What You Need to Know About Painting Floors

What You Need to Know About Painting Floors

Want to transform your rooms without breaking the bank? Why not paint the floors? It’s quite common in Scandinavian interiors but many people are still skeptical about painting floors (and others think that it is a cardinal sin to paint wooden floors!). However, when painted properly with the right paints, painted floors will truly transform a space. Whether you are a bit skeptical or are completely up for painting a floor no matter the surface, there are a few things you need to know about painting floors.

• Don’t paint yourself into a corner.

Kent Blaxill, floor paint supplier, recommend having an escape plan when painting floors. By that, the team at Kent Blaxill mean to ensure you start painting your floors at the furthest surface away from the entrance. The last thing you’ll want is to end up in a corner far away from the exit and ruin all your hard work.

• Preparation is essential.

The quality of the end result is determined by the quality of the prep work. As this article on Real Simple comments, “If you’re going to paint your floors, make sure you have enough time to devote to the prep work before you even pick up a paintbrush.” Floor prep work includes filling small cracks and patches, sanding and priming the surface.

• Brighten up spaces.

Light coloured floors are perfect for rooms that lack natural light. White floor paint will help bounce light around the space, and in turn, brighten up these darker rooms. The same applies to walls and ceilings. Midlands Travellers recommends going for a full white look – walls, ceilings and floors – if you want a room to feel bigger.

• Disguise dirt and dust.

White floors will not only brighten up rooms but will also disguise small specks of dust and dirt better than dark coloured floors. As this article on Remodelista mentions, “dark-colored floors show much more than you’d think—including every dust bunny and crumb. If disguising mess is your only reason for going dark, think twice before you commit.”

• Fully customisable.

Paint gives you the flexibility and freedom to paint your floors as you wish. You might want to paint your floors blue, paint your floors black and white or create all kinds of patterns and optical illusions with a variety of paint colours. Country Living shared stunning ideas for painted floors that are making me want to paint my floors! From blue and green checkerboard painted floors to high-gloss painted floors and more.

What do you think of painting floors?

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