I have to admit: I'm a flooring girl. It's the one element that catches my eye before any other. (You might be into cabinets or countertops, and that's cool! We can still be friends.) I like how dramatic flooring accomplishes so much with so little: it creates visual interest without needing a lot of other stuff, so you can reduce knick-knacks and other unnecessary decorating details. Keep the rest of the kitchen streamlined and functional, and let the floor do all the talking.
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I misread this post title as "From Faux Bois to Stenciled and Stupid", which I found quite intriguing. Glad to see that it wasn't really insulting!
Ugh. Just no to the penny floor. How cheap and tacky. The second one with the wood floor that has thick white stripes is too much.
So... about 3000 dollars in pennies. Plus labor and other materials. Not cheap. I have seen this in a bathroom and liked it there too.
Relating to Southern Arizona's history as America's copper producer, the Cup Cafe in the historic Hotel Congress in Tucson (where John Dillinger was once captured by the FBI) has had a penny floor for years. For a photo, run your cursor over the third photo:
http://www.hotelcongress.com/
The Standard Grill in NYC's Standard Hotel has a more recently installed one and Paul Smith's Boutique in Paris has beautiful penny walls.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/tile_your_floors_blanket_riches_29750
@zapzap
It's $311.40 in pennies.
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@amygoog
Well, it's not the copper per se, but the metals in a penny are indeed more valuable than the penny itself these days.
i like the penny tile, but not in such a large space. a small powder room with this flooring would be great, though. thick white stripes in #2 are dreadful, but i love the rest.
This is an interesting post. I have a nasty vinyl sheet floor in my kitchen that I loathe, but I don't like any of the examples given here either. To me, they're all too busy.