How to cover pavers inside a home?

What about covering with cement to level floor then you can stain, put down laminate or tile.

The uneven is the hardest part. If you would just want to paint them s that they are lighter you could paint them with a light colored outdoor paint and as the paint peels off (and it will) it's give the floor a great shabby chic/country garden look.

How uneven is it?

I would install laminate flooring over the pavers. As Shawna B. says, paint will peel. Too much involved in prep work to really make paint last.

Thank you for your suggestions

If you have a color in mind a good concrete paint and sealer will do you a lot to getting a fun color and a brighter out look on a fun pattern on your floor. I love the style of the haring-bone pattern and with a good color you will love it too. But make sure there is no sealer on it or you will have to use a concrete etcher to make paint stay on. I know it sound like a lot of work but the cost is a lot less then replacing or covering it up. I sent a basic product for epoxy concrete paint but there are tons of other brands and colors to choose from. Hope this helps Teresa

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if your painting the floor get a floor sander machine to get up any top seal there may be on the floor ,So paint sticks better

Vinyl plank flooring from Lowes is waterproof and goes over poor subfloors if you want to update your look. Put a 60mm plastic sheet down and then click and lock these planks.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/SMARTCORE-by-Natural-Floors-12-Piece-5-in-x-48-in-Rustic-Locking-Hickory-Luxury-Vinyl-Plank/50076951

Are the pavers on a concrete floor? Knowing that would be key to what the next step should be. Pavers are not typically glued down and should be reasonably easy to remove along with all the filler sand from their original installation. If they are layed over a wood floor, that would open up a larger variety of avenues you could take. If they are on a concrete floor, that's a different area of new applications. (Also could have moisture issues to contend with having a concrete floor substrat)

Paint & seal? Or get a professional epoxy floor finisher to color, etc.

I would go with the floor finisher, you don't want laminate, believe me!!!

Assuming you tried to clean the grout and tiles -- the tiles are beautiful! Anything you place over it is going to show the pattern underneath. I would research the best way to clean the grout and tiles, then maybe see if they can be bleached or lightened and sealed.

First, install backer board like this https://www.lowes.com/pd/CertainTeed-0-5-in-x-36-in-x-60-in-Backer-Board/50071483 . It is affordable, and has a built in vapor barrier. Use an adhesive like liquid nails. Once that is installed, you now have a good subfloor to work from. You can put tiles down, wooden flooring or carpet. This will solve your problem in one weekend. You can go to a store that sells remnants of carpeting and get it installed, or use carpet tiles, for now. Lots of options once you get back to a good, level sub floor.

I agree with Marcia, and you might take a different approach to your room. Brighten the walls of you room and lighten up the space, concentrate on celebrating the brick. The pavers in your picture are beautiful they just need to be shown off. Large expanses can be broken up and softened with inexpensive carpets and/or carpet runners.

They have grout removing tools. And grout stain at home depot. In our area Stanley steamer will come in and clean the tile, and recolor the grout with stain.

You could probably lay a plywood floor over it.

Self leveling concrete. Then a concrete high gloss paint and seal.

Throw a wash of color over it and wipe off the excess to give another look?

Assuming there is concrete underneath, try trisodium phosphate (TSP) to clean them using little water, an scrub brush, gloves and eye protection. TSP is very good at brightening (it's an acid) and will give you a sense of what direction you want to go once they are clean and brighter. At that point, you could use a floor product to give them some gleam.

I wonder if you could use concrete stain and then seal the floor.