Teddybear Lady

Reminds me of my kitchen except I have sunflower curtains and tablecloth. I painted my cabinets glossy white and added the stainless steel handles. My tile has a mixture of blue, white, and beige in it. Very light. My walls are painted ..."Glad Yellow". That was the name of the color I picked. haha We changed out an old yellow formica counter top for a pretty marbled blue. It's very uplifting to me to be in the kitchen now.

Highmtn

Yes... I forgot to mention.... your kitchen is adorable! So vintage and quaint looking!

Murphy

I have split pavers in my kitchen.

Willa

I grew up in a house with oak floors (the inch wide ones) which lasted my parents 50 years and 5 kids and the floors are still there and look awesome. They were cool year around. I now have tile - it also is cool in summer but cold in winter and very hard. If I had my choice - real hard wood oak everywhere except bathroom.

Crqltr

Tile is cold in the winter and hard to keep clean.

CoyoteQuilts

Do the wood. Ceramic will break even the hardiest Corelleware :).... Also ceramic will bend the tip of your scissors if they land on the very tip.....

cindyw

I'm not reading all the responses so I may be repeating but get the wood. I picked tile and when I'm in my kitchen for awhile it kills my back. I replaced laminate over 70 yr old wood floors and didn't know it would be so different or I would have gone with wood.

Sheila_H

We've got nice stained hardwood floors throughout the main living areas - LR, Kitchen and DR and office. Then in our bathrooms we have ceramic tiles they are so simple to clean up and carpets in just the bedrooms, which I will probably take out and put down more hardwood floor.

Ellen

I have terazzo (concrete)throughout and love it for the ease of care. It is hard on the back and legs if spring housecleaning or cooking a big meal but I just get a new pair of flip flops and get-r-done.
I grew up with oak floors and dearly love them. If I ever cover this terazzo, it will be with oak.
I love the look of the stained concrete. Saw a log cabin out at Travis Lake near Austin and it was just gorgeous. They use chemicals not dyes, which surprised me.

Sandee

Have laminate thru most of house.