Trav,
we just put a real solid wood floor in the kitchen. My husband did it all himself and he said it was fiddly but easy. We ended up getting a new product from Brazil that is only 11 mm thick and is glued down over wood or concrete. It is already finished too. It cost $60 a sq metre. The result is absolutely wonderful! It was worth the hunting around to find it. Only one place has it, near the airport in Sydney. The only trick was to use solvent based glue. The rest was easy.
Cassandra