If you are looking to do some kitchen renovation, or building your kitchen from scratch, here are a couple of kitchen flooring design tips to note when choosing a flooring for a functional, yet beautiful kitchen.
 

#1 Light or Dark Flooring

When exploring kitchen flooring ideas, it is important to ask: “Do I want a light or dark colour for my kitchen floor?” The colour choice will determine how you feel in the kitchen, especially in the midst of all that messy food preparation!

In Singapore, popular kitchen flooring colours tend to be on the lighter spectrum. Light-coloured flooring is better at hiding past accidents and scratches, and it also helps the kitchen appear airy and spacious. This is especially suitable for homeowners with small kitchens. However, while keeping things light-coloured in the kitchen makes it look larger, The Floor Gallery recommends adding some dark furniture to balance out the brightness and to avoid having it look too clinical.

While dark-coloured kitchen flooring designs are not common locally, it is worth noting that they can hide oil and food stains better and is generally a unique choice across Singapore homes. This is an option for homeowners who love being bold with their home interior design or require child-friendly kitchen flooring in their households. If you like a darker kitchen floor but worry about it looking too somber, you may add light-coloured furniture, or have the walls and ceiling painted in light colours for some contrast.
 

  

#2 Use of Floor Patterns

Another kitchen flooring design that can quickly enhance your home’s overall aesthetics is the use of patterned floor tiles for your kitchen. It will not only reduce visibility on dust and dirt, but it also adds  character to your home. If cooking is your thing and the kitchen is your sacred creative space, kitchen floor tiles with patterned designs will easily allow you to express your style as an extension of your personality.

What’s even better is that kitchen flooring is no longer just limited to your standard ceramic tiles! With a wide range of kitchen flooring options nowadays, the sky’s the limit when it comes to designing your dream kitchen.
 

  

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#1 Highly Water Resistant

The number one thing a working kitchen needs to have is a flooring that is highly water resistant. This will hence, make the flooring easy to wash and clean.

#2 Slip Resistant

While washing or cleaning your kitchen flooring with soapy water, one thing to caution about is potentially slipping accidents. This is especially so when it comes to ceramic tiles. Eco resilient flooring is tested to be highly slip resistant, hence after the washing, you will still feel assured that slipping is minimised. This is therefore recommended for families with elderly parents who always do the cooking or laundry.

#3 Impact Resistant

Touch wood, though there is no wood. Even if an unlikely scenario of slipping accident, the cushion effect of eco resilient flooring greatly reduce the impact of the fall. Therefore, it enhances safety at home.

#4 Stain Resistant

Stubborn oil stains that gives you the headache of cleaning it away. No worries about it when you have eco resilient flooring.

#5 Heat Resistance

Intense cooking cause one to feel very hot in the room. If the flooring is not a good insulator of heat like ceramic tiles, sometimes you may feel your feet being uncomfortable. As for eco resilient flooring which is highly heat resistant, you have no worries about uncomfortable feet.

#6 Fire Resistance

Eco resilient flooring (ERF) has been tested to have high quality standards in terms of fire resistance such as the credible CE rating and other European (EN) standard test. Hence, such feature enhances safety at home. In the event of fire incident (touch many wood, please), fire spread will be greatly reduced with eco resilient flooring compared with non-quality vinyl or resilient flooring.

#7 Certified Eco Friendly

One reason to choose eco resilient flooring for your kitchen is because it is certified eco-friendly such that it has credible accreditation such as the Singapore Green Label. Certified eco-flooring products are tested based on stringent standards such as indoor air quality, composite of safety materials used to manufacture the product, VOC emission and formaldehyde emission rate. By installing certified eco friendly flooring products, one will therefore feel extra safe at home.

Hope you have a clear understanding of eco resilient flooring (ERF) and why is it different from most types of clickable resilient flooring in the market.

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“What are some of the safety properties of the flooring should we be looking at, if we have elderly at home then?” you may ask. Read on for the answer!

