On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:25:00 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:52:24 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 12:44:27 PM UTC-5, Davej wrote:
My house has some sort of modern tongue-in-groove plank-style
wooden floor throughout the entryways, breakfast area, and
kitchen, installed over the plywood sub-floor. I like the fact
that wood is a comfortable surface for bare feet, but don't
like the fact that every spill of water can be a problem and
every dropped utensil can create another dent or gouge. Any
suggestions?

I favor sheet vinyl. No seams for spilled milk to infiltrate. But
it's no longer fashionable.

Cindy Hamilton

I agree I liked the vinyl myself but my wife insisted on taking the
ceramic tile we have in the rest of the house into the kitchen. It is
certainly durable and easy to clean but very unforgiving on anything
you drop. I can't seem to hurt the tile but I have certainly broken a
lot of glasses, dishes or whatever.
It's so hard glasses and china seem to break even before they hit
the floor - - - at least before thit hit after the first bounce.

We put in armstrong solid vinyl sheet flooring 26 years ago and it
still looks like new - and it looks like porcelain tile. Kitchen and
mainfloor bath. The upstairs bath is a composite floor that looks like
tile and comes in 2X4 foot sheets - snaps together like laminate fake
hardwood, but with virtually invisible seams and guaranteed
waterproof. The finish is as hard as ceramic tile - was VERY hard on
saw blades. I don't think it was Pergo - but very similar.

Also a decent option for a kitchen and available in many "patterns"
(Pergo)