Tile draws heat away so tile flooring feels colder especially in the winter.
Tile or hardwood in kitchen.
Hardwood floors are warmer on your feet.
Hardwood floors are easier on your feet.
Hardwood floors can help make your kitchen space look larger especially if it s the same type and color as the hardwood flooring in surrounding rooms.
Not only do we love how the hardwood floors look in the kitchen but we love how they flow from room to room.
There are pros and cons to both hardwood and tile in the kitchen but personally i prefer hardwood not only for the reasons you gave but also because it s easier on feet warmer and easier to clean.
Tile is less porous meaning it won t absorb things like wine pasta sauce and meat drippings so you won t have to worry about smells and stains getting absorbed into your flooring.
Before we would walk from tile to wood to carpet when i look back now it all felt choppy to me.
Here s a whole blog post i wrote showing the advantages of each.
This is especially important if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking or entertaining or both.
Are we happy we chose hardwood over tile for our kitchen.
Hardwood provides you with a softer more resilient surface to stand on than most tile and hard surface flooring options.
Tile is the traditional choice when it comes to redesigning a kitchen floor.
Now the rooms flow so much better.