In whichever case, your home is yours. It is your identity ‒ it’s a piece of you, through and through. That’s why having floors that are sturdy, durable, while being “just you” are as important as what style of wall you go with. Whether you’re building a new home or renovating, choosing the right floor doesn’t just pave the way for you and your family, but the very liveliness of your guests! Or maybe you’re going with hand-made tiles to bring a little pizzazz to your home. Whatever floor plan you’re designing, it’s crucial to pick out custom decor that hasn’t been done to death in every other home. Also crucial, of course, is laying down the right floor. Make no bones about it, having just the right floor can make or break the “style” you were going for. And sometimes (really, just sometimes) we need a spark or two in the right direction.
Here are 7 creative ideas for your home’s floor.
1. Old is The New Now
Giving a fresh face to “what’s already happened” is probably the chicest thing anybody can do. Revamping what’s happened before is what humans do best. I remember one friend who gathered a pile of “wooden bricks” (2x4s cut brick-sized)… Sprayed individually and laid out like real cobble. Right in the entranceway of her home! Not just for designs ‒ making the “old new” means adding new flavours to… just about anything that needs to brought into the 21st century.
2. Cork It
Get ready to raise your glass to corks. Yes. Corks. Half the fun of drinking wine for me, is playing with corks. Can you think of a more creative way to show off the elegance, the special flavour of your home… than corks? Take a look for yourself: let corks get your gears rolling.
3. Put Those Pennies to Use
Time-consuming? You bet. Chances of running out of pennies? Perhaps. That’s why small, nifty designs (using ONLY pennies) is a wiser option than flat-out renovating your entire floor in unused pennies. Finally, they aren’t “just there” taking up space! Take a look. Doesn’t it make you feel like you hit the jackpot?
4. Hardwood Diamonds
Bored sick with a hardwood floor, in any room? Add a dash of luxury, of comfort, and “imitate” the filthy rich by designing chequered diamonds on your hardwood floor. Also called parquet. Yowza, where’s a chandelier when you need one!
5. Add Some Pizzazz
Anything (literally, ANYTHING) beats cement floors. They’re plain. They’re boring. You know the drill. Cement reminds me of amateur artists who go to art galas, hang up a white sheet of paper, and ask people to use their imagination. To their benefit, cement is cheap (it won’t take you to the cleaners) and eco-friendly. They can really make your home look super-ultra-mega-modern. If the rest of your home’s going for that look. Sadly, cement is ugly on patios unless those are converted into beautiful cement tiles. A can of spray paint is just a can of spray paint until it brightens up this ugly world. If you can use it, you can groove it, there’s no design too weird, too out there, too refreshing… and badly needed… than what you can come up with. Really, go wild! One square inch at a time.
6. Learn to Love Laminate
Casey Slide (from Money Crashers) suggests using laminate flooring, to save $$$ here and there. Laminate is versatile as all get out; it can be “dressed up” REAL wood or REAL tile. This versatility is laminate’s biggest benefit, acting like a “chameleon” to simulate the look of different (and NATURAL) hardwood floors.
7. Glass on The Floor
Originally, this idea came from an inspiration overload about things to do with your backsplash. ONE of those ideas was to use broken glass. Just grab a bunch of glass and break it into shards to make an eye-catching, jaw-dropping mosaic. Seriously, they’re beautiful.