{"id":47537,"date":"2015-01-06T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=47537"},"modified":"2015-01-06T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:27:27","slug":"liberating-a-painted-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2015\/01\/06\/liberating-a-painted-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberating a Painted Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recently, a reader wrote to say she was contemplating painting her floors white and asking us how we liked ours. Friends were warning her off them, saying they are a pain to take care of. We wrote a number of posts about the specifics of pale or white painted floors<\/a> \u2014 designer Laura Handler’s is a revelation<\/a> \u2014 but our essential take is this:<\/p>\n We view painted floors as a canvas that can be embellished or changed as needed, and we’ve posted MANY examples of cool floor patterns you can paint on top of a painted floor, to shift the look or disguise wear or damage. The simplest and most liberating treatment might be Jackson Pollock-esque spatters, as in this wonderful green floor where the splatters are random and minimal (and enough to cover a rough patch).<\/p>\n Or you can go to town, as in this kid’s room<\/a>….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Paint blotches<\/em> make for a daring Dalmation pattern…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Paint just a few boards to “repair” a damaged area…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n …or get into elaborate\u00a0patterns a la\u00a0Matthieu Lavanchy<\/a>…<\/p>\n