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Stylish kitchen flooring ideas

In need of kitchen flooring ideas? Whether you're going for wooden, tiled, or even something a little more outré like resin or vinyl, you're sure to find something to inspire you here

The kitchen is the room that offers the best opportunity to make an impact with flooring, though it must be hardwearing. Whatever you choose to put underfoot has to work hard as well as be stylish. There are many options - for floors that act as backdrops, there's wooden plank flooring, simple flagstones and parquet flooring. Looking for something to complement a home with heritage? Go for original stone flooring or reclaimed wood. If your flooring is going to be the pièce de résistance of your kitchen, you can choose to be bold with painted floorboards, patterned vinyl or striking tiles.

MAY WE SUGGEST: 59 stylish kitchen ideas

Lucas Allen

In this timeless townhouse in Bray decorated by Christopher Howe, the floor is made from cheeseboards, which were found on a trip to the South of France.
Alexander James

For Sarah Peake of Studio Peake, her first ever solo project was an opportunity to test out her ingenuity by transforming a tiny Georgian cottage in London without stripping it out entirely. Sarah and her clients decided to restore the original cabinetry in the kitchen, mixing a Dulux paint for the units, but installed a new stone floor from Artisans of Devizes.
Greg Funnell

n Mimi Thorisson's kitchen in her home in the Médoc region of France, a chequerboard tiled floor adds to the rustic farmhouse feel.

Michael Sinclair

The pale wooden floor in the bright kitchen of this restored London terrace adds a warmth without weighing the space down.The kitchen also has a La Cornue oven island, which is so heavy that the floor had to be reinforced to accommodate the cooker. From here, double doors lead out onto a small roof garden, where pots of herbs stand on rustic - and rusted - shelves.
Paul Massey

Built around the existing navy Aga, Bridie describes the kitchen in her north London house as 'typical Ben Pentreath country-house style'. Traditional cabinets with olive-green paintwork in a gloss finish provide a rich contrast with cheery red and white Marmoleum floor tiles arranged in a chequerboard pattern .
Paul Massey

Georgian elegance meets modern minimalism in this London family house owned by two creatives, who have employed a mix of reclaimed materials and contemporary pieces to eye-catching effect. Ochre's 'Arctic Pear' chandelier hangs above a prototype for the company's 'Lunar' table and Fifties chairs by Friso Kramer. The 18th-century Parisian cobblestones used for the floor add a strong decorative and textural element.
Paul Massey

Fiona Golfar's Cornish cottage is a 'comfortable mishmash' of collected objects and family treasures. In the kitchen, the floorboards have been painted a vibrant blue, contrasting cheerfully with the red Aga and a mix of vintage furniture.

Paul Massey

In Carlos Garcia's Norfolk manor house, layers of Linoleum were removed to reveal a floor tiled with Norfolk pamments. The kitchen walls are in Farrow & Ball's 'Cooking Apple Green'
Simon Brown

In our former editor Sue Crewe's London flat, geometric floor tiles from Bert & May chime with the blue palette of the compact kitchen, which was designed and made by Neptune.
Michael Sinclair

The kitchen of this inventive London house by Rachel Chudley features a patinated smooth-finish concrete floor by Mass Concrete. It chimes in well with the house's bold look. Elsewhere in the kitchen a contemporary chandelier with vintage glass globes and industrial-style metal pendant lights complement a bespoke kitchen by Jack Trench, which includes tall oak cupboards and an island in Fior di Pesco marble.
Paul Massey

The wooden herringbone kitchen flooring adds interest to this otherwise minimal kitchen. A shade darker than the wood used above the counters, the flooring offers a contrast for what would otherwise be an overly pale kitchen.

Relocating to Oxford after 15 years in Japan and Hong Kong, the owners of this Victorian house put together a team of experts to create a mostly open-plan layout full of intriguing design details. The kitchen is part of the open-plan living space that looks out onto the garden. Punctuation points in the shape of strategically placed pillars and curtains separate spaces in the open-plan ground floor. Steps lead down into the kitchen and sitting room, and a ceiling thrown high adds volume, daylight and a sense of space without the cavernous echo of an oversize room.

Romain Ricard

In this Victorian house in London, Maria Speake – House & Garden's Interior Designer of the Year – has cleverly reorganised the layout and made inventive use of the salvaged materials for which her company Retrouvius is known, including a reclaimed parquet floor. Farrow & Ball's soft green 'Mizzle' paint provides a backdrop for wall units fronted with mirrors salvaged from the entrance hall of Unilever House on London's Embankment. An array of 'Café Glass Globe Pendant' lights from Lampsy hangs above a central island created from two mahogany museum cabinets.
Michael Sinclair

The original flagstone flooring taken up to install underfloor heating were returned and then extended. New joinery blended seamlessly with old. Original features were key to the character of this house - original flooring is central to the look of this kitchen.

