7 Epoxy Floor Ideas to Keep Them Looking Like New

Upgrading your basement or garage floor with epoxy paint adds a shine that’s durable and appealing. From faux marble designs to checkered patterns, your epoxy floor can make a statement or blend right in. Here we share seven epoxy floor ideas to help you select the one that’s best for your space and style.

1. Faux Marble

Morph two or more colors together to create an epoxy floor that mimics marble. Apply a base coat of white epoxy paint. Then add drops of another paint color on top. Move the accent color with a paint roller to design a stunning floor. 

Alex Quintero of A&R Coatings shares that a lot of preparation goes into epoxy floors along with creative design. He says that he paints almost all of his floors freestyle, especially his faux marble floors. “It’s very intricate to try and replicate natural occurring marble stone,” but once it’s on, it’s a beautiful and easy-to-maintain floor.

2. Geometric Pattern

Triangles, squares, and rhombuses can make your floor both modern and fun—perfect for a garage, basement, play area, or studio. Tim Maloney, owner and lead concrete artisan at Maloney’s Custom Concrete designed this faux marble floor accentuated by congruent squares and triangles. 

To achieve the look, apply a base coat of the main background color. Then create a consistent pattern, or a more random design, across your floor with painter's tape. Finally, add color to the inside of the taped areas. After the epoxy dries, remove the tape for shapes that pop. 

Complex epoxy floor designs, like this geometric floor, can be more challenging. Consider hiring a local concrete installer to create the floor of your dreams. 

3. Underwater Vibes

Using aquamarine and turquoise tones, create an epoxy floor like this one created by Alessandro Monte of Creative Epoxy Designs. Blending tones and swirling the epoxy paint, he made this floor resemble the ocean so well it feels like a nautical getaway. 

With this oceanic scene as your inspiration, consider mixing blue and green paints with a paint roller. Monte says when it comes to epoxy flooring, create a vision like this deep-sea floor first before bringing it to life in your home.

4. Checkerboard Floor

Transform your garage into a high-end pit stop with a pattern that looks like flags at the raceway. Create a checkerboard pattern with any two colors, such as this gray and red floor designed by Maloney.

For a DIY epoxy project, paint the entire floor in your lighter color, then use painter's tape to mark your squares. Paint the darker color on every other square and watch your garage transform into an exciting place to park your cars.

You can do this epoxy floor idea yourself if you’re willing to invest a bit more in planning and taping time, or you can hire a local epoxy floor contractor.

5. Speckled

You can add epoxy flakes on top of any base color to give your floor more texture and visual dimension. JSA Motorsports chose a gray background with flakes in white and black tones for a neutral vibe.

Flakes often come in a package with several colors, or you can buy individual colors and mix and match how you want. A speckled design offers a mosaic-type feel.

6. Metallic

Whether with metallic epoxy paints or flakes, give your floor shimmer and character, like this silver-inspired floor by Epoxy Network. The luster and shine from metallic tones are great for any room where you want some pizzazz, such as a garage, basement, or art studio.

7. Bold-Colored Floors

Make a statement with a rich black, blue, or burgundy epoxy floor. The depth of these hues brings drama and even warmth to the room’s aesthetic, like with the blue floor created by Alessandro Monte of Creative Epoxy Designs. 

To finish the eye-catching look, add flakes or metallic accents to your base color or keep it all the same hue for a sleek appearance. 

Questions and Answers About Epoxy Flooring

Is epoxy flooring a good idea?

Epoxy flooring is well-suited for garages, basements, and studios where you want to protect a concrete floor while giving it shine and character. Adding a concrete stain is another option if you decide to forego applying epoxy.

How much does it cost to epoxy a floor?

The cost to epoxy a concrete floor ranges from $75 to $600 if you do it yourself, or between $1,475 and $3,080 if you hire a pro. Get quotes from at least three local garage floor contractors before hiring a contractor and agreeing to a price. Epoxy paint itself costs $0.30 to $1.50 per square foot. The cost to install epoxy terrazzo flooring ranges from $25 to $90 per square foot.

How long does an epoxy floor last?

Epoxy flooring typically lasts 10 to 20 years, but you’ll likely need to reapply the coating every few years to maintain your epoxy floor’s durability and beauty.