Daily Busy Living Spaces…
Kitchens and Bathrooms
T
he floors in kitchens and bathrooms are on the front line of your household’s daily activity. The kitchen is nearly always the hub of family life. From breakfast to bedtime snacks, or family meetings, this room is used nonstop. As a result, a kitchen’s floor is subject to high traffic, dropped food, spilled drinks, and general household mayhem. If there are children on the domestic roster, the floor can be crawled, wrestled, and rolled on; the same goes for active pets, along with the addition of food and water bowls. Bathrooms are used for quick morning showers, and stress-reducing bathtub soaks. All surfaces in a bathroom need to be resistant to water and steam. With room conditions optimal for mildew, the bathroom floor must be easily cleanable with a surface that leaves no foothold for mold and fungus. If a person in the house is ill, it is important to disinfect all bathroom surfaces. ■
Timeless Beauty by Engineered Floors
Left: ProGen Rigid Core by Tarkett in Quartzite Ashen. Below: Engage Inception in Roadhouse Mesquite by MetroFlor
Serenbe HDC in Nickel in an 11¾" x 23¾" tile format from Novalis
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