2 hours ago, Darienne said:Looked up travertine flooring to make sure I knew what it was and read the pros and cons of the material. Nowhere did it say anything about my first concern...comfort. Last winter we rented a home in Utah with wonderful terra cotta ceramic tiles on the kitchen floor. Within a few days of candy making, my back was aching. We then covered all the surfaces where we stood: the sink, stove and table with cheap grey foam-backed mats which we had brought from house for the dogs in case the floors had no rugs. Relief from pain?...almost immediate. Styling and beauty?...ugly as sin.
No tiled floors for me...ever. We have pine planks in our kitchen. And do they look wonderful and distressed.
Our kitchen has snap-together tile flooring that is grouted (like standard tile) but floats above the original flooring. In our case it was mostly because the floor was too uneven to accommodate regular tiles without budge-busting work to level things up, but I think it's a bit softer on the feet than standard tiles. You can see it in the top photo of this post. I bought it at one of our do-it-yourself hardware stores. I'm pretty sure the brand name is SnapStone.
