The aesthetic appeal of your kitchen is incomplete without you make the floor also exquisite. There are many options to make the floor smooth and luxuriously glossy with laminate, tiles or vinyl. There are more options also like stone, concrete, wood, bamboo and carpet. What suits your best lifestyle? You need to decide this yourself after knowing the qualities of every option at hand.
All the above-mentioned options have their pros and cons. Your best choice is one option that can give you all of its pros and its cons do not affect your life. For example, laminate is a great choice for kitchens where you want to keep the visual appeal of the floor high and your use of the kitchen is more than common families.
Its cons are that it cannot be refinished or sanded if heavily scratched or grooved. Do these cons matter to your style of use? If yes, do not choose laminate but go for vinyl or porcelain tile flooring. The advantages of vinyl or porcelain are that it does not get affected by water spill, humidity, pressure etc. You can refinish it when needed.
Your kitchen is your workplace. How many hours a day you work there? Determining your daily use of the kitchen can help you choose the best flooring option. You may like hardwood. This is epic for kitchens where the humidity level is not high and you can refinish it anytime and make it look novel shiny. This adds a natural sense in your kitchen and while you walk around, no sound is created by your shoes.
This way you can consider each floor option to make your kitchen floor friendly to your lifestyle. Check the images below to have an idea of how the kitchen floors look like with different flooring options.