Once again I have a project in my head, namely the bedroom. This one is partly finished and fine to sleep in, but to make it really cozy there is still a lot that needs to be done. One of those things is the laminate floor that is there now. The laminate is still fine, but not quite to my taste. Now I doubt whether I will paint the laminate or whether we will lay a new laminate floor. I'll take you along in our thinking process, who knows, maybe you'll have some advice for me!
The first thing I do when I have a new project in mind and want to do something I'm not that familiar with is roam the internet. Also this time, because I paint often enough, but I have never done painting laminate. No idea if that's a good option.
When I google it, I find at least a number of sites where painting a laminate floor is not recommended or that show that it is really a huge job. But I also found one website where the result is visible. Stephanie has described how they painted their laminate floor in the living room on her blog Fijnhuiszijn.
This shows that painting laminate is not just a project. Several coats of paint should be used and then a few more coats of matte lacquer. And the laminate floor must be completely degreased beforehand. Stephanie used lime paint from Annie Sloan. You often come across this when painting cabinets and the like. In the end the floor with 2 layers turned out not to be opaque and they chose to make a white floor with a weathered look with sanding. A very nice result! The kind of result that I would also like to see in my bedroom, a kind of beachy effect. Below you can see (of course in consultation with Stephanie) the photos of the process of painting the laminate floor.
I have a number of reasons for this. Actually, I just don't like the laminate floor that's there now. It's a bit too dark for me and since we have a nice oak bed and oak bedside tables I think it's too much wood look in this way. Painting the laminate white would already solve this problem. In addition, I like a bedroom with wood and white, so that works out nicely.
Another reason is that we prefer to have the entire top floor continue in terms of floor. The bedrooms now all have laminate, but the landing has black carpet and ugly small tiles in the bathroom and separate toilet. I would love it if we could make one floor out of this.
Another solution could be to remove the old laminate and put in a new laminate. I can then opt for a white laminate, but we could also opt for, for example, a laminate floor with a concrete look. Similar to the new PVC floor we have in our living room. That can of course also be very beautiful. Or laminate in a herringbone pattern, but in a very light colour. I still have my fishbone, haha.
And the above can still be a sustainable choice (just like painting the existing laminate), because the laminate that we then remove from our 3 bedrooms is then sufficient for the 2 bedrooms in the annex that we have furnished as guest rooms. There is still old (and worn out) floor covering there.
Choices, choices, choices. What would you go for, painting the laminate or laying new laminate?
