Checkered tile floors - yea or nay?
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37ford4dr
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i like them , i dont have them, but i would do a painted checkerboard if i ever had the time.
ddawg16
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In the right garage....fine....a lot depends on what is sitting on top of them....
At the end of the day....it's what you want....you don't do your garage to impress us....no matter what you do....someone will do something better...or find something wrong with it....
It's your garage...you have to look at it...work in it....clean it.....as long as your in it....you get to keep your man card....
At the end of the day....it's what you want....you don't do your garage to impress us....no matter what you do....someone will do something better...or find something wrong with it....
It's your garage...you have to look at it...work in it....clean it.....as long as your in it....you get to keep your man card....
I probably wouldn't do my garage in a sharp contrast black & white for the reason above, it can be hard on the eyes and hard to find a bolt that you dropped on the floor.
I like them in more of a soft tone color, for instance I want to do my concrete basement floor in a beige/maroon checkerboard pattern with throw rugs over top.
I like them in more of a soft tone color, for instance I want to do my concrete basement floor in a beige/maroon checkerboard pattern with throw rugs over top.
wnstwolf
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If you go with it I suggest you make the checkers with 4 full tiles creating 2'x2' squares. just using single 12"x12" tiles starts to get overwhelming
JC23
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loveall13
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This is what we did in my class room. I "found" all the tiles and the paw print in the left overs from our new gym. I wasn't real crazy about the checkerboard but it is what I could do without spending any money. My best friend and I layed the floor and I painted the room. It looks pretty good for almost free.
Jeremy
Jeremy
64dragnwagon
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I agree with the OP, I think it is overdone and distracting.
Zeke
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I personally would not have checkers in high contrast. But I like bare concrete, so I don't know if my opinion counts.
It's like painting one color part-way up the wall. It's a widely-accepted look for a garage. I always think of it as more of a 'cool place to park and show off the car' design idea than a 'work on the car' idea. Like you've pulled into the winner's circle.
darkk
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I've had a kitchen I did and black and white checkered pattern. I liked it. Didn't seem to distracting to me at all. But, then again, some people can't chew gum and walk at the same time...
X2, I like bare concrete. It's what I have at the moment. I really haven't decided what I'd like to do with it yet. Been deciding for about 2+ yrs now. hahahaha....
fyrlt1
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I personally do not care for the checkerboard pattern in any color. I'd rather my floor not be the focal point of the garage. Maybe my tastes are a bit conservative but I feel that you can install a solid color (or tasteful pattern) floor and be able to live with it even if it is uninspiring. But if you install a checkerboard and don't like it, it will scream out at you every time you go in the room.
pattenp
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Nay for me.
djd99
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I would not do my autoshop with it but I definitely plan on a black and white checkard in my othershop when I can afford it.
65Stang
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nay.
Dan in Pasadena
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I like it very much but not the high contrast black & white. And not the 12x12 squares-too busy for me
I plan to do 4 tiles together so 2'x2' squares of off white & a light gray.
I plan to do 4 tiles together so 2'x2' squares of off white & a light gray.
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JimVonBaden
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I didn't like the busy look either, though it often looks great on the right garage!
I opted for something a little less busy, though some still won't like it!
Jim
I opted for something a little less busy, though some still won't like it!
Jim
colt zantop
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I like it and have always wanted to do it. I would do larger grey and black....
Northstar
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My garage has checkers. It was already there, but I like it. Depends on what you put around it and on top of it.
TheShrine
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Blah, blah, blah.....do what looks good to you! I did both vinyl squares and epoxy and have a "love hate" relationship with both!
Lippyp
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The whole chequerboard floor thing has become a bit of a cliche, like flat black cars with red wheels. At the end of the day though its your garage and you can do what you like with it.
For me, my floor is currently a nasty mixture at the moment, the middle stall stall is concrete, the workshop end is half concrete half original blue engineering brick and the third stall is all brick. I'll probably go for a solid color on the workshop end as I'm planning on a new concrete floor, a pattern would look out of place in a 100 year old building and with the vibe I'm aiming for, it'll probably be either flat grey or green floor paint, the other two I'm hoping to lift the brick in the first stall and then relay it nice and flat and the second floor longer term I aiming to remove the concrete floor and re-lay it in matching brick some of which I'll save from the workshop end and the rest I'll have to buy in from a salvage place ( although the bricks may well still be under the concrete if I can get it up without damaging them.)
For me, my floor is currently a nasty mixture at the moment, the middle stall stall is concrete, the workshop end is half concrete half original blue engineering brick and the third stall is all brick. I'll probably go for a solid color on the workshop end as I'm planning on a new concrete floor, a pattern would look out of place in a 100 year old building and with the vibe I'm aiming for, it'll probably be either flat grey or green floor paint, the other two I'm hoping to lift the brick in the first stall and then relay it nice and flat and the second floor longer term I aiming to remove the concrete floor and re-lay it in matching brick some of which I'll save from the workshop end and the rest I'll have to buy in from a salvage place ( although the bricks may well still be under the concrete if I can get it up without damaging them.)
countryroad82
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Yay. I will do checker board style in my other small garage I am building for my hot rods and bikes to live in.
Nozzlejocky
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I have mixed thoughts on it. I doubt I'd do it in my garage as it doesn't have that "feel" to it. I'm sure it would fit fine for some. Also agree with other posts that it can get "busy" easily.
skamp
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I like it. I did a border in charcoal to break it up a bit. I never found it distracting.
Steve
Steve
hobie1dog
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nope, it's in the same category as flames