Faux Wood Concrete Floors

Carpets, pets and children DO NOT mix.....so after several carpet cleanings, I decided to pull out my carpet! I'd rather live for a few weeks with plain old concrete!  Well............many, many months later, I decided I couldn't live with the dusty concrete either.  But, couldn't afford the expensive hardwood or (cheaper, but still expensive) staining process.  So, I researched my flooring options and finally found that people ARE actually painting their concrete floors!!  YES!!!  But what color????  White floors are beautiful, but not for my family.....keep looking. Voila!!!  I found it!!!  FAux hardwoods by using a tool from hardware store for wood graining.. CHEAP!!!!  and I can do it myself.  Great temporary solution.

My husband of course looked at me all crazy and said, "why don't we just start saving a lil money each week til we get enough to put down wood?"

Ummmm, duh!!!! Cause I'm too impatient!!! I want it now!!!  So, I snuck off to the hardware store with $60 bucks and bought paint (brownish orange and black concrete paint), brushes and two woodgraining tools.  I tried a small hall way at first to see how it turned out. Loved it . And my husband was sorta impressed............

I later bought a concrete sealer with a wet look and applied 3 coatings to give it glossy look.

                                                        Before

                                                           During

                                                         After

                                                  Help from Chloe

                                                       Close up

Here is my work. Hope the pictures come out ok.