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Painted Floors- Trend Alert from Design Blogger’s Conference

By Dana Tucker 9 Comments

I just returned from 4 days in Los Angeles where I attended the Design Blogger’s Conference. It was an amazing time of learning, networking and dreaming of the possibilities. My brain is on overload from all the ideas skipping around. If I had to list my top three highlights from the event they would be in order:

  1. Meeting my social media friends Regina Garay and Melanie Royals in real life. I haven’t laughed that much in a long time.
  2. Learning lots of Search Engine Optimization tips from Scott Hanselman and Doug Cook. (I’m geeky like that)
  3. Meeting Suzanne Rhinestein and watching her presentation on Trends in Design.
Suzanne Rhinestein, Bob Christian mural in her home featured in Elle Decor
Suzanne Rhinestein in front of a Bob Christian mural in her home featured in Elle Decor

The presentation by Suzanne is what really has all the wheels turning in my head.  About forty out of fifty interiors in her presentation slide show had PAINTED FLOORS. I sat there with my mouth open as she clicked through slide, after slide, after slide that showcased an interior with painted floors. She even said several times, “Here’s another room with a gorgeous painted floor.” What a gift to the decorative painting community! As I sat in the conference room with 200 of the most influential  interior design bloggers in the country I was hoping that they were hearing this loudly and clearly. My heart was pounding imagining that they would pick up the trend and cover it on their blogs. This could be the next BIG WAVE for decorative painting. Regina Garay and I waited for the crowd to disperse from around Suzanne and we slowly approached her. We thanked her for bringing attention to decorative painting artisans by using painted floors and murals in her interiors. She beamed, and told us how much she loved them and how incredibly talented her frequent collaborator, artist Bob Christian was. Bob’s work is featured in Suzanne’s Manhattan apartment in Elle Decor. 

I also found this post on Bright Bold and Beautiful blog on painted floors with some gorgeous photos like this one.

Southern Accents has a great article on how to paint floors with tips from Bob Christian, Billet-Collins and others.

We have also done several painted floors in Nashville. Here are a few of ours.

Painted Floor Nashville by Brooks Tucker
Painted Floor by Brooks Tucker
Painted Floor Nashville TN Brooks Tucker
Painted Floor by Brooks Tucker
Painted Floor Nashville TN Brooks Tucker
Painted Floor by Brooks Tucker

And no painted floor roundup would be complete without a tip of the hat to Melanie Royals and her fabulous Modello, decorative masking stencils that make it possible to do very intricately patterned floors quickly and precisely. Melanie is teaching a class at the Concrete Decor Show in Nashville in a couple of weeks and I signed Brooks up as soon I saw the class listing. We will soon be creating beautiful designs with concrete overlays like these by Gracie Reed featured on Melanie’s blog Design Amour.

Just give us a few weeks.

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  1. Rachel Sejas says

    March 7, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Great post! I can’t wait to hear more about your trip! Such great news for decorative artists.

  2. Barbara Rocha says

    March 10, 2011 at 9:00 am

    I love painted floors. LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They can be understated or bold. Every culture has its motifs and style.
    Love them – they are often overlooked in North America.
    Thanks for the post!
    Barbara

  3. MWest says

    January 20, 2012 at 2:29 am

    These floors don’t look painted at all! As one who works for a flooring Houston service provider, it makes me glad to see the beauty and creativity that painters put in their projects. Indeed, painting floors is one good alternative when in need of a floor make over.

  4. flooring Honolulu says

    May 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    The photos that you posted about painted flooring doesn’t really look painted. Looking from a bit far, they look like they’re expensive set of tiles arranged to showcase the results, but not. We are really amazed as to how far floor painting can go. Thanks for the inspiration!

  5. flooring Honolulu says

    August 24, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    Wow, these are amazing! Painted floors are really a trend and I heard it is not so difficult to do it on your own. I also love the masking stencils. They are so pretty. Thank you for this post.

  6. CocomotionalDesigns says

    March 27, 2015 at 7:56 am

    love the turquoise painted porch floor

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