Black flooring for kitchen?

Similar problems verbally Chewy ah! that will be the poteen catching up with you.

Books. Foot. Boots. Who knows Phoenix? All I know is that somebody keeps stomping across my lovely new floor and leaves ruddy big marks! And it can't be me because I only take a size 4 shoe!

I interpreted it as "boot marks"?

Eater stains instead of water stains. Bookmarks instead of foot marks. Fiddle instead of doddle.

I don't know why I bother lemon! I'm thinking straight but by the time the words come out of the ends of my fingers, it's gibberish. I'm having similar problems verbally too!

Chewbacca it was your bookmarks that had me puzzled!

Just read back on my earlier post about Karndean and it is not a fiddle to clean at all! It's a DODDLE to clean! why does spell check insist it knows best

yes, there are some very nice wood effect vinyls around.

We used to have black tile effect vinyl in a kitchen with darkish oak units and a black worktop - we have cats and the litter tray was on it - I did have to sweep it every day but didn't need to wash it often. We have cream shiny tiles in the kitchen/utility/downstairs loo and they're a nightmare - not only do they show every splash of water and cat hairs they also show marks just walking on them in bare feet!! Washing them makes slippers stick as you walk We have wood effect vinyl in the conservatory (another litter tray zone) and that always looks lovely and is so easy to clean.

Again, thanks to all.

We have a pretty tight budget, so Amtico &Karndean are, unfortunately not an option

Mr P is against having ordinary vinyl, as we used to have it in the downstairs loo and the dear departed Lily used to claw it!

I have pointed out that we have vinyl in the bathroom that hasn't been "cattacked" but he isn't prepared to risk it in the kitchen, hence looking at what is listed as LVT, the samples we have received so far have been very impressive, thick, solid, tough finish and click together like laminate, but as we don't intend to do it again, it's important to get it right!

Another vote for Karndean here , we have a oak finish on ours , it's so easy to clean and doesn't show the detritus that lands on it .

I have a marble pattern on porcelain tiles and they hide a multitude of sins as I’m not one for mopping the floor daily. (total slattern)

Someone I knew had a white tiled kitchen floor. She told me she "just washed it every night - it's no bother"

Life's too short.

Sounds similar to mine lemon. I was so pleased with the end result in the kitchen that I had itextended right through the downstairs floors too. So easy to clean, doesn't show up the muck and forgiving with bumps and scrapes.

The darker, the more things 'show up' as others say.
We have a very pale Karndean in the kitchen [put down in strips like a laminate] a sort of pale driftwood look.Obviously, I do clean it, but it looks clean all the time even before I wash it.It has been down for 10 years and not a mark on it.

phoenix, just don't! We had a navy blue floor and even I was moved to sweep it occasionally!

I never wash my kitchen floor! Somehow life goes on.

My daughter has a black tiled kitchen floor.
When wet it looks lovely but is an ice rink.
When dry it is a magnet for every bit of dust and dirt from miles around!
I have an Indian slate floor, before committing I purchased a single tile and abused it with all manner of substances, I put hot pans on it and dropped things on it.
It is fantastic, hardwearing, non slip and never looks grubby. ?

Having twice lived with a black vinyl floor in the bathroom, I can safely say that I'd never put down black flooring anywhere, especially a kitchen. Life's too short for washing floors that often!

Our first house had black vinyl tiles in the bathroom. Never again would I put black in a bathroom. It showed every little smear, smudge or trace of baby powder.

Revising my opinion (above) of black slate. It occurs to me that my son gave it a good clean before I visited!

I am not a fan of black in kitchens and would not have it as flooring.
I do like Amtico especially the ones that look like slate or marble tiles. I have light grey marble in my kitchen.

I have dark charcoal slate in one bathroom and it shows every speck of dust. In a kitchen it would be a nightmare!
If you do want slate/stone of any sort a lightish grey would be more forgiving.
Not your colour scheme but I have a veined pale terracotta colour in my kitchen and it is marvellous. With one Turtle mat to catch the paw prints at the door it can go a whole week easy!

DD had a black slate type floor in her last house. When her children were crawling their clothes ended up black as well! She had it re-sealed but it didn't seem any better.

I'm usually covered in those by the end of the day.