The tiles behind the Aga in this country kitchen, which are from Ann Sacks, make the alcove a lovely focus in the bright room. Tom Dixon pendant lights hang above the island, which stores wine, books and tableware. This restored Georgian house in Somerset was an irresistible challenge for its owners, who put together a team including architect Ptolemy Dean for the painstaking restoration, which won a Georgian Group award in 2015.
Rachel Whiting

"The flooring in this kitchen consists of simple wide pine boards that are specialist painted," explains Beata Heuman, the interior designer behind this vibrant home in London. "It's an open plan kitchen in a large space and we wanted something original to tie it all together. The fact that it's painted wood rather than tiles adds softness while avoiding the monotone finish you otherwise get with wood. The back wall is at an angle and the pattern drew attention away from the space being an irregular shape and helped balance it out." The colour palette, which includes a Swedish green marble worktop and a bespoke copper cooker hood and island by Premier Building & Design, complements the garden beyond. It will acquire a greenish patina over time.
Paul Massey

Off-white flagstones add a touch of warmth to this white kitchen. The tiles also add to the modern feel of the space.

The design of this white modern kitchen with pendant lights is entirely bespoke, and much of it is concealed behind a wall of built-in storage. 'Storage was the biggest challenge in this flat. Now every little void has built-in cupboards', says designer Harriet Anstruther. Glass pendant lights from Curiousa & Curiousa hang above the kitchen table, which is surrounded by vintage Toulix chairs by Xavier Pauchard in their original paint.

Davide Lovatti

Wide wooden plank flooring contributes to the rustic style of this space.

Known for their restoration of historic buildings in Scotland, conservation architects Nick Groves-Raines and Kristin Hannesdottir relished the challenge of saving Lamb's House in Leith, where they now live and work.The wooden kitchen with original beams is decorated in the traditional country style.
Alexander James

Bodil Blain and her husband lived in their Bayswater flat for a year without doing anything. 'It's the best advice I can give,' she says. 'After that you really know what's needed and what isn't.' Bodil later designed the kitchen herself, working with her friend, the designer Fiona Parke, and going through 25 drawings or more. She praises her cabinetmaker, Neil Straker of Cheverell, as 'the most patient man on the planet'. The look, with white units, marble worktop and crisp colours reflects Bodil's time in New York, and indeed the handles come from the US, as she could not find what she wanted here. She opted for encaustic floor tiles in shades of aubergine, blue and white. For similar, try Evora tiles from Fired Earth. Each tile measures 20cm square and costs £8.99.
Simon Brown

This kitchen in designer Mark Smith's London flat is a House & Garden favourite. We have fallen for the chevron flooring. The kitchen worktop, running right around the bay window, makes sure that not a centimetre of space is wasted. The bold flooring pattern is offest by the paler colour, making it the perfect balance in this small but punchy kitchen.
Simon Brown

In the kitchen of this London flat, owned by a property developer and decorated by Max Rollitt, the Shaker-plain cabinetry is in a rich red reminiscent of a Victorian railway carriage or a dashing Regency barouche. It sits proudly on top of monchrome checked tiles. The standard lamp is from Marianna Kennedy, while the pendant lights are from Holloways of Ludlow. The effect is simple yet bold.

The classic combination of red and blue works well here, creating a fun space that doesn't compromise on style. The clean lines of the tile pattern allow colour to be the main focus of the room.

Rachel Whiting

Reclaimed Wooden Floor

The kitchen in the Parisian flat of Vincent Frey and his wife Bianca is by Valcucine and made entirely of recyclable material. Vincent is the grandson of the eponymous Pierre Frey founder (and the current deputy manager of the French fabric and furnishing company). The couple hired architect Marika Dru, an old school friend of Vincent's, to work on their home, although decorated it themselves. The reclaimed wooden floor is not only eco-friendly but also adds rustic interest to the otherwise sleek space.
Jake Curtis

The compact galley kitchen in designer Ben Pentreath's small flat[/link] is bright with white units and shelving, though not clinical thanks to unusual dark green walls. A similar paint is 'Euphorbia' by Paint Library.

Want to have dark walls in a small room? Create balace by having a light coloured floor that will reflect light - painted floorboards offer easy opportunity for this.
Jake Curtis

'You come straight in to this part of the house from the street, so I knew that whatever I put on the floor would have to work hard. I chose a combination of reclaimed wooden boards, and Emery & Cie tiles in tonal greens. There are random ones dotted about the room with letters printed on them representing the children's names. The combination of the wood and tiles distinguishes the kitchen from the living areas.'