Dining Room, Chair, Bench, Pendant Lighting, Table, and Concrete Floor Don designed and built the white-oak kitchen table, which is cantilevered so knees don’t bump the underpinnings.  Photo 15 of 21 in 6 Flooring Options to Consider for Your Next Kitchen Renovation from A Minimalist Duplex in Venice, California

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Don originally wanted to have wood floors throughout the interior but for cost reasons he decided to use lightweight concrete instead.  "In order to make it as resilient to cracks as possible, the concrete is extra thick and has fiberglass and wire mesh reinforcing," he says. "It was polished and machine-troweled as it was being finished, the same as the lower-level concrete slab, so we could get a similar look throughout."