Last week I showed my oak cabinets that I painted white. Several people remarked about not painting wood. I hope no one has objections to me painting linoleum. :)
I think you did a good job on your cabinets. Love your floor. I would love to talk to someone that has paninted their floors 5 years later to see how it held up. I love wood too, but your cabinets are pretty, and i think those particular cabinets i like better painted.
Denise--I hated my floor, I honestly didn't care if I got only 6 months out of it. :) It's been a year and a half, and it's holding up great. Whether it will hold up 5 years I dunno. Heck I may repaint it before then. :)
thanks for your kind words about my cabinets, so glad I painted them!
I painted my vinyl floors in our former home's kitchen. It lasted almost 20 years! Sure I had to repaint them once or twice but honestly they held up amazingly well! And when I wanted to change colors, it was very easy to do. I used wall paint. It honestly held up as well as porch and floor paint. I never sealed them with poly either. I used a clear acrylic floor wax...sometimes ;-) Everyone would always say "What kind of floor is that? It's soo cool!"
So smart to use the leaf blower. It doesn't matter how long it lasts! It's all about changing it out for little money. Good job! BTW: I painted out my ugly formica counter tops and moved before it wore out.
I think that is briliant!! I cannot get the hubby to 'let' me do this! We actually freakin have like an outdoor carpet in the kitchen! HATE IT!! I moved into HIS house and he put that in there. We have 2 dogs and 5 cats and if I dont vacuum every freakin second, there is hair all over the place in there! Eeeek!!! So....now I can show him this!! Well done!! I would love a cream/beigyish and black and diamond pattern!! Love the blues tho!!!
I have the blues about the blues--they are on their way out. :) I had done the blue to tie in the blue counter tops. But, now they are gone, so the blue squares need to go! I'll post an update when I'm done. :)
Hmm....I would LOVE to do a dark charcoal or black and a vintagey cream. Or after painting it all, rolling on a stain [not sure if that would work to make it look old or if the stain would actually dry. I am sure a clear coat like a coat of garage glaze stuff over it for durability] Good luck hurry up and do it so we can see!! LOL...good luck and thanks!
I think this is a brilliant idea and extremely resourceful. Assuming there are no low spot in the linoleum, how long do the experts think this treatment will last? I am very interested in this project as I hate to think what ppl are charging now to replace these items of necessity. Great Job! (Leave it blue, great contrast to the cabinets. Looks GREAT to me)
Ohh, I walked on it as soon as it was dry. I did take it easy with furniture for a few weeks.
coats? a couple of coats of primer, and two light coats of each color for good measure. I prefer several light coats to a couple of heavy coats. :) still loving it!
your kitchen is wonderful. Hometalk is a great place to show off your talent.
thanks for your kind words about my cabinets, so glad I painted them!
coats? a couple of coats of primer, and two light coats of each color for good measure. I prefer several light coats to a couple of heavy coats. :) still loving it!