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It looks like it would be really hard to clean.

Forget the floor. I am totally in love with that kitchen! Are there more pictures of it anywhere?

I have kids so I could never do this floor. I can already see the grime and food stuck between the pits. And wouldn't it be uncomfortable barefoot?

The space between the pits is filled with a silica sand and resin mixture and then sealed with poly, so it shouldn't be uncomfortable, shouldn't get dirt in there and should be relatively easy to clean.

I kind of hate it. It looks like globs of poo.

@artsandletters,

you made me choke on my sandwich and laugh milk through my nose.

Here's a little Jeopardy fact for today,

What did the Zulu used to make their floors out of?

Polished dung! And sometimes blood.

Another clever by-product. The floors were said to appear as hard and shiny as polished marble.

Eewwwww, art, really? Eeew!

Looks cool from a distance, but up close visions of pet hair, pet dirt, and pet food bits settling in the grooves flash before my eyes.

I guess no one except me ever dropped a cast iron skillet on the kitchen floor.

I love the look and the idea...those enterprising South Africans are very clever.

I lived in rural South Africa for 5 years. The flooring in the former stables I lived in was...concrete. Waxed to a high sheen with colored floor wax. Ahhh...the smell of color floor wax was intoxicating!

I think this floor is a prime example of how the term re-use can be abused. Mixing the "green" peach pits with enough plastic to fill a bathtub doesn't exactly help things out. There are so many flooring options that use renewable resources without all the chemicals, why would anybody do this peach pit floor?

Isn't plastic a by-product of our petroleum usage? (Using waste stream products is good.) But this floor is just sealed with urethane which most wood floors are anyway. The silica sand and resin are fairly abundant/renewable and the peach pits would probably not be used for anything except composting. Besides the poo factor (that made me laugh too) I do rather like the warmer aggregate look, but I'd definitely want to try walking on it first...

Had to eat alot of peaches for that one(LOL) Anyway I wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get Trafficmasters Resilient Vinyl Plank Flooring (TEAK #53712) 1.69 sqft, $40.56/24sqft. I seen it online at homedepo. When I went back to order it a few days later it wasn't there. I've been looking everywhere since the beginning of March Homedepo e-mailed me saying it would be in about 2 weeks that was 3 weeks ago now there saying that they don't carry it at all. I need 20 boxes. Thanks!
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That is truly hideous.

I'm clearly in the minority here... but I think it's gorgeous! I love the colors and textures, and even the pure shock value of getting to say you have a peach pit floor. That being said, if I was trying to choose green materials, this definately wouldn't make the cut.