17 Quick Guides to Kitchen Flooring and Countertop Materials — The Kitchn’s Best of 2012

We dove into kitchen materials this year for all our readers embarking on a major kitchen project. Are you wondering about marble vs. quartz countertops? Cork or linoleum floors? Curious if butcher block countertops are really as hard to maintain as people say? We list the pros and cons of the most common countertop and flooring materials and share reviews and insights from Kitchn readers who’ve lived with it firsthand, so you’ll have all the information you need to make the right decision for your kitchen. Read on for more!

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We Asked, You Shared: The Best Advice From Kitchn Readers This Year — The Kitchn’s Best of 2012

The wonderful thing about a community like The Kitchn is the wealth of information spread out among our readers. So when we ask for your best kitchen and renovation advice, your favorite brands of liquor, or your tips for better weekly meal planning, you, our readers, respond with terrific insights, tips, and advice. Here are the best Reader Intelligence Reports (as we call them) of the year, along with a few post topics that generated the most reader response! Make sure to read through the comments for all the feedback. More