Paint Floors
Several years ago i was wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to replace our nasty carpet without spending a lot of money.
Paint floors. And if you re planning a floor to ceiling paint party paint your floors after you paint everything. If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken. To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first.
Well these are all great reasons for opting to paint your flooring. There are of course a few little things to bear in mind. Paint the base color.
Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents. Floors made from wood cement tile or linoleum not so much laminate make excellent surfaces for painted floor designs and these days there are a number of specialist products for each of these types of surface that will help you achieve a professional finish. First consider your supplies.
Prep your floors first by scuffing the wood to remove any existing finish and to make paint adhere well. Illustration by gregory nemec. If the surface has been finished previously such as with stain and polyurethane or old paint.
Find porch floor paint at lowe s today. See how they turned out the floors were cheap solid oak floors in great need of refinishing. Painted floors provide a no fail option for this situation as color is a perfect way to set the tone and doesn t take up any extra space.
Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed. Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious. Sand and clean the floor.