Inexpensive flooring options for apartments

Ugly floors marring the beauty of your apartment? Not to worry! If you are renting a flat in Kerala,

you can’t completely change your floors. Also, if you don’t have the time or budget right now to 

permanently alter the flooring you can at least disguise your floor with inexpensive flooring options.

Just check out these inexpensive flooring options for apartments, for inspiration on how you can 

change the look of an ugly floor without pulling it up.

Scatter Rugs

An affordable way to cover large areas of ugly flooring is with area rugs. You can buy several rugs

and layer or stitch them together. It may give out a Bohemian look but can take the attention off 

your ugly floor.

Carpet tiles

Carpet tiles are ideal are more flexible & budget friendly to cover up ugly floors. A standard-sized

area rug will cover only a part of your ugly floor, but with carpet tiles you can buy many and trim

them so you could basically cover every inch of your floor. Individual tiles can be easily replaced 

if they get to the point of being beyond repair or cleaning.

Temporary vinyl flooring

Cheap vinyl flooring, both the roll-out kind and tile kind can be an ideal solution to cover up the 

floor of your flat in Kerala. You can get some beautiful vinyl tiles that are made to resemble real

cement, porcelain or stone tiles for very low prices! Removable adhesives can be used to adhere

 them to the home floors. 

Laminate Flooring

A low-cost flooring option that is easy to install as well! These Laminate flooring planks are much

like the vinyl planks & many have a simple click-lock installation. Some Laminate planks even come 

with attached underlayment, making the whole process even simpler.

Painting Floors

You can consider painting your floors if ripping out your existing flooring isn’t an option.You can

paint any kind of flooring (even vinyl, linoleum and laminate flooring), but you have to prep it to ensure

good adhesion. With paint, be as creative as you want, from straight block colours to special effects,

textures, stenciled or freestyle patterns, stripes or checkers.Take note that a painted floor eventually

will start showing signs of wear and tear. Be prepared to repaint in a year or two, but a strictly no 

shoes policy can certainly help!

Ceramic Tiles

Ceramic tile is a good choice when it comes to flooring. Generally, more expensive than other options

but it lasts longer. As it's so durable, ceramic tile may save you money in the long run.

Carpet

Indoor/outdoor carpet is attractive and affordable and it's also more resistant to moisture. You can

buy this in rolls or in squares with an adhesive backing. 

Now that you have gone through the inexpensive flooring options for apartments, you can start 

disguising or hiding your ugly floors in your flat in Kerala without ripping out the old one or

permanently damaging the flooring.