1. Slip Resistant

Water spillage or water pouring from the rain into the house, is something inevitable. This is especially true for the kitchen, service yard and toilet area. According to Health Promotion Board, a lot of injuries happened to elderly due to fall each year. Therefore, it is extremely important to have a flooring that is highly slip resistant. Also, look for a flooring that is impact resistant, so that in event that may not fully prevent falls, it may also help to cushion falls, lessening impact.

2. Easy to maintain

Very often, the younger ones are either out at work or in school. The cleaning is, sometimes, done and maintained by the elderly. Having an easy to maintain flooring will help them have an easier job. They need not need to scrub the floor hard, but just using their comfortable way of having a broom and a mop, they will feel the floor clean. Having an easy to maintain flooring may also help them to gain their confidence as they know these are simple chores they can help out at home, if they want to do, of course.

3. Comfortable

When we are buying shoes, we look for shoes that we are comfortable to walk in. The same goes for flooring. We need to be comfortable with the flooring that we are walking on as we are spending a lot of the time walking at home when we are home. What more about the elderly who could be at home more often than you do? Some flooring, such as concrete tiles, may not be good for health if we were to stand on them for long. People with morning sinus will not like to step on ceramic tiles or marbles in the morning too. Hence, look for a flooring that will not be cold during cold weather or hot in the hot afternoon.

4. Air Quality

Fresh clean air helps to improve our life quality. As much as we like to have clean air, we also need to understand that dust is everywhere. We can clean them, but some flooring, such as carpets, tend to trap dust easier than others. Dust and dust mites will cause problems to elderly, especially those with respiratory problems. Hence, it is vital to look for a flooring that is tested and proven for better indoor air quality standard.

Flooring may seem to be the easiest to go for in a house, but when safety for the elderly becomes a concern, you will realise there are many considerations you need to have. There is no perfect flooring for a safe house. Do consider what your priority are. Research well before committing and don’t forget to involve the elderly when choosing flooring as their comfort should also be taken into consideration!

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Ease to install

You just got the key to your new house and cannot wait to move in. Yet, renovation has to complete. The flooring is one of the reasons for the long wait time for the renovation to be completed. Hence, having an ease to install flooring will help you to move into your love nest at the soonest possible.

Highly Slip Resistant

Watery and slippery floor is, sometimes, inevitable in a kitchen. We tend to wash the kitchen, wash the utensils, and we may leave traces of water behind. Hence, kitchen is known to be one of the most dangerous place in your home, beside the bathroom. Having a slip resistant flooring will make your kitchen safer for all of your family member, be it young or old, alike.

Ease to Maintain

Kitchen, a place where oil stained are easily found, especially if you do not clean the area after cooking. It is a high maintenance area in the house. Therefore, for any family, to have an easy to maintain flooring will help. Lesser time spent on cleaning also equates to more time spent enjoying the good food you just created in the kitchen with your family.

Highly waterproof

Everyone would want to have a flooring that last. Having a highly waterproof flooring will ensure that your flooring is in good condition as no water can slip through to the base. Having this in mind, it also means there is no chance of having mouldy floor. This is critical to areas like the kitchen, as that is where food of all types are handled.

After listing down the characteristics and the reasons, we highly recommended Eco Resilient Flooring (ERF) as the recommended kitchen flooring. Besides the listed reasons, Eco Resilient Flooring is also Eco Friendly. Eco Resilient Flooring is one of the fewest clickable resilient flooring products that has been awarded The Singapore Green Label. Hence, Who would not want such flooring with so much benefits?

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Here are the reasons why.

Antibacterial Properties

Grand Oak White Design

For health conscious homeowners, this is the first thing to look at. Its antibacterial properties made it recommended for clinics, childcare centres and hospitals too. Have your children ever drop morsels of food on the floor, pick it up and then eat them? Or have you ever sleeps on the floor? Do you know that there are millions of germs and bacteria on the flooring if it is not cleaned and maintained thoroughly? The anti-bacterial layer on the Eco Protect Resilient Flooring creates a protection layer that kills germs and bacteria. Therefore, it is recommended for families especially when they have family members with skin sensitivities and allergies.

Heat Resistance

Eco Protect Resilient Flooring is best recommended for kitchen due to its heat resistant properties too.

