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15 Gorgeous Painted Floors: Ideas for Every Type of Flooring

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These beautiful painted floors include ideas for every type of flooring: plywood, hardwoods, concrete, vinyl, tile, and more.

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. 

I came up with the solution of painting our plywood subfloors and it was brilliant! 

They were beautiful, easy enough to DIY, and incredibly inexpensive. 

Since then I’ve been seeing painted floors everywhere: painted subfloors, hardwoods, tile, concrete, vinyl, decks, pretty much any type of hard flooring can be painted. 

I’ve seen so many gorgeous ideas, I just had to pull them together to share with you guys.  

Beautiful painted floor ideas pin collage with text overlay

You can click any picture below to be taken to the original blog for more pics, info, and tutorials.

Painted hardwood floors

I absolutely love hardwoods and I think they are beautiful, even when they are scuffed and scratched. 

But if your hardwoods are beyond saving, with mismatched boards or major stains, paint can be a great way to bring them back to life!

salvagesisterandmister bedroom

Deborah at Salvage Sister and Mister shared this pretty hardwood floor painted white.

 

the brick nests dining room

Jillian and Drew at The Brick Nests had a big faded spot on their hardwoods where a rug used to be. 

Their brilliant solution: paint a rug in the same spot.

petalandply2 entryway

Jessica at Petal and Ply fixed the damaged wood floors in her entry with a beautiful stencil.

cleverlittlemouse office

When Pam at Clever Little Mouse pulled up the carpet in her craft room, she found hardwoods in all different widths and colors.

She unified her mismatched flooring with a fresh coat of paint.

Painted wood subfloors

When the carpet has to go, painting the plywood subfloor underneath can be a lifesaver. 

Painting subfloors might sound pretty nontraditional, but I can attest to the fact it can look beautiful.

mylove2create office

Mindi at My Love 2 Create painted these gorgeous wide stripes on her sister’s plywood subfloor.

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These are my own painted plywood subfloors – such an improvement over the stained carpet that was there before!

Painted Tile Floors

Replacing dated tile is a huge project that requires either lots of work or lots of money…or both.  I love the idea of giving tile a brand new look with paint instead.

brightgreendoor entryway

Jess from Bright Green Door painted her blah tile to look like beautiful cement tile using a custom stencil.

loveyourabode bathroom

Yuni from Love Your Abode painted and stenciled her bathroom tiles.

Painted Vinyl Floors

Even vinyl floors can be updated with paint.  Seriously, you can paint almost anything!

semiglossdesigns bathroom

Emy from Semigloss Designs painted the ugly vinyl floor in her bathroom. 

Plus she has an update on how the paint job was holding up a year later.

Painted Concrete Floors

Concrete floors are nice and smooth and make the perfect surface for a fresh coat of paint.

twelveonmain hallway

Sara from Twelve on Main updated her concrete subfloor using a homemade stencil.

bellatucker bedroom

Brooks and Dana from Bella Tucker used a stencil and Annie Sloan Chalk Paint to update their concrete subfloors.

Painted Floors in Outdoor Spaces

Painted floors even work for outdoor spaces.  If you really think about it, porches have had painted wood floors for years and you can also paint concrete porches, concrete patios, even wood decks.

theheatherednest outdoor patio

Heather from Heathered Nest stenciled this beautiful rug on her wood deck.

bellatuckerporch front porch

This modern stenciled concrete porch is another great painted floor from Brooks and Dana of Bella Tucker.

uncookiecutter outdoor space

April from Uncookie Cutter painted this beautiful rug on her concrete patio. 

It’s amazing how much texture this painted rug appears to have.

screened porch with painted floor

This is my own painted plywood floor on my screened porch.  I love this classic diamond pattern.

 

stenciled porch floor

And finally, here is my recently stenciled screened-in porch floor. And it’s even more gorgeous in person!

 

 

And if you haven’t yet, be sure to check out these other posts for more answers to your questions about painting floors:

  • The Absolute Best Floor Stencils and Tips for a Perfectly Stenciled Floor
  • Amazing Painted Plywood Subfloor: A How To
  • Painted Plywood Floors Update: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  • Painted Plywood Subfloor: Three Years Later, The Final Update

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  1. Michele @ Thistledown Domestic Creations says

    August 31, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Perfect timing on this post! I’ve loved your painted floor for a long time and finally will be doing my home office floor in the next month! I’ve got all my supplies and am ready to go. Plus Frog Tape is sponsoring the post so that makes it even more fun!

    I may start pulling up the nasty carpet this weekend! Fingers crossed…I know my husband is cringing a bit about another one of my big projects! But in the end, he always likes what I do! The hard part is that I am traveling for 2 weeks in September! I’ve waited this long to get it done, I can wait a bit longer! ;)

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    • Carrie says

      September 8, 2017 at 9:42 pm

      Oh good! Good luck with your floor painting. And my husband is the same way – there’s always lots of moaning and side eye until it’s all done and looking awesome!

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      • Michele @ Thistledown Domestic Creations says

        October 1, 2017 at 8:35 pm

        I just started tearing up the carpet today! YIKES, there is tons of nasty under debris under it! I don’t think the contractor cleaned anything up before they laid the carpet down! YUCK! I’m glad to hear that my husband isn’t the only one that reacts like this! LOL

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        • Carrie says

          October 11, 2017 at 9:14 pm

          Yay for tearing up carpet! It really is gross all the dust and debris that lurks under our carpets, lol!

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          • beverly cranford says

            September 1, 2022 at 10:21 am

            True, but the new carpet by shaw called Belera (spelling?) with the blue waterproof backing is wonderful. You can actually vacuum up all debris. Nothing can filter through to the padding. I have it and love it. Nothing like the old stuff.

          • Carrie says

            September 15, 2022 at 9:26 am

            That’s good to know!

  2. Sue Sommerville says

    February 18, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    Hi Carrie, love the floor stencil on your porch could you tell me please what size are the squares and where did you get the stencil or did you measure and mask it

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    • Carrie says

      February 24, 2020 at 11:07 am

      Thanks Sue! I didn’t use a stencil – I just measured and used painter’s tape. Here’s a post I did that explains in more detail: https://www.lovelyetc.com/painted-checkerboard-porch-floor-how-to/

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  3. kristina hester says

    January 17, 2021 at 11:36 am

    Thank you for all the inspiration

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    • Carrie says

      January 20, 2021 at 5:24 pm

      Thanks!

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