Carpet Tiles

• Installing carpet tiles is easy to do on your kitchen floor. The low pile tiles are durable enough to withstand all a kitchen has to throw at them. They also add warmth and work well to muffle sound. Cutting the pieces is simple, due to the size and flexibility of these thin tiles. There is no wrestling with a large roll of material, like you need to do with carpet. The tiles are small and are easily laid down in rows. The directions are simple to follow, starting with instructing you how to find the best starting point, which is the correct spot to lay down your first carpet tile. After that, the rest go down fairly quickly.
  
  Fit these pieces into every nook and cranny in your kitchen with a few easy slices made with a utility knife. They have a self-adhesive backing, which holds them fast in place once they are put down with a little pressure. Mix and match colors for your own pattern or make them into a floor covering using all one color. Clean your floor before laying the tiles down and you are done with the preparation for installation. Once this floor covering is complete, it vacuums clean like any other rug.
  
  

Rubber Tiles

• Installing the interlocking recycled rubber tiles as a floor covering is as easy as putting a large puzzle together. It is similar, but without having to search for the correct piece because they are all the same. Cutting the rubber is also easy and fits tightly around any odd angles of the floor. This rubber material works well in a kitchen, it is not slippery and it does not stain.
  
  Chose any one of the variety of colors that the rubber tiles are offered in, you also have the option of mixing them up for a multi-color floor covering. The rubber material gives you cushioning under foot, which can be therapeutic when standing at the sink or stove for any period of time. Install these tiles without doing any preparation to the floor below, except cleaning it if it is dirty. Because the pieces interlock, there is no need for adhesive or any tacking with nails to hold these in place, making this job almost too simple. They are inexpensive and best of all---recyclable.
  
  

Paint

• Paint a floor covering for kitchen, which is the easiest way to give your kitchen an inexpensive new look. You can paint over almost any type of flooring with the proper paint for the material you will be painting on. A wood floor with a new coat of paint is not only simple to roll out, but it gives a whole new look to your kitchen.
  
  Roll the paint into a solid color floor, or do a faux design to add flare. If your floor gets a fair amount of foot traffic from kids and pets, put a textured additive in the paint to make it non-slip. The beauty of painting a floor is that you can make it look like any type of floor you want---from marble to slate and tile, you can have the floor of your dreams using stencils and a few simple instructions. This can be done by someone who has little or no experience with painting.