Looking to remodel your kitchen floors and can’t decide whether tile or hardwood or vinyl is best choice? Well here is why you should take a good hard look at luxury vinyl flooring to modernize your kitchen without breaking the bank and having it last for years!
Vinyl Flooring Comes in Almost Every Style and Texture
Unlike tile and real hardwood flooring, which have a distinct look based on species or grain pattern or material, vinyl plank flooring can look like real wood or tile or pretty much any flooring option out there. Essentially vinyl flooring is composed of multiple layers, the main layer being a PVC plastic core with a printed design layer on the top. That design layer is printed in almost every color, style, grain pattern, or tile design that one could possible want to match their style. Often times people like a certain hardwood flooring grain pattern but can’t find it in the exact stain or color they want, a lot of woods are only stained in specific shades (you can see the latest wood flooring trends here). Vinyl can be printed with the exact color and stain that you want. Often times retailers have a wide array of vinyl plank colors and prints already available for purchase, and even if you can’t find the one you want some companies offer custom printing.
The most Low-Cost option
Redoing your flooring options can be a big expense, especially if you opt for expensive species like white oaks or acacias. Vinyl flooring is generally as much as half the price of its hardwood counterpart and often times you can find vinyl planks for $0.99 to $1.49 a square foot! You don’t need to break the bank to get all the material you need to redo your kitchen completely!
DIY Friendly Installation
One of the main reasons people redo their kitchen with luxury vinyl plank flooring is that it is the most Do-It-Yourself friendly flooring option. If you are opting to do your whole home and will pay contractors or installers to do it professionally than this may not be as important of a factor. But we are focusing on just redoing your kitchen, and for one room remodels DIY flooring is one of the most important factors. Most luxury vinyl plank flooring comes in an easy to install click format that can be glued down to almost any sub floor. For more information on how to install vinyl plank flooring click here for a step by step guide.
After looking at the benefits and ease of luxury vinyl plank flooring for kitchens, it is easy to see why this type of flooring has really become the norm in modern homes today. If you’re wondering where to start most online retailers offer free vinyl samples delivered directly to your home without collecting any credit card information. Good luck with your remodel and feel free to share your kitchen photos in the comments below! We love to see our reader’s beautiful spaces!
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I did my kitchen myself. It looks amazing now. It was simple enough but there are some tricks. A clean surface, an good adhesive vinyl.