Flooring can be expensive. And hiring someone to install flooring can be even pricier. So why not get creative and use these DIY flooring alternatives?

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I share a quick and simple way to give your tired old floor a makeover!

Turn a worn-out wood floor into a warm cottage classic with a simple checkerboard pattern

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Looking for an alternative to wallpaper? Try one of these patterned paint rollers to easily decorate any room. See our picks on Domino.

Everything you need to know about how to wallpaper a floor - a laminate floor to be precsie. This is a renter-friendly option using contact paper (fablon)

Decoupage floor, using wallpaper with backing removed, rustic style, done on paint splattered old floorboards, then coated with Wilkinsons tough varnish

When cement tiles turned out too pricey for designers Karen and Guy Vidal at their East Hollywood apartment complex, they decided to create an outdoor “carpet” on a budget — using stencil and paint.The couple wanted to transform the concrete patio of the building they owned without committing to anything too permanent. Using a Moroccan-style stencil and deck paint, they finished the project for only a few hundred dollars.

Hey all...I hope you are recovering from Thanksgiving, and getting prepped for Christmas. Our decorations are almost all finished here, pictures of that coming soon. For now, I wanted to give you a fun How-To. I'm so excited to show you this awesome paint tool. I found this sometime last year, and have been ogling it ever since. I finally broke down a couple months ago, and bought some pieces. I didn't have a project to use it on, but I had to try it out. Since then, I've used it on a couple…

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Distressed painted rug on wood floor. If you can't refinish the floor, or are unable to, try painting a pattern or a rug!

We’ve not been shy about our love of wallpaper. We’ve looked at many lines, we cover a single wall or frame the ones that we love that are too expensive to use in a whole room but we’ve never thought of this use…Putting wallpaper on the floor? Sounds insane at first but really, is it any different than covering the floor with a large patterned rug? A good coat of polyurethane will protect it.