If you are looking for warm flooring with eco-friendly features, go cork! It’s soft like suede, it has the insulating qualities and resiliency of carpet; it’s easy-to-clean and has luxurious appeal with its earthy colors and rich texture. It 100% eco-friendly, as it’s made of tree bark and s acquired by stripping most of the outer bark from the cork oak tree.
In addition to its environmental benefits, there are many practical reasons to choose cork for flooring. The material is waterproof (think of the cork in a bottle), and the natural waxy substance inherent in cork, called suberin, makes it mold and mildew resistant, too. If someone in your family suffers from allergies, a cork floor could provide a soft and warm alternative to allergen-collecting carpet.
Cork Floors In The Kitchen
Cork flooring is more durable than hard wood; easy to clean–just sweep and damp mop, which makes it totally perfect for any kitchen, where we always spill and drop everything. Naturally hypo-allergenic, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, cork floors are ideal to keep them clean even in such functional area and well maintained cork lasts fifty years, isn’t that brilliant?
Modern kitchen with textural cork floors.
Cork floors perfectly echo with warm woods of the cabinets.
If you have pets or kids, cork floors are a must as they are antimicrobal.
Cork floors add even more warmth to this wood kitchen.
Engineered cork flooring for more durability and with a different color.
Cork penny tile for an eye-catchy look.
Light cork looks good when is chose as flooring for modern kitchen.
Cork Floors In The Bathroom
Using cork for bathroom floors is about the same reasons as in the kitchen but here I’d highlight one more point: it makes nay space warmer – both look and feel, and for your sanctuary it’s essential. Cork flooring can easily give your bathroom a spa-like look, so hurry up to make such floors!
Cork floors in wood slate shapes for a bathroom.
Cork adds a warm touch to this calm space.
Traditional white bathroom is highlighted with warm cork floors.
Amber cork flooring to make the bathroom cozier.
Small bathroom and laundry combo covered with cork.
Dark cork floors for a contrast with a light bathroom.
Cork Floors In The Bedroom
If you think that cork floors are too ordinary and won’t fir your décor, you are wrong! They can be so different! There are various cork tiles of different shades, some of them really look like wood and of course there are famous ‘penny’ tiles made of cork; you’ll easily find a proper idea for your own bedroom, and remember – they have all the properties of the cork, which is amazing.
Wood-looking cork tiles add warmth.
Textured warm cork floors for a modern bedroom.
Antimicrobal and antifungal properties make cork floors ideal for both adult and kid's bedrooms.
Cork floors highlight the mid-century modern decor of this bedroom.
Cork is very durable and comfortable to walk on.
Decorative cork flooring makes this bedroom feel like outside as it's all-natural.
Bill Massie American House Massie 1040.
Cork Floors In The Living Room
Cork is very durable and comfortable to walk on and less-prone to being scratched, which is important especially if you have kids or pets. It’s acoustically sound, warm underfoot and retains its splendor longer than traditional hardwood, so it’s a great choice for a living room. You can find almost any shade of cork floor tiles to complement your living room décor perfectly.
cozy whitewashed printed cork flooring tiles.
Wood-inspired cork tiles in warm color.
Pastel living room with light-colored cork floors.
Natural-styled cork tiles for an open-space home.
Dark cork tiles looking like wood.
Luxurious white cork floor tiles.
Warm natural cork floors for a vacation home living room.
dark grey cork floors give a refined look to this white space.
Cork Floors In The Kids’ Rooms
As I said above, cork floors have amazing antimicrobial and antifungal features, they are hypoallergenic, so there’s no better floor for a kids’ room. Leave the cork as it is for a warm feeling, go for penny tiles or look for colorful cork tiles – it’s up to you and your nursery décor to keep your kid away from bacteria.
Cork floors for a clean nursery and no bacteria.
Warm-colored cork floor tiles that echo with wooden cubbies.
Cork flooring in a kids' playroom keeps it clean.
Colorful cork can complement almost any nursery design.