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That\u2019s right, you heard us: hardwood floors in the kitchen<\/strong>. With that said, a report performed by Houzz<\/a> found that many homeowners are updating their kitchens by remodeling them. 72% of homeowners are updating their kitchen floors, according to the report.<\/p>\n Of the 72%, 34% chose solid hardwood for their kitchen flooring, while 12% selected engineered hardwood floors<\/a>. It used to be that ceramic or tile-flooring options were most popular, but that has now changed.<\/p>\n It begs to question: why are a majority of people, specifically homeowners, turning to hardwood floors in the kitchen? What\u2019s the appeal?<\/p>\n 1. Kitchen Life Has Changed<\/em><\/p>\n It used to be kitchens were for cooking and nothing more. Nowadays this isn\u2019t the case. Kitchens for many families have a variety of uses. Entertainment (i.e. TV), socializing, performing work or homework. There\u2019s a lot more activity occurring in kitchens now, as much as 3-4 hours per day as estimated by the report.<\/p>\n With this much activity occurring in kitchens on a daily basis, you\u2019re going to want something that looks appealing \u2013 such as hardwood floors – especially if you\u2019re inviting guests over to socialize with. In the report, half of the homeowners surveyed had reported that they were updating their kitchen because it had been 21 years or longer since the last update. That\u2019s a long time & with trends constantly changing you want to make sure you\u2019re keeping up in order to maximize the value of your home. Flooring is one of the top features being updated in kitchen remodels.<\/p>\n See also: Hardwood floors add value to your home<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n 3. New Kitchen, New Style<\/em><\/p>\n People that remodel their kitchen are trying to be trendy or add in features or other bells & whistles that have a lot of appeal. Hardwood floors are one of these appeals because it\u2019s something we haven\u2019t traditionally seen performed in the past. Kitchen hardwood flooring is just beginning to gain popularity amongst homeowners.<\/p>\n Please refer to our other posts on hardwood flooring trends of 2016<\/a> and residential flooring trends<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That\u2019s right, you heard us: hardwood floors in the kitchen. *We want to mention however that we do not condone the use of hardwood floors in the kitchen \u2013 despite how beautiful they are \u2013 because of the chance of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,30],"tags":[607,273,608],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","category-news","tag-are-hardwood-floors-ok-in-kitchen","tag-hardwood-floors-in-the-kitchen","tag-kitchen-hardwood-flooring-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n*We want to mention however that we do not condone the use of hardwood floors in the kitchen \u2013 despite how beautiful they are \u2013 because of the chance of water damage occurring. <\/em><\/p>\nWhy Hardwood Floors for Kitchens?<\/h3>\n
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\n2. It\u2019s Just Due for a Change<\/em><\/p>\n