Covering Ugly Laminate Flooring

Paint tile cover up ideas an interesting option with almost limitless color choices is painting the floor.

Covering ugly laminate flooring.

A pit stop at lowe s will do the. But since it s not carpeting you can simply wipe or mop up kitchen spills. It s called a floorcloth a large decorative square of canvas or vinyl. How many of us fellow renters have dreamt this very same idea.

Always use thin vinyl tiles or laminate flooring when putting a new floor over the old one. News flash vinyl peel and stick tiles are no longer the ugly ducklings of the flooring world. Luckily there s another option that will help you forget that ugly laminate underneath at least until you move out. This prevents the floor from getting too thick and failing to line up with the flooring in adjacent rooms and existing baseboards.

Save pin it see more images. Seattle renter sumit basu covered up his low pile apartment carpet with a snap in laminate floor sharing tips of the process with a how to video documenting the upgrade process bored with the dark bland low pile carpet in my living room i. Thanks to a spate of printing technologies that make it possible to print patterns on vinyl that closely resemble real things like petrified wood or handpainted ceramic decorative peel and stick products are more stylish than ever. If what your room is really screaming for is wall to wall carpet the good kind of course but you aren t exactly up for the commitment consider carpet tiles.

My in laws just installed a vinyl sheet floor in their kitchen which looks crazy real and not at all cheap and crappy. It s sort of like an area rug for your kitchen or dining area. Cover it in prettier vinyl sheet flooring. Home depot carries it for about 1 25 per square foot and for a high traffic space that needs to be very durable this might be a great option.

Is it even possible. Covering up an ugly rental unit carpet with wood flooring. I was seriously surprised. But an affordable way to cover large areas of ugly flooring with area rugs is to buy or thrift many of them layering and or stitching them together to create one look.