Kitchen, dining room flooring

[LiberalEsto]

5. My kitchen floor is Bruce hardwood, and I hate it

The previous owners installed it some time before we moved in 16 years ago. I don't know if it's engineered or what, but it is the worst kitchen flooring I've ever had.

Because there is a small built-in gap between each wood plank, dirt and liquids seep in them and can't easily be cleaned out. Unless I want to kneel down and spend hours running the end of an opened paper clip down every single gap to scrape out the junk.With two cats and two dogs and a household of relative slobs, I've found that keeping the flooring nice is really a pain.

If I could afford it, I would get real linoleum -- the kind that lasts 50 years and is made of natural materials.My second choice would be vinyl flooring that comes in planks and looks like wood.

Just my 2 cents.