinish; they can even look like brand new again. Unlike tile, you can change the color of your hardwood floors when you refinish it.

Our experts can design a custom kitchen flooring just for you. Contact us today and let us know what the kitchen of your dreams looks like. We will do our best to help you bring that vision into a reality that you can enjoy every day.

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Chris Keale

Owner & Operator of Tongue & Groove Flooring
Wood Flooring 101 Course Creator

Chris Keale is the owner of Tongue & Groove and the creator of the Wood Floors 101 course, an educational resource that helps homeowners and design professionals make confident flooring decisions.

With a career that began in global technology and consulting, Chris traded boardrooms for floorboards, bringing his leadership skills and love of craftsmanship into the hardwood flooring industry. Since 2007, he has grown Tongue & Groove into one of Colorado’s most trusted flooring companies—built on a foundation of integrity, education and precision. 

Known for his sharp insight, dry humor and genuine commitment to his clients, Chris has helped homeowners, builders and designers through the complexities of choosing and installing hardwood floors. Whether teaching in the showroom, on a jobsite or through his Wood Floors 101, his mission remains the same: to simplify a complicated industry and deliver floors that stand the test of time.

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