07 January 2010

My dream for the future: concrete floors

Currently, our apartment has a fairly dark blue-grey carpet. We didn't choose it - it was here when we moved in two years ago and, not being in the financial position to change it any time soon, we simply decided to work with it and change the rest of the interior elements to suit.

When the carpet is finally ready to be removed (still not for many years, I expect), my ultimate dream is to polish the concrete underneath. After all, cool concrete floors would be PERFECT for such a humid climate, and I'm amazed that more apartments here don't do it (most have concrete floors concealed underneath carpet or tiles). It may not happen - maybe we'll end up with floating wooden or bamboo floors instead, which will also look great - but I'm still going to dream. Behold, some amazing interior concrete floors!

Image: The Style Files

Image: Concrete Flooring

Image: Archi Expo

Image: Concrete Flooring

Image: Young House Love
And, now, imagine how totally awesome our place would look if the carpet was replaced with a nice, cool concrete floor...



6 comments:

  1. My friends had concrete floors in their last house and they were awesome. I think they go really well in homes decorated in a minimalist yet modern style like your photos.

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  2. I couldn't agree more - concrete floors wouldn't work in everyone's home, but I'm confident that it would work well with the style of our home. Now I need to spend the next few years convicing the other half!

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  3. holy wow, if those photos aren't reason enough to convince your mister, I don't know what is!

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  4. Hi Timmins. I have concrete floors at my place and they are GRAND! Mine are painted fire-engine red with paving paint and now that its about ten years old it's nicely worn and grungy-looking. Lovely and cool underfoot - and curiously warm in winter too... something to do with thermal mass, methinks. Mine's a slab - it may act differently if it were a suspended concrete floor. YAY CONCRETE!

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  5. Ooooh, thanks Ms Emily! I do love the pics of your place.

    How goes the house building?

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