Hi Donna, the world is your oyster really, your kitchen sounds quite neutral so you can go for almost anything. Gillian is right there are lots of porcelain wood effect tiles around these days and some look better than others. Porcelain tiles are very practical and hardwaring and easy to keep clean. Think about the look you are trying to achieve, do you want the floor to look ultra plain or would you consider a concrete/stone effect tile? Stone effect tiles can look stunning and will hide a multitude of sins, necessary if you have children or animals in the house. Natural stone is also a possibility but these do require more maintenance. Hope that gives you a few ideas. Have a look through our website for more inspiration. Karen

I agree! As it is not always feasible to install real timber or stone, Karndean is the best vinyl option. I am going to have 36sqm of it installed in my own place. I have direct contacts with the manufacturers here in the UK. If anyone is interested, please inbox me and will get you in touch.

I think my sister has very similar units to you - cashmere. She chose huge format porcelain tiles for practicality (she has a black lab). You can see more on @hovehomemakeover on instagram. Wood like Sonia suggested would also look lovely, your sister's looks amazing.

The planks are rectangular so you can lay them straight or herringbone or some other style. Parquet is created with smaller size planks and is often dearer than standard planks, so you wouldn’t usually for example, use these and then also lay them straight. Pictures shown can be achieved with wood or LVT. Images and examples of the latter can be found by visiting these 3 manufacturers websites, Polyflor, Karndean and Amtico but there are plenty more to choose from.