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Vinyl Kitchen Flooring Ideas

Harriet Goodacre

February 12, 2024

Welcome to our guide of kitchen floor vinyl ideas. We explore one of the best types of vinyl flooring to help you renovate one of the most important rooms of your home, the kitchen. We’ll talk about how tone, texture and format can all make a difference to your kitchen floor and overall style so you can choose the best luxury vinyl flooring for your home.

LVT is a great option for the kitchen when compared to laminate, engineered wood or real wood as it’s scuff resistant with minimal maintenance required. It's also water resistant too so you don't have to worry about spills or grime staining your new floor.

It’s also warmer and softer underfoot compared to porcelain tiles due to its integrated underlay and you can still use it in conjunction with underfloor heating to be super cosy in the winter months.

Aesthetically, LVT comes in a variety of designs including wood and stone effect so you can achieve any interior look you want with ease.

We've compiled our favourite kitchen vinyl flooring ideas pictures to help inspire your own kitchen revamp.

The Modern Minimalist

Image: Lasson Griege

One of our favourite vinyl flooring designs is Lasson Griege, it has simplistic grain in a muted brown that perfectly balances between warm Scandi and minimalism, ideal for those with a contemporary kitchen. You really can pair any colour combination with this type of flooring, we’d recommend adding in plenty of texture into the rest of the room to complement the floor, for example a sleek matt kitchen unit with a rustic glossy wall tile.

The Traditionalist

Image: Krahn Brown

A darker tone of brown, like walnut, always suits a period property and allows you to play with the proportions of the room by creating a solid foundation. If you do have a lot of height to your kitchen, pair Krahn Brown with a light wall colour and ornate cornicing and then balance this with a coloured shaker style kitchen. Go for smaller glossy tiles on the wall to tap into the classic feel.

Dark walnut LVT floor with a long dining table and beige linen chairs

The Bigger Kitchen

Image: Afara Golden Oak

If you’re lucky enough to have a larger kitchen then you can really play with colour and texture without it feeling overwhelming. When using lots of colours, it’s important to stick to tonal shades, earthy tones will also help create harmony in the space. Here we’ve used a dark moss green wall tile with a lighter olive-green unit and then balanced out the look with varying tones of oak. The Afara Golden Oak floor plays centre stage with its hugely variegated design.

Green kitchen units with a variegated oak LVT floor

The Smaller Kitchen

Image: Carrick Oak Herringbone

If you have a smaller kitchen to work with then open it up by using a herringbone floor pattern. The horizontal chevron will not only make a space feel wider but also longer, helping to draw the eye along the room. As this is LVT flooring, why not continue the same style throughout the ground floor to help each room flow and in turn make the space feel bigger.

The grey Carrick Oak flooring is ideal for creating a pared back neutral scheme, great for a smaller space as it will feel more open. You can then dress this with warmer furniture like walnut wood, boucle and linen and lots of greenery to bring the space back to life.

The Texture Lover

Image: Terrazzo Light Grey

Our final vinyl kitchen flooring idea is to step away from wood and embrace a completely textural space. Real terrazzo is a composite of different natural materials, like marble and glass, so even an effect tile like the Terrazzo Light Grey will still have a natural feel to it. Play with this and add in fluted wood cabinets, smooth painted cabinets and a concrete or plaster wall. These naturally earthy tones will mash together to create a magical tactile experience!

Light grey terrazzo LVT on the floor of a contemporary kitchen featuring wood and concrete

The Colourful Kitchen

Image: Brada Storm

Utilising a neutral tile backdrop allows you to add colour onto other surfaces that are easier to update over time, like wood cabinets, upholstery and accessories. Grey LVT flooring, like Brada Storm, is the perfect canvas to make a variety of colours pop whilst the white wall tile keeps the look fresh and light.

Grey LVT wood effect floor with a teal coloured modern kitchen and white tile backsplash

The Cosy Kitchen

Image: Koa Oak

The trend for warm neutrals is perfect for any room of the home but it works particularly well for an open plan kitchen and living area as the different neutral tones allow an easy flow through the space. The Koa Oak plank has a soft honey beige tone to its decorative grain, working well with darker walnuts, accents of black and gold as well as deeper more muted neutrals like stone and amber.

Light toned wood LVT floor in an open plan living room with a beige sofa

The Black Kitchen

Image: Glenmore Grey

A great way to modernise your home is by installing a black kitchen, preferably sleek and matt! When you balance this dark expanse throughout the rest of the room you’ll find it plays the perfect accent role and doesn’t dominate or darken the space.

Ensure you use a lighter work top, like a white marble or terrazzo and a lighter wall tile behind the black units. A LVT like Glenmore has a brown undertone to the grey which creates a sense of calm in the rest of the room, balancing out the black.

Brown toned grey LVT flooring paired with a sleek black kitchen unit

The Loft Kitchen

Image: Brighstone

The industrial trend may have come and gone but sleek New York City style loft living remained behind as a timeless classic. You can capture the look of a converted loft apartment in your kitchen with the help of Brighstone, its mottled grey textured finish is the perfect foundation for this look. Pair it with exposed red brick, hints of matt black metal and large glass windows to achieve the look.

Mottled grey LVT floor tile paired with lighter cream kitchen cabinets and sculptural dining table

Have you been inspired by these kitchen vinyl flooring ideas? You can use our online visualiser tool, Tile My Home, to see how they’d look in your own kitchen with just a couple of clicks.

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