Unlike ceramic tiles, Eco Protect Resilient Flooring has better heat resistance and hence creates a comfy effect on the feet. When the weather outside is cool, you will not be afraid of getting cold feet that may lead to rheumatism especially for the elderly. When the outside weather is warm, your feet will feel comfortable as well!

Impact Resistance

Eco Protect Resilient Flooring has a built-in softer layer on top of its core, which helps to lessen the impact when a person falls. Hence, it is highly recommended for families with elderly and children.

Slip Resistance

European Oak Golden Design

The high slip resistance for Eco Protect Resilient Flooring makes it a safe flooring product whether in homes or public areas. Its grooved surface enhances its slip resistance thereby ensuring extra safety at home.

Eco Friendly

Western Oak Grey Design

Eco Protect Resilient Flooring had been awarded, Singapore Green Label certification SGBC 4 ticks in 2018, this is one of the highest standard in the eco friendly products category for flooring products in Singapore and Southeast Asia. An important criteria for Eco Protect Resilient Flooring is the use of safe non-toxic materials in the manufacturing of the product. This important criteria is something that not all resilient flooring or conventional vinyl flooring products have. Hence, it is important for homeowners, before they make their decisions on the flooring purchase, to ask for test reports or certification from the flooring contractors with regards to the use of safe materials in the manufacturing of the product.

Better Air Quality

Mountain Oak Grey Design

Eco Protect Resilient Flooring had passed the credible French VOC Regulation with A+ standard and be awarded the Indoor Air Comfort Gold. What it means to homeowners is that it helps to ensure we are breathing in better quality air within enclosed air-conditioned areas.

Better Durability

Grand Oak White Design

With high scratch resistance and dimensional stability, Eco Protect Resilient Flooring is hence a very durable flooring for your home. This will ensure a long lasting effect and cost efficiency on your flooring renovation.

In summary, Eco Protect Resilient Flooring is definitely a flooring product that is highly recommended for homes with elderly, children or pets or people who are safety and health-conscious. Click here for product enquiries.

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Below are the 8 main areas where you can install eco resilient flooring at home.

Kitchen

Eco resilient flooring (ERF) suits best for kitchen because of its waterproof, stain resistant and easy-to-clean properties. When it comes to health and safety standard, eco resilient flooring has relatively better fire resistance, heat resistance, slip resistance, indoor air quality and eco friendly feature than most resilient flooring products. Furthermore with its wide variety of design choices, it makes it one of the best choices for home owners and designers when it comes to furnishing of the kitchen. Check out this article to find out more about the advantages of using eco resilient flooring (ERF) in your kitchen.

Living Hall

The living hall requires a flooring with better durability and impact resistance to heavy load. Well, eco resilient flooring (ERF) is the answer. On top of that, this area is where much of the activity and walking traffic at home is involved. Therefore, it is something that you need to clean and maintain regularly. With its ease of cleaning and waterproof feature, eco resilient flooring (ERF) is hence a highly recommended flooring for the living hall.

Bedrooms

Though bedroom requires less maintenance, any type of flooring option is recommended for the flooring. However that may not be the case especially if you loves to sleep in an air-conditioned bedroom daily. The cool indoor climate with outside temperature and humidity may cause wood parquet to expand and contract, thus causing gaps to occur in between the tiles. Ceramic tiles will also become too cold for the feet especially in the morning. Therefore, eco resilient flooring (ERF) fits it well as it has relative better dimensional stability and like wood, it adds comfort to the feet.

Dining Room

Another area that needs to be cleaned regular is of course, your dining area. Hence, a flooring that is waterproof is therefore highly recommended for the dining areas. Furthermore,  eco resilient flooring (ERF) is certified eco friendly and better contribute to indoor air quality, hence it gives home owners a peace of mind.

Entrance and Corridor

Your entrances and corridors have the most number of walking traffic within the house. Therefore a durable and high impact resistant flooring such as eco resilient flooring (ERF) is recommended. Furthermore, with its slip resistant properties, eco resilient flooring enhances safety at home especially in these areas.

