A dog and child lying on the floor of a living room with white plank flooring, neutral fluffy rug and wooden coffee table.

5 Ideas for Painted Floors: How to Incorporate Floor Paint

Painting the floor is an easy yet impactful way to update a space.

Discover interior design inspiration and gain ideas on how to use floor paint in your home.

Wood Floor Inspiration: Choosing a Floor Colour for Your Scheme

Children's bedroom with two cherry red (Cape Red) beds, a black (Jack Black) wood floor and beige walls (Slaked Lime - Deep). — Walls: Slaked Lime – Deep, Beds: Atomic Red, Floor: Jack Black

1. Use Bold Colours To Create Impact

Children’s bedrooms and playrooms are perfect for experimenting with bold painted wood floor design ideas. Create a vibrant scheme by combining Atomic Red furniture with the absolute black, Jack Black.

Learn more about how to paint furniture to complement your painted floor.

Dark pink (Carmine) chair with a dusky pink stripe painted from the wall down to the navy blue panelled floor. — Wall & Baseboard: Hollyhock, Highlight Stripe: Hellebore, Chair: Carmine, Floor: Royal Navy

2. Add an Eye-Catching Colour Highlight in Any Room

Create a focal point on your wood floors by using a colour highlight in the centre of a room. The dusky pink Hellebore pairs with the bright Carmine and the charismatic Royal Navy for an elegant look.

For an impactful colour drenching effect, you can use the same colour from the floor to the walls by selecting one Little Greene shade in multiple finishes.

Consider painting your baseboards to support a bold floor paint highlight.

Hallway with an Air Force Blue painted floor, contrasting white (Shallows) walls and a window at the end of the corridor. — Walls: Shallows, Trim: Jack Black, Door: Smalt, Floor: Air Force Blue

3. Complement Your Tonal Scheme with Coordinated Flooring

Combine tonally similar shades on your walls, woodwork and flooring for a coordinated scheme. Smalt doorways add an eye-catching element to a landing area. The bold Air Force Blue provides a complementary shade within a blue scheme. Add contrasting Jack Black woodwork to complete the space.

To achieve a similar effect, consider incorporating your ceiling into the scheme rather than painting the floor. Read our guide to painting your ceiling to confirm your colour choices.

Bathroom painted in dark grey 'Vulcan' with contrasting grey, green (Livid) details with a bathtub, chair and window. — Walls: Vulcan, Window Sill, Bath and Floor: Livid

4. Use a Single Colour Across Different Elements

Paint the floor in the same colour as other elements within your space to create a coordinated scheme. Here, the bath, window and flooring are painted in Livid for a harmonious finish.

Bedroom with yellow painted arch (Bassoon) leading to a gingham bed with curtain. — Arch & Floor: Bassoon, Panelling: Nether Red, Table: Jack Black

5. Colour drench your scheme

For real impact, opt for a colour drenched scheme and paint your walls and floor in the same hue. The deep, ochre Bassoon adds warmth and an encompassing feel to this welcoming bedroom scheme.

Browse our image gallery for more room and colour inspiration.

Alternatively, contact our Colour Consultants to discuss using floor paint in your scheme.