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THESE 15 GORGEOUS KITCHEN FLOOR IDEAS ARE A COOK’S DREAM

Ricardo Labougle

There are few rooms that can excite the senses like the kitchen, and few features spice up a cooking space like an amazing kitchen floor. Of course, your chosen surface (as with your backsplash, counters, and kitchen island) must stand up to repeated foot traffic and the occasional mess, but they also present an opportunity for showstopping design. Want proof? Look no further than the ELLE DECOR archive, where designers have proved time and time again that kitchen flooring needn’t be boring, be it patterned in a classic checkerboard, as in the Seville pied-à-terre of designer Amaro Sánchez de Moya; paved in vibrant tile, as with the orange-and-white-floral-patterned floors of a grand Milanese palazzo kitchen designed by Studio Peregalli; or swathed in sleek marble, as seen in an ultrachic Parisian flat designed by Hugo Toro. Below, we’ve selected our 15 most glamorous kitchen floor ideas. No matter what you ultimately choose, your guests are bound to be floored.

1MAD FOR MARBLE

Stephan Julliard

Can there ever be too much of a good thing? Pas de tout in the case of this Paris apartment. Designer Hugo Toro lined not only the floor, but also the countertops and walls in Brèche de Médicis marble.

2A TAKE ON TRAVERTINE

Helenio Barbetta

Materials rule the roost in this ultrachic Milan apartment designed by Hannes Peer. Travertine kitchen floors, in an icy palette inspired by the Alps, create a chic base against timber-clad walls, dark marble countertops, and gleaming brass cabinets.

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3NOT SO MELLOW YELLOW

Guido Taroni

Art historian Carolina Vincenti naturally selected antique cement tiles from 1925 to cover the kitchen floors of her Rome apartment. Matching yellow walls (and a feline companion!) complete the sunny look.

4CLASSIC CHECKS

Ricardo Labougle

Designer Amaro Sánchez de Moya selected a classic checkerboard pattern in Carrara and Nero Marquina marbles for this happy kitchen in a Seville pied-à-terre. The black-and-white floor pops against the white cabinets, ceiling, and walls and complements the black appliances. The whimsical backsplash tiles, meanwhile, are antique.

5TERRAZZO TIME