Basement Flooring

Our initial plan for the flooring in the basement was to stain and seal the concrete. That didn't work out as planned (see here) so we had to come up with Plan B. We are only finishing part of the basement for now, a bathroom, the gym, and a small hallway. In the gym I am going to do a foam floor so we just needed to figure out what to do in the bathroom and the hallway. Our first thought was to paint it until we finished the rest of the basement but we couldn't decide on a color. The walls down there are grey so we didn't want to paint the floor grey too (prison cell, anyone?) and any other color seemed weird to us. Our next idea was to use linoleum. We went to the local flooring shop and picked out a few samples. We found one that we both liked (shocking, I know) and the price was right, so we went for it.

I don't have any progress pictures because a) I was always busy holding up one end of the flooring and b) installing linoleum is frustrating. Really. It's up there with the wallpaper.

It turned out really good though. The flooring we picked tied in the white from the trim, the grey from the walls, and the brown from the laminate. It's such a good match (color wise) to the laminate that they blend right in to each other. It's like home decor camouflage.

Anyways enough chit chat. Let's get to the pictures already.

It's a small space, so it wasn't a huge job but it's one more thing crossed off our list!