Bay Windows and Platforms

The cool thing about eco resilient flooring (ERF) is its flexibility from normal installation. It can be mounted on a bay window as well as a step platform to enhance the aesthetic feature of your living space.

Toilets

You can also install eco resilient flooring (ERF) in your toilets. Since it is waterproof, it is very easy to wash and clean. However, we would only recommend home owners to install eco resilient flooring in the sanitary area and not the shower area of the toilets.

So there you have, the uses of Eco Resilient Flooring (ERF) at your home!

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#1 Waterproof

Grey Trend Design

One key feature of ERF flooring is that it is waterproof. Hence, this flooring can be washed and mopped ample times without worrying about water seeping between the gaps of the flooring. Its waterproof feature makes it a strong substitute to laminate flooring which is not resistant enough towards water. Therefore, eco resilient flooring is highly recommended for the kitchen!

#2 Certified Eco Friendly

Euro Oak Design

Another key feature of eco resilient flooring (ERF) is certified eco friendly friendly. Hence, it makes ERF a strong substitute to most clickable resilient flooring products which are not certified eco friendly. Its eco friendly certification is mainly based on two areas; the material of the flooring and the indoor air quality in enclosed areas when the flooring is being installed.

#3 Slip Resistant

ERF tiles – Anthracite Design

Safety at home is one great consideration when deciding on which flooring to install. One flooring feature you may have to look at the slip resistance of the flooring. Eco resilient flooring (ERF) is highly slip resistant, thus ensuring safety at home by preventing possible falls due to wet floors.

#4 Fire Resistant

ERF – Red Root Design

Another important feature especially for kitchen flooring is its fire resistant properties. Make sure that your flooring is tested and certified for fire resistance. Eco resilient flooring (ERF) is a certified fire resistant flooring product, hence it will double ensure safety at the kitchen.

#5 Heat Resistant

Grey Trend Design

Eco resilient flooring (ERF) is also highly heat resistant which means that heat from the cooking will not be trapped in the flooring. Hence, with ERF flooring, you feet will comfortable on the kitchen flooring. Moreover, compare to stones and ceramic tiles which can be cold at times during cool weather, ERF keeps your feet comfy at all times whether the weather is cold or hot.

#6 Stain Resistant

ERF – White Sawn Design

If you cooks regularly, one of the toughest stains you will need to wash and remove is the oil stain. Eco resilient flooring (ERF) is also highly stain resistant. Therefore you need not worry about oil stain on the flooring. All you need is to wash and clean immediately after cooking, so that the flooring will be sparkling clean!

#7 Easy to Clean and Maintain

ERF Tiles – Cool Cement Design

Eco resilient flooring (ERF) is also easy to clean and maintain, you do not need any special cleaning solvent, wax or oil to maintain the flooring. Just simply wash and clean with soapy water, and that is good enough!

So there you have, the 7 features why Eco Resilient Flooring (ERF) is highly recommended for kitchen flooring! For more information on ERF, please click here.

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The Rise of Clickable Resilient Flooring

With the advent of flooring technology, we can start to see clickable resilient flooring products in the Singapore flooring market especially during the 2010s. These clickable resilient flooring which today has many terms created by the local flooring distributors using words like high end, luxury and others, though they are talking about the same thing. However not to be confused, these generic conventional clickable resilient flooring has some good common features that are good to be use as kitchen flooring. These features are being a hundred percent waterproof which made it easy to clean and wash. Unlike laminate flooring and wood flooring, too much water may not be good for them. The others essential features for the clickable resilient flooring also include, high slip resistance, impact resistance, termite proof and various wood like designs.

Though it may look good especially it gives home owners more choices for the kitchen now compare to the past when often ceramic or granite is the choice; most clickable resilient flooring products may not have another important feature, and that is, certified eco friendly properties. There during between 2015 and 2016 period, the Singapore flooring market started to see the rise of Eco Resilient Flooring (ERF).

The Perfect Kitchen Flooring

Basically, eco resilient flooring is the advanced or improved version of the generic clickable resilient flooring products.  It has similar properties to that of a clickable resilient flooring such as waterproof, termite proof,  high slip resistance, impact resistance and others. The only difference, and perhaps the key difference, is that the flooring is certified eco friendly.

