10 Easy Flooring Updates

Looking for a way to make your home more inviting or spruce up the look? How about some flooring upgrades? There are plenty of quick and easy things you can do to make your old floor look fresh and new.

1. Floating Floors

A floating floor is an easy upgrade that fits right over your old flooring. Unlike traditional hardwood flooring, floating floors are not nailed down. The planks that create the floor are held together by a locking or snapping mechanism that will hold them in place. Floating floors come in all shapes and sizes, depending on your taste.

2. Paint

One quick way to give floors a new look is to add a color by painting. Using light high traffic paint you can create all sorts of patterns or looks that fit your taste and budget.

3. Cork Flooring Instead of Wood

A new trend in flooring is to install a cork floor. Cork floors are warmer than traditional wood floors and much easier to install. Cork flooring comes in panels that can be snapped together without the need for glue or nails and can sit over top of existing flooring without the need to remove or repair the old flooring.

4. Vinyl Tile Floors

A traditional alternative to making your floors look good is to update them with vinyl tile. Laying down vinyl tile is easy and can give a great look to bathrooms, foyers and even laundry rooms.

5. Runners and Area Rugs

A great and inexpensive way to cover up an older looking floor is to use runners or area rugs. Area rugs come in a wide variety of shapes and colors. If a premade shape doesn’t suit you, many can be custom-made.

6. Carpeting

Old hardwood or run down carpets can easily be replaced with new carpeting. Carpeting is relatively easy to install in rooms that are of square or rectangular shape.

7. Engineered Wood Floors

While traditional wood floors are laid plank by plank, an engineered wood floor is a less labor intensive way to get the same look. Engineered wood floors come in sheets, like plywood, instead of individual planks.

8. Ceramic Tile

If you have a steady hand and a little more time, installing a ceramic tile floor can give a great new upgraded look. It isn’t as hard as you think and is perfect in rooms with water usage, like bathrooms and kitchens.

9. Epoxy-Coat

Tired of looking at that slab of concrete in your basement or garage? Epoxy coat can give that old concrete a great new look. Stain resistant and easy to clean, this easy upgrade goes on in a snap.

10. Carpet Tiles

Looking for kid and pet friendly upgrade for the family room? Then carpet tiles might be the way to go. Stains and damage are fixed easily since the flooring is tiled. Install is also a breeze since there are no adhesives or nails.

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