Looking for ideas for using chalk paint on floors? These floors all look amazing thanks to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!
I’ve started to think about possibly painting the floor in our dining room and figured that chalk paint might just do the trick because it worked so well on {these Annie Sloan Chalk Paint furniture makeovers. I absolutely loved the “no priming, no sanding needed” nature of this paint! I started doing some searching to see if anyone had used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on floors and found some beautiful inspiration starting with this gorgeous gray floor on Shades of Amber:
Shades of Amber
Amber had gotten sick of the old carpet in her store so she and her husband ripped it out and painted the underlying concrete floor with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite. They then added a stenciled pattern in Old White and finished it off with Annie Sloan Lacquer, a water-based varnish for painted floors. Wow, what a difference! Check out the details of this amazing transformation on Shades of Amber {here}.
Holly of Storywood Designs created a soft checkerboard pattern using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on her foyer floor. She painted her hardwoods with a combination of Paris Grey and Louis Blue alternating with Pure White and then sealed them with Annie Sloan Lacquer. It completely transformed the look and feel of her space:
Storywood Designs
Jeri painted the floors in her coastal boutique, Shabby Coast Cottage, using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey for the beautiful lattice design. Instead of using a polyurethane or lacquer to seal the paint, she lightly sanded her floors and then waxed them with floor wax, which will allow the floors to age naturally and become distressed over time:
Shabby Coast Cottage
Karla at Lady Butterbug had hardwood floors that were a mess of scrapes and water damage. Instead of refinishing them, she painted the floors a soft pink and then did stenciling with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Pure White. She finished it off with two coats of Annie Sloan Floor Lacquer:
Lady Butterbug
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Wouldn’t this also be beautiful in a little girl’s nursery?! You can see more of this project on Lady Butterbug {here}.
Another favorite are these pretty floors painted by Shaunna of Perfectly Imperfect as part of the makeover of her daughter’s room. She was starting from scratch installing new unfinished white pine floor boards so she painted her boards first (smart girl!) and then had then installed so that a subtle stripe pattern was created. She used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Pure White and for the stripe she used the Pure White with some Annie Sloan French Linen mixed in. The floors were then sealed with Annie Sloan Lacquer. They’re gorgeous!
Perfectly Imperfect
For all of the details on this chalk paint floor project, head over to Perfectly Imperfect {here}.
And finally, I also love the treatment that Rachel of VanHook & Co. did in her kids’ room. She tore out the old carpet, covered the hardwoods with a wash of chalk paint, distressed the floors, and then coated them with polyurethane. Not only is the result unique and beautiful, but it’s a lot less expensive than refinishing your hardwoods:
VanHook & Co.
Head on over to VanHook & Co. to see more of this project {here}.
So what do you think? Would you ever consider painting your floors with chalk paint?
Update! Be sure to check out my latest painted floor project – I painted the tile in our powder room and love how it turned out! See all of the details of our painted tile floor project {here}. 
Hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!
a shade fancier says
They are all beautiful. The temptation is strong but I think I’ll start with a table that is sorely in need of help. Not sure of where Annie Sloan is offered in my area but I will look for it today. The thought of no priming is very appealing. Thanks for doing the leg work and sharing.
Missy M
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
You will love working with the chalk paint Missy! the table that I painted has held up beautifully!
Storywood Designs says
Thanks for featuring my floors! There are some absolutely gorgeous ones in the post… some that I’ve never seen before. Thanks for sharing them!
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
Glad to hear that they are winning the battle against the kids and dogs! You really did a beautiful job!
Lindsay Toler says
I swear, I was JUST talking about painted floors last week. I’m dying to try it… We’re planning on building a mudroom off of the kitchen, and that just might be the perfect room to try something like that. Great post!
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
I agree – the mudroom would be great place to experiment! Let me know if you end up doing it!
Designing Domesticity says
Kris, I’m not sure how I missed the fact that you are from Cincinnati, my home town. So fun how blogging makes it such a small world. any who..painting floors makes me so nervous, but with such great results out there it must be worth it! Thanks for sharing such great inspiration, liz
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
Who knew! 🙂 We love it here – neither of us is a Cincinnati native (we moved here about 15 years ago) but it’s been a great place to raise a family!
Becky {This Is Happiness} says
These look amazing Kris! Looked around your blog a bit and love all the inspiration! Now following and excited to read more 🙂
Annie Sloan says
I am so impressed at your really great piece on floors, all of them using my paint. Thank you so very much.
I came up with my paint in 1990 and I am so thrilled that it has been such a huge success in the USA finally! It has been largely to do with blogs like you. xx
Your blog is new to me – I love the title!
Annie
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
What a thrill to see your comment! Yes, the ladies who painted these floors did an amazing job, didn’t they?! I’ve really enjoyed working with your paint (it’s fabulous!) and am so glad that it found its way to the US. I’m looking forward to using it for several projects in 2013!
