I was going to suggest the cushioned sheet vinyl. Check out flexitech...I have it in my craft room and it was very easy to clean when our elderly cat went in there...

thank you, Annie. I probably won't do this for a while--just at the thinking stage.

You might also think about having it installed with a coved floor base to protect your walls.

"coved" -- ? (goes to look this up) . . . .

okay, I see -- it's a separate piece that goes up the wall, and would replace the baseboards. Probably a good idea.

Thanks for your responses. I have a small house, and don't want to piecemeal it with a different floor in every room!

I would prefer to do the whole house in either good quality saltillo tile or wood. Can't afford it right now, so maybe I'll just do this one room with vinyl right now. We'll see.

We put Allure vinyl planks that resemble wood down in our family room because that is where the dogs stay and it's the room that you can enter directly from the outside.

We needed something that would clean easily, hold up to claws and dog nails (and FUR) and NOT be laminate. Hard wood was out of the running, and we ruled out tile.

It was SUPER easy to install, no gluing and the planks are easy to cut with a utility knife. My mom & her DH put it in their kitchen and swear by it. It's cheap enough that you can try it out and easy to remove if you hate it.

Everyone who's seen it really likes it. It's not going to fool anyone into thinking it's real wood, but it looks nice in the room and is easy care.

Here is a link that might be useful: Allure Barnwood

I would do vinyl. It's less expensive, and once the cat passes away (sorry), you can lay a pretty area rug on it for when you use the room for something else. I'd get a very light or no patterned floor though.

You're a good mommy.

If you haven't looked at Laminate in a few years, look at it again. Some of its beautiful and many have a lifetime warranty.

We recently purchased a rental with newer Laminate and I love it so much I am considering it for our home. It's bullet proof and doesn't sound hollow like the old stuff.

I think my concern with planks or tiles would be fluids (!) seeping into the spaces in between, which is why I was thinking sheet vinyl.

I have 6 cats and 2 very large dogs. I have laminate and ceramic and they can't scratch either. These floors are impervious to their claws.

Violet - I agree with you about the sheet vinyl. DS is breaking his lease because the previous renter had cats and he can't eliminate the urine odor. On a hot humid day it's disgusting. He has ceramic floors in the kitchen and laundry room and that's where the litter box had been.

He first looked at the apartment in spring and didn't notice the odor - but he did say that it smelled like flowers and realizes that the owner must have sprayed something. He tried Nature's Miracle on the grout and it didn't help.