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A dog and child lying on the floor of a living room with white plank flooring, neutral fluffy rug and wooden coffee table.

Ideas for Painted Floors: How to Incorporate Floor Paint

Painting the floor is an easy yet impactful way to update a space.

Discover interior design inspiration and gain ideas on how to use floor paint in your home.

Rich black (Lamp Black) kitchen with bright white units and stools next to a black table.
Wall (main): Lamp Black, Side wall: Loft White, Flooring: Shallows

Choosing the best paint for your floors: Intelligent Floor Paint

  • Available in almost all colours
  • Durable low-sheen finish
  • Suitable for interior wood, primed metal and concrete floors
  • Easy to apply
  • Low odour
  • Quick-drying
  • Washable finish

Our revolutionary water-based 'Intelligent Floor Paint' is suitable for a large variety of flooring and interior woodwork within the busy home.

Intelligent Floor Paint is easy to apply, durable and washable, with a sheen level of 30-40%. And, unlike oil-based alternatives, our low-odour Intelligent paints dry within two hours. No more waiting overnight for the floor paint to set, or planning complicated logistics whilst waiting for stairs to dry completely. Life can continue virtually seamlessly with our Intelligent floor paint alternative.

Learn more about the benefits of Intelligent Floor Paint
Bathroom painted in dark grey 'Vulcan' with constrasting grey, green (Livid) details with a bathtub, chair and window.
Walls: Vulcan, Window Sill: Livid, Bath tub: Livid, Floor: Livid

How to Use Floor Paint: Application Advice

Before reimagining your hardwood floors, it’s important to prepare the surface correctly.

  1. Clean the floor completely and allow it to dry. Avoid using chemical cleaners if possible.
  2. Seal soft wood flooring with wood primer to prevent staining.
  3. Apply one coat of Intelligent ASP (All Surface Primer). Thin the paint to allow maximum absorbency into the wooden surface.
  4. Paint two coats of Intelligent Floor Paint in your selected shade.

Download our technical advice sheet for floor paint, to learn more about the application process.

Wood Floor Inspiration: Choosing a Floor Colour for Your Scheme

Children's bedroom with two cherry red (Cape Red) beds, a black (Jack Black) wood floor and beige walls (Slaked Lime - Deep).
Walls: Slaked Lime – Deep, Beds: Atomic Red, Floor: Jack Black

Embrace Bold and Beautiful Flooring in a Children’s bedroom

Children’s bedrooms and playrooms are perfect for experimenting with bold design ideas. Create a vibrant scheme by combining Atomic Red furniture with the absolute black, Jack Black.

Learn more about how to paint furniture to complement your painted floor.

Dark pink (Carmine) chair with a dusky pink stripe painted from the wall down to the navy blue panelled floor.
Wall & Baseboard: Hollyhock, Highlight Stripe: Hellebore, Chair: Carmine, Floor: Royal Navy

Add an Eye-Catching Colour Highlight in Any Room

Create a focal point by using a colour highlight in the centre of a room. The dusky pink Hellebore pairs with the bright Carmine and the charismatic Royal Navy for an elegant look.

For an impactful colour drenching effect, you can use the same colour from the floor to the walls by selecting one Little Greene shade in multiple finishes.

Consider painting your baseboards to support a bold floor paint highlight.

Hallway with an Air Force Blue painted floor, contrasting white (Shallows) walls and a window at the end of the corridor.
Walls: Shallows, Trim: Jack Black, Door: Smalt, Floor: Air Force Blue

Complement Your Tonal Scheme with Coordinated Flooring

Combine tonally similar shades on your walls, woodwork and flooring for a coordinated scheme. Smalt doorways add an eye-catching element to a landing area. The bold Air Force Blue provides a complementary shade within a blue scheme. Add contrasting Jack Black woodwork to complete the space.

To achieve a similar effect, consider incorporating your ceiling into the scheme rather than painting the floor. Read our guide to painting your ceiling to confirm your colour choices.

Browse our image gallery for more room and colour inspiration.

Alternatively, contact our Colour Consultants to discuss using floor paint in your scheme.