What to do look for in a certified eco friendly flooring product?

The common misconception for a certified eco friendly flooring product is that it is made of recycled or recyclable products. However the most important factor of  a certified eco friendly flooring is firstly, it does not contain any harmful substances or metal material; and secondly, it ensures better indoor air quality especially for homes and offices or when enclosed spaces is concerned. The best way to look into whether a flooring product is certified eco friendly is to check for credible certifications such as the Singapore Green Label. Therefore, eco resilient flooring (ERF) is a recommended flooring for the kitchen due to it being waterproof while at the same time certified eco friendly.

Design Your Kitchen Floor!

Now with clickable resilient flooring and eco resilient flooring, it somehow make the kitchen more colourful! For example, you can select from a variety of wood inspired designs or even unique designs like cements, travertine and many for eco resilient flooring. So, it is kinda cool, right?

In a nutshell, as flooring technology advances, home owners will get to enjoy a wide variety of choices and eco friendly choices for the kitchen flooring. So, start design your kitchen today!

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The most important property a good flooring should have, is to be waterproof. Water and liquids are used often at home – in the kitchen, watering the plants, dinner time, and even just sitting down for a cup of coffee. If the flooring is not waterproof, water spills by kids or pets, will cause the floor to be damage overtime. A good waterproof flooring will not result in water seeping into the under layers of the floor and causing it to swell and bulge over time. It can also be used in the kitchen and the drier parts of the bathroom.

Being water resistant brings further advantages. The floor can be easily cleaned. Spills and wet floors can be mopped clean effortlessly. This means that the floor is easy to maintain too. This will not only keep the quality and appearance of the floor at its best, it also means that the floor is cost efficient in the long run too.

Slip resistant property is also important when it comes to choosing your home flooring. It helps to keep the home safe, especially for the young and the old who are more prone to slipping and falling. If we can prevent accidents from happening with a good flooring, why not?

A good floor also provides the home with quality air indoors. Floors which produce smell overtime will cause health effects over the long run. It is crucial that the quality of the flooring is never compromised and is safe for the entire family.

The above properties are significant and crucial of a good flooring. Does such flooring exist?  Yes of course! The Floor Gallery is the authorized seller of Eco-Resilient Flooring, which has all the properties mentioned above. Besides that, it comes in 18 designs – light and dark coloured, wood and concrete designs, for you to choose from. It also has a lifetime residential warranty, which further adds to its enticing properties. So do consider our Eco-resilient flooring when it’s time to do up your home floor, and feel free to contact The Floor Gallery if you need more information too. We will be pleased to help you do up a nice home floor.

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Light Coloured Flooring

Light coloured flooring is the more popular and more often used flooring in homes. This is because light coloured flooring makes the interior space of the home look and feel bigger and brighter. Light coloured flooring also goes well with almost any coloured walls. Of course, if u have white walls, light coloured flooring will definitely make the home look really spacious!

Dark Coloured Flooring

Dark coloured flooring are increasingly gaining popularity, especially amongst the younger home owners. Dark flooring gives the interior space a mystic and elegant feel. Home owners who loves to have a contrasting interior space, they will prefer to install dark coloured floors to go with white walls. Contrasting colours in the home design gives the home a modern and more stylish look.

Depending on the theme of your home interior design, whether you would prefer to have a flooring that complements or contrasts with the walls, light and dark flooring can then be decided.  Furniture in the home also play an important role. Some home owners love to have their floor in the same colour as their furniture, whereas some prefer to have them in opposite contrasting colours.

Both light and dark coloured flooring have their own distinctive and unique advantages, and of course appeal to different people. Choose a flooring that you love, and of course, choose one which can last you a long time. Be it light or dark flooring, a good flooring that is easy to maintain is also important. Eco Resilient flooring by The Floor Gallery comes in 18 designs, and has many properties that appeal to home owners. Besides being kids and pets friendly, the 18 available designs also has various light and dark coloured options for home owners to choose from. Do check out our eco-resilient flooring designs when you intend to do up your floor!

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