Amber and Brad says
Kris, we are so honored to have you feature us! Thank you!! We loved the look so much, that we have now stripped and redone 3 more rooms!! I will need to share those photos too, it makes such a huge different and easy way to make an impact in a room.
Thanks again, have a beautiful day!
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
Loooove your floor! Can’t wait to see the others that you’ve done!
Jennifer Ingram says
I have a large combination living room and dining room and about a month ago we decided to paint the floors. First we rolled on Chateau Grey and then used a faux rag roller to apply a mix of 2 to 1 Old White and Arles. The floor is gorgeous and very durable. Everyone wondered if I’d lost my mind when I told them what we planned but now they all want the same floor in their home.
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
I have the exact same thing Jennifer – a combination living/dining room and I was sooo close to painting the floors when I redid the room but our floors where in very good shape so I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Almost wish that I had though, especially reading your comment! Glad yours turned out so well!
Sharon says
Jennifer, do you have a picture of your floor? I know this vomment is from 7 yrs ago, but i would love to see
Liam Thomas says
If you are planning to switch your old flooring with a new one, you should consider painting them, this way you won’t have to spend money to buy new flooring, a lot of people do this and it looks great.
Anonymous says
I have tile flooring in my kitchen. Can I use Annie Sloan over this kind of floor?
TM says
I’m think about painting concrete floor on my outside covered porch. Do you think Anne Sloan paint would work?
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
I think it would work because I know AS paint can be used for concrete floors and also for outdoor surfaces. One of the most knowledgeable people about AS chalk paint is the Purple Painted lady – check out this post (http://www.thepurplepaintedlady.com/2013/10/using-chalk-paint-outside/) and maybe even drop her an email to see if she’s done it before!
Aoife says
Hi,
I’m just about to embark on a new project of painting the floorboards in my sitting room a white colour. It’s an old Georgian house with 200 yr old pitch pine floors. Im hoping to achieve a distressed look as opposed to a pure white finish. The sander is coming to sand them but he’s putting me off painting them white as he says the yellow/brown will seep through from the wood over time. Does this happen with chalk paint? He has never used it before.
Allison Manweiler says
Use a coat of French linen (light grey) chalk paint first then paint the white over that. Then the wood color will not seep through. It’s like magic! The reason it seeps through is pure white has no pigment in it.
Dawn says
I’m currently 8 months pregnant and we bought our house in July. I thought I’d wait until baby was here before tackling big jobs. Nope. I couldn’t stand the carpet another day! I looked under the carpet in the hallway to reveal gorgeous hardwood floors. So I excitedly ripped up the carpet. I was tricked! In the living room it is just plywood. So I bought stencils and now I’m trying to decide on my floor colors. Y’all have me sold on the chalk paint though!
Paint It White says
I am so thrilled to have found this post! Thank you sooooo much for all the tips on floor painting. I am painting an stenciling my kitchen floors and I am so undecided about whether to use a lacquer over top of them or what. They will get a lot of use and we have two pugs (I’m thinking about their little paws scratching the floors on a daily basis) so I need something good, strong and durable. Would you suggest using lacquer in my case Kris? Would love your advice. Thank you so much for all the information here and great inspirational photos.
Cheers
Marie:-)
Kris Jarrett says
Yes, I would definitely top coat it with some type of lacquer or polyurethane so it wears better. Good luck with your project!
Kendal says
Hello I would love to know where the person- jeri- was able to find the stencil for her floor? The arabesque pattern. Do your have contact info for her/ him? Thanks
Kris Jarrett says
Unfortunately I’m not sure – I don’t think her blog exists anymore. Take a look at Royal Designs Studio – they have great ones!
Lisa says
Any advice regarding painting laminate flooring? I’ve purchased a home and I’m considering changing all the floors, but they’re good quality, just not thrilled with the color.
Kris Jarrett says
Hi Lisa,
I’ve never painted laminate but I’m guessing that you could do it similarly to how I painted my bathroom tile. You can find all of the details on that project here: https://www.drivenbydecor.com/how-painting-bathrooms-ceramic-tile-floors-diy/
Maria says
Beautiful floors. I need some advice. I painted my stairs with French linen and finished with her lacquer. I realized that coco would look better. Can I paint on top of the lacquer? Do I need to wait some time before the lacquer cures? Do I need to sand? Thank you!!!
Kris Jarrett says
Unfortunately I’ve never used a lacquer top coat so I’m not sure!
Chris Hill says
Have you tried chalk paint on tiles, my tiles are cream with uneven surface. If you have achieved this project, how and what would I use to prepare the tiles?? Hope you can help! Cheers Chris
Kris Jarrett says
Hi Chris – this post on painting the tile in our small bathroom should help: https://www.drivenbydecor.com/how-painting-bathrooms-ceramic-tile-floors-diy/
Cindy Dycus says
Can you chalk paint vinyl floors
Rebecca M Hornsby says
I have some graphite chalk paint I want to use to paint some tile floors in the foyer and bathrooms? will this work? also have a chalk paint lacquer to go over it from you. Just making sure this will work in bathrooms with moisture and need to know exact process. thank you