Floor Coverings - Ahh Yeah!

[Mangyrat]

Hi folks,

Background: My wife and I have been renovating an old house. The original section was built in 1850. Added on to in 1900, 1950, and 1980. It's kind of a monstrosity. We've redone the bathroom, the living room, and the stairwell. So here we are, fixing up the kitchen. The hearth of the home.

I'm looking for any advice on flooring for the kitchen. The three main contenders are: Hardwood, Tile, & Rubber flooring. Hardwood is our favorite so far. We are thinking Antique oak, gunstock. That's a Lowe's description. Anybody got any kitchen flooring advice?

I personally like the wood floor look.
If you have wood in the rest of the house i would do the kitchen in wood also just so you don't have 2 or 3 different floor coverings.

[JiveTurkey]

The kitchen floor can take a lot of abuse, relative to the rest of the house (save the bathroom). Maybe look into Pergo.

We also like hardwood and have it everywhere but the bathroom (linoleum), kitchen (Pergo with wood pattern), and living room will eventually be hardwood (it wasn't there originally, just carpet).