If you’ve ever considered installing a cork floor, here’s a guide to the pluses and minuses.
There’s an interesting discussion in the comment thread as well.
I personally strongly considered getting a cork floor in my kitchen when I was renovating. The reason was that I have a bad neck and wanted a floor that would be forgiving on my back. In the end I decided against cork flooring because my family is too rough. My husband is not dainty in the least bit and neither is my teenage son. They’re both big guys. Plus I have a seven year old daughter. I think they would have torn up the floor within a year by moving the chairs back and forth at mealtime.
My friend’s retired mother has a cork floor in her kitchen and she loves it. (She also has a bad back.) In that case I can see a cork floor working well – with a retired couple or an unmarried person who’s not planning on having kids in the near future.
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