There are several ways to get blue floors. The most popular method is blue tile. Blue tile can be used anywhere in your home, not just the bathroom and kitchen. However, painting wood and staining concrete are the two most interesting techniques for incorporating blue floors.
Painting Wood Floors: Painting wood is an easy process and the results are surprisingly durable. All you need to do is prime the wood, paint, and then apply three coats of urethane. If you apply two coats of urethane every two years, then you will keep any scratching or chipping under control.
Stained Concrete: Once considered a gritty industrial material better suited for sidewalks than posh interiors, concrete is starting to gain some respect in the design world. It's a cheap dependable material that will give your home an urban modern edge. Concrete can be stained any color with chemical acid or dye. It's then sealed with acrylic and a top coat of wax, and you've got a floor that will last years without a need for maintenance.
A word of warning: blue carpet is risky, and while rules are made to be broken, it is harder to pull off.
For more blue floors check out, Blue Kitchen Floor by Elmslie Osler
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does anyone know the name of the chairs in the third picture?
I love drama, but whereas I can see blue walls and a range of furnishings, for whatever reason I can only see blue floors as successful when with a very, very limited palette of white and gray furniture.
Bias? Cowardice?
It feels like it would be far more limiting than blue walls, and more expensive to do.
As far as flooring materials, what about natural linoleum/marmoleum? Lovely and saturated colours are possible.
Fearless pioneer of design? I suppose so until it's time to sell your home. Tough resale value. I'd opt for a darker blue, something a little more timeless since redoing your floors can be expensive.
#1 is absolutely gorgeous. Would love to be able to pull that off.
I guess I am not a fearless pioneer of design. To me it looks like the house flooded.
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I like it, but the first one especially does look like a pool... especially since the coffee table is so very low. XD
Just wondering, is there a problem with painting concrete? Other than it probably losing some of the appeal of looking like concrete?
I think this would be pretty with pastels....like that one pick on here with the different pastel bentwood chairs. I could totally see multiple colors if they were in lighter shades.
Lee Raziwill's beach house had floors painted or stained navy - they were stunning.
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At my last house, I painted the kitchen and dining room floors a pretty robin's egg blue. I adored them, and they looked very cheerful.
Number three is my DREAM kitchen. I love every single thing about it.
Me too, Bambijo! Swoon.
My grandmother lived in a beautiful old home with painted wood floors. I can remember seeing them in blue and red. I thought both looked great!
I love the watery look of #1, but its also so sterile, where do they put their junk?
I use blue penny-round tiles as the floor in my bathroom (which is otherwise all white with chrome) to remind me of water/drops. Clearly, there's a nautical theme as several of the shots have boats in the decor.
I'm ashamed to say that watching jersey shore has ruined blue floors for me (they have a blue-floored outdoor area in the miami house).I think unless it's done in the more rustic, comfotrable way as in pics 2,3,4, it'll always remind me of a public swimming pool, with the chlorine smell...
Pretty, but I, too, would consider resale value.
Along these lines... I have been desperately trying to find information about painting vs. staining concrete. I have heard that it is not possible to put tile down once concrete has been painted. Is this true? I've been wanting to paint bold black and white stripes on my concrete floor...does anyone know if this is possible with stain?
Any information would be very very helpful.
Really not for the faint at heart!!
If i ever, ever put blue floors they'll exclusively have to be real stone or a breathtaking very well designed terrazzo. Blue is just too synthetic of a color to have all around in something as primal as your floors.
Whoever lives in the house in pic #4 should have addressed the ceiling issues before putting in a blue floor. That couldn't possibly be on purpose, right?
These rooms are pretty. Blue is calming.
I wouldn't worry about resale, personally. By the time the housing market recovers (if ever) it'll be time to redo the floors, anyway. You don't do something like this unless you plan to stay put for a long while.
I really love it :) I'm not a huge fan of all the white furniture, but I could probably make it work with some woods and warmer colors.
I ache for house #1.
I have a royal blue tile ceramic tile floor in my otherwise traditional white subway tile bath. I designed it that way, have loved it for 10 years and am not at all concerned about resale value. Unless you plan on selling in 2-3 years, build what you love. Not every buyer loves tan or white subway tile for that matter.
Zazzu, the original article refers to the ceiling just as the Nantucket boathouse's old wood; it seems that they left it like that on purpose. That photo's not my favorite.
I adore the shiny blue in the first house, but the room needs more color accents - looks like an unfinished coloring book picture.
What is this flooring type called? Concrete? treated concrete? and what makes it shiny?
Ive been wanting to paint my basement concrete floor blue/aqua but I haven't done a lot of research on the process yet. But I think it would look awesome.
I considered acid staining the concrete floors in my bathroom aqua but couldn't commit. I stained the floors black and am painting the walls a light aqua.
I can't WAIT to paint my bathroom floor robin's egg blue! With the rest of the room and accessories mostly white I picture it a watery sanctuary. The kind of blue that shows up as oceans on globes, THAT robin's egg blue. Thank you for featuring this lighter blue, anything darker would take away from the clean and